POST 15,001 A little message

[Big Poppa]

Hello Kids

Wow 15K. Catching Jack but dont let him know.

I would like to take this opportunity to please regroup a little.....In a perfect world I would love it if:

You didnt armchair mod...

You were welcoming to a newbie even if his thread is as old as Dargies jokes.

When someone specifically asks me a question...please let me answer. When I answer please dont start an argument. Like the Plek thread. THey are too expensive for us because we need too many....it should have died there.


Try to understand that when you use this forum to joke about sex religion and race that the only people who suffer is the people at Ernie Ball Music Man
The poster doesnt lose the customer or get the emails...we do.

Try to not get upset if you post pics of other brands and they get deleted

Try to not give advice other than contact customer service when someone wants you to fix their instrument sight unseen.

I know this sounds negative but the tenor has been changing a little and we are losing some great people including me.

Lets be friendly and understand that Fanboi is one of the dumbest comments you can make. Thats why we are here.

 

[MadMatt]

Thanks BP!

 

[MrMusashi]

noted and hopefully understood

i see the help replies are up to the new standard so it must have been good for something
http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/45233-stingray-classic.html

MrM

 

[bovinehost]

Wow 15K. Catching Jack but dont let him know.

I CAN SEE YOUR POST COUNT, YOU KNOW.

Like you, I go through periods where I just read and say not much, which is probably - in my case - for the best. I repeat myself if I'm not careful.

Hell, I repeat myself even when I AM careful.

In a perfect world I would love it if:

You were welcoming to a newbie even if his thread is as old as Dargies jokes.

Amen and seconded. Let's be especially careful when someone asks about modding their bass. Too often I see that the person actually bought the bass with after-market pickups or some such thing, and they're trying to do the best they can to figure out what to do with the bass. Meanwhile, the rabid (but adorable) psychos are screaming at the poor basstard about it.

Try to not give advice other than contact customer service when someone wants you to fix their instrument sight unseen.

This is a particularly tough one sometimes because I know we all want to be helpful. But again, remember, you can't see the bass, you often don't know if it was abused somewhere along the way and - well, it's just better to let CS handle the stuff. God bless them, they certainly earn their money.

....the tenor has been changing a little and we are losing some great people including me.

This forum was dead cool before BP came along; I was here and I can tell you it's true. But the cool factor went up by leaps and bounds when BP started posting (and scared the living bejeezus out of me, at first). We've had history lessons, cultural lessons, been introduced to new models long before they hit the street, been able to ask questions that only he can answer - so while I say the forum was a great place before, I don't want to swim backwards.

Plus, I think: "Sterling! You can't leave me here alone!"

Lets be friendly and understand that Fanboi is one of the dumbest comments you can make. Thats why we are here.

Amen, boss. Thanks for reminding all of us, including me.

Jackie

 

[lorino]

Bp

I just want you to change your profile pic - its been awhile.

 

[TNT]

........When someone specifically asks me a question...please let me answer....

But what if you're not available??












lol

 

[markbass99]

Lets be friendly and understand that Fanboi is one of the dumbest comments you can make. Thats why we are here.

I'm proud to call myself a Bongo fanboi. Would love to see something cool happen to the Bongo line towards the end of this year, seems like MM has shoved the Bongo to the side for the time being. Us fanbois are patient though. Later

 

[Big Poppa]

No we haven't the market has.

 

[markbass99]

No we haven't the market has.

You're right- of course. I would hate to see the Bongo die after only a ten year run and then be labeled a "failed experiment". There are those who know the Bongo can never fail performance-wise. But I guess the market place is ruled by the majority and I just don't happen to be in that group. We shall see .....

 

[syciprider]

I think the market is cool on everything. But I do remember BP commenting that this resulted in surplus man hours and equipment time to play and experiment.

And today we have the Reflex and BA electronics and of course, the lovely Classics.

 

[drTStingray]

Thanks for posting and noted

No we haven't the market has.

PS is the market really that unkind to the Bongo - or is it just a generally unkind market at present?

 

[Big Poppa]

THe dealers who get the bongos sell them. Dont worry I will always make them

 

[TNT]

The Bongo is downright the "baddest" bass on the planet!! Pair that up with an Ampeg SVT and you'll need a Richter scale to tune it up.

How can a bass player NOT have one??!!

 

[oli@bass]

The Bongo is downright the "baddest" bass on the planet!! Pair that up with an Ampeg SVT and you'll need a Richter scale to tune it up.

How can a bass player NOT have one??!!

Easy. When the dealers don't have them, you can't try them. If you can't try them, you won't buy them.

 

[JayDawg]

BP, I should be picking up my Bongo next week. I want to get at least one more later on so I'm glad you will continue to be making them!

 

[strummer]

Easy. When the dealers don't have them, you can't try them. If you can't try them, you won't buy them.

I beg to differ
I saw a Bongo 5 HH in Desert Gold at Bass Central, and I just knew it was a better bass than the Stingray 5 I was there to buy.

And anyone in sweden is always welcome to try mine

 

[adouglas]

Easy. When the dealers don't have them, you can't try them. If you can't try them, you won't buy them.

I hear that. Had I not had the opportunity to try one out I would probably still be on the bass-swapping treadmill.

At least we have dealers who are willing to stock them.

 

[drTStingray]

THe dealers who get the bongos sell them. Dont worry I will always make them

That's great to hear - One of these is on my wish list for the future and would like to buy it new

 

[shakinbacon]

THe dealers who get the bongos sell them. Dont worry I will always make them

that may have made my day

 

[sitonmybass]

When the dealers don't have them, you can't try them. If you can't try them, you won't buy them.

I had not played nor seen one in person when I placed my special order for my original Bongo 5 HH back in early '04. I had, however, done some research on them. I knew that it was a new EBMM model, it could be purchased with dual humbuckers, it had a 4-band EQ, it looked damn cool and that I had to have one.

Unfortunately, there are many musicians who simply will not buy an instrument that they can't try out first.