bassmonkeee
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My new Bongo arrived on Thursday, but it came in as fretted instead of fretless. I'll be keeping this one until a fretless arrives in a couple of weeks, so I'll get the chance to build up some GAS for a fretted with a SC/H/P set up. 
Here's the white Bongo with my Sapphire Black:
And, here are some pics of the white Bongo:
And, a shot for Rod Trussbroken of the piezo bridge:
While I am obviously disappointed that the bass didn't show up fretless, the way that Ernie Ball AND Guitar Center handled it was above reproach. Not only is GC letting me hang onto the fretted Bongo until my fretless arrives, I actually received word from Ernie Ball to call them, and I was treated very well and heard straight from the horse's mouth what they were doing to make it right. I've dealt with many companies in the past, big and small, and EB/MM has given the best customer service, hands down.
I'm going to record some sample mp3s of the SC/H/P Bongo before I trade it in for the fretless so people can finally hear the difference between the two configs, too.
I have to admit, for getting the wrong bass, I'm actually pretty happy since I still get to play with a new Bongo. it's almost like an appetizer before the main course of the fretless.
So, is it wrong that I want a bright yellow pickguard so my fretless will look like a giant Egg?
Here's the white Bongo with my Sapphire Black:
And, here are some pics of the white Bongo:
And, a shot for Rod Trussbroken of the piezo bridge:
While I am obviously disappointed that the bass didn't show up fretless, the way that Ernie Ball AND Guitar Center handled it was above reproach. Not only is GC letting me hang onto the fretted Bongo until my fretless arrives, I actually received word from Ernie Ball to call them, and I was treated very well and heard straight from the horse's mouth what they were doing to make it right. I've dealt with many companies in the past, big and small, and EB/MM has given the best customer service, hands down.
I'm going to record some sample mp3s of the SC/H/P Bongo before I trade it in for the fretless so people can finally hear the difference between the two configs, too.
I have to admit, for getting the wrong bass, I'm actually pretty happy since I still get to play with a new Bongo. it's almost like an appetizer before the main course of the fretless.
So, is it wrong that I want a bright yellow pickguard so my fretless will look like a giant Egg?
