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My Bongo has fallen ill

roballanson

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he is right

:eek:

The man is right. Dont play with it and take something like loctite to it unless you have either 20 years of bass luthering under your belt or really know what to do. Take it to a dealer man best way...., just imagine your worst nightmares of ruining your baby!!

Sorry problems with being in the UK and missing out on discussions. ignore this and congratulate yourself on a good job done. :rolleyes:
 
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jongitarz

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roballanson said:
:eek:

The man is right. Dont play with it and take something like loctite to it unless you have either 20 years of bass luthering under your belt or really know what to do. Take it to a dealer man best way...., just imagine your worst nightmares of ruining your baby!!

Sorry problems with being in the UK and missing out on discussions. ignore this and congratulate yourself on a good job done. :rolleyes:
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Yeah..Take it to a luthier, so he can put loctite on it and charge you for it. Good plan :rolleyes:
 
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I actually did take it to someone more "qualified" than myself to fix (the owner of one of the studios I rehearse in). He said, "forget about the locktite crap, I'm going to put clear nailpolish on it. That's all you need." I ran. He didn't touch my bass.

My Bongo 5 is late! :mad:
Supposed to be ready 2 days ago.
Will be ready mid to late next week.
Depression is creeping in.
Where to go? What to do?
Prayer and mediation.
God is good.
All is well.​

If I reworked that I could probably make a haiku of it.
 
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Joe Nerve said:
I actually did take it to someone more "qualified" than myself to fix (the owner of one of the studios I rehearse in). He said, "forget about the locktite crap, I'm going to put clear nailpolish on it. That's all you need." I ran. He didn't touch my bass.

Yikes! I would have run too!
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Joe Nerve said:
WooHoo! Thanks for all the advice guys. Finally bought some threadlocker blue (medium) and did the minor surgery last night. It seems to have worked fabulously. The screws have a whole lot more tension when I turn them and I don't believe they're going to slip anymore. I'd be very surprised if they did and if they do then Mr. Bongo goes back to it's creator.

For those in the future that want or need to do this:

I didn't take off the pickguard. The blue stuff is very thin. I simply took the screws out, put a drop on the bottom third of the screw, wiped it around the screw with my finger so it just looked a little wet, and put the screw back in. I used less than a drop on each and they feel really secure.

ps. I immediately washed my finger as i noticed afterward the label said avoid contact with skin. guys don't read direction until AFTER they do something though.
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Sorry for reliving an old thread. Just wanted to say that from a certain time I've noticed exactly the same problem as in Joe's Bongo and I've just done the same surgery to mine. I used Loctite 242 Threadlocker (medium strength). I hope I'll see the same results.
 
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bovinehost said:
I want a luthier to change my strings, too.


And not just any luthier.









I want Martin Luthier.
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I didnt know Martin Luthier King worked on guitars too. Hmm. You learn sumthin every day.:p :D
 
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