trading basses and the bongo

[jubjub721]

hey everybody
i was wondering, do you guys think i should trade in the sterling for a bongo. and if so, would any of you guys be up for the trade. its prolly a year old sterling that is carbon blue i think, and has a maple neck and a abalone pickgard. yeah, desicions not final if im gonna trade or not. but i was wondering if there was an intrest.

 

[bovinehost]

Well, someone has to say it, so let's get it out of the way.

1. Keep the Sterling.
2. Buy a Bongo.
3. Live wild and free.

There, now we have that part done.

 

[jubjub721]

ill say it

1. 16
2. no job
3.i still love my sterling

 

[bovinehost]

Okay:

1. You're sixteen.
2. Mow yards, get a paper route, sell lemonade or sea monkeys.
3. See? You need to keep the Sterling.

I usually charge for this kind of consulting, you know.

 

[jubjub721]

1. bov i love your reasoning
2.then i will have to be saving for a while
3.i guess ill keep it

even though i finally got the chance to play a bongo and ohh my ahhhhhh

 

[bovinehost]

I know, man - I know.

 

[jongitarz]

Jubs..You are 16 and have a Sterling. Don't get all greedy. You have a better bass than a lot of folks. Save your $ and keep the Sterling, and buy a Bongo. Or a new HH Sterling. Or an HS Sterling. Or an HH Stingray. Or an HS Stingray. I think you can smell what I'm cooking.

 

[bovinehost]

Are you using bacon drippings?

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

Jubs..You are 16 and have a Sterling. Don't get all greedy. You have a better bass than a lot of folks. Save your $ and keep the Sterling, and buy a Bongo. Or a new HH Sterling. Or an HS Sterling. Or an HH Stingray. Or an HS Stingray. I think you can smell what I'm cooking.

damn skippy! I was 33 or so before I got my MM

 

[jongitarz]

Are you using bacon drippings?

Lisa used it all on roadkill stew

 

[barkatozz]

damn skippy! I was 33 or so before I got my MM

I was 32 when I got my first EBMM.
Well....i'm biased on this because my favorites are Sterlings. I have a Bongo....I love it because it's a different animal compared to the Sterlings......BUT....I prefer my Sterlings over the Bongo.

 

[Jazzbassman23]

Jubs, in my neighborhood, which is certainly working class, guys get $35 to mow a quarter to a third of an acre lot. Takes less than an hour. So let's do the math, two lawns a day, three days a week, that's $210 a week. See, in a month and a half, you've got your Bongo and get to keep your Sterling. Now get off your butt and get to work. Seriously, dude, why don't you have a job?

 

[jubjub721]

the job issue is that im pretty much in really hard clases at my school. and not only that i take college clases after school. there is not much time for doing loads of work. and i HATE mowing lawns. more than anythin gin the world. and nobody gets payed that well at the lawns i would be mowing.

i fi get one it might be this fall. im might be getting payed 10 bucks an hour to move big rocks around this guys yard. like 18 tons of big rocks.

 

[fly]

damn skippy! I was 33 or so before I got my MM

no freakin' doubt.............i waited til i was 36.........


lucky bastard...........


........oh,and keep the sterling man,never get rid of your gear,just keep adding to it.






*i can't believe the boy has a sterling at 16*

 

[SterlingFan]

Your 16 and have a Sterling. You are blessed. Keep the Sterling.

 

[Big Poppa]

Hey I dont care how old you are whether you have a job or not. Im glad you play music . (Ok Im glad you play a Sterling. ) Dont let the geezers rough you up too much.

 

[Urwordsbreakmed]

ill say it

1. 16
2. no job
3.i still love my sterling

1. i was 16 when i bought my SR for 1700 cash all my money
2. Work at mcdonalds (like i did) they hire anybody....I made 10 cents over minium wage to get my bass.
3.now you have two basses...

 

[Joe Nerve]

Keep the Sterling. Save for a Bongo. Buy a Bongo. Buy another Bongo. Sell the Sterling so you can buy a car. Save for another Sterling.

That's what I did.

 

[armybass]

I'de gladly give you a Sterling or a Bongo if I could be 16 again

 

[Jazzbassman23]

the job issue is that im pretty much in really hard clases at my school. and not only that i take college clases after school. there is not much time for doing loads of work. and i HATE mowing lawns. more than anythin gin the world. and nobody gets payed that well at the lawns i would be mowing.

Jubs,

No question. School comes first. As a teacher, I know firsthand how much is required in GT/AP courses which are what it sounds like you're taking. As someone who's making every effort to have a Bongo 4HH take over for the Sterling as #1, I'll tell you, keep the Sterling at all costs. You'll be sorry if you sell it.