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What % of Bongo owners do you thin are obsessed?

Customer service is very important, especially here in our body shop. But, that being said, as hard as we strive to achieve customer satisfaction, sometimes the demands of the costomer can't be met. Over the twelve years I've been here we've been "fired" by and few customers and we've "fired" a few customers. Some people can't be pleased no matter how hard you try.

On another note, I wouldn't call myself obssessed with my Bongo. As a matter of fact, until this weekend I was considering cutting it loose. Then I finally put TI flats on it and that made all the difference in the world. My DG Bongo now has a permanent home with me.
 
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I was merely jesting with the "even if BP does Flame me..." bit, forgot to post this smilie :p after it.
as for the fake letter, that's unreal that you actually get stuff like that 'fake' one actually coming in .As for my my hole drilling, it was merely for .130 sized B not any gauge heavier and wasn't thinking of a (DR made I think) Jaquo-III X gauged lo C# string.
anywho, was merely pokin' some fun and saying "dammit, these basses kick ass"
now......
back to proper focus on the basses and not on my fetish for making the B's string-through-body :D :p :o
 
To the question of obsession, I would rather answer that the Bongo strongly fuels my obsession about tone, and that what is conserning tone, I never ('til today) could play any other bass that gave me such satisfaction and versatility.

And :
1- I know how to play, but don't considere I'm experienced ;
2- earn really less than 50 k$ a year :
3- prefer a good wine, campari (with orange juice), or a vodka (with lime or orange juice) to a jaegermeister.

MNF
 
Big Poppa said:
psych you still haven't told me about hos to make a low g with a 130.........

also you havent asked where Almo is going
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umm... raise the saddle reeeeeal high and hope for the best?? :p nah, I didn't realize way back that he was wanting a lo-G (and yes, on octave pedal on an open or 5th fret on the D,G would sound the best probably) I thought he just wanted to get a little lower than B :o
as for Almo, I was assuming that you might have been alluding to the Kings or Ducks hence him and his family in the So.Cal-ish region visiting you, but since we're on the topic, where's he signing???
 
Ordered my Bongo after playing bass for a month. The hype on TB sold me that even though I didn't know squat I was heading in the right direction (didn't know of this forum then). Now, honking around on the Bongo every evening to my drum machine is the highlight of my day, even if not that of my girlfriend! I bought a Stingray AFTER I'd had the Bongo for awhile. It's beautiful but I can't play it as well (I think because I have small hands). Bongo rocks. Yeee hiii from the South.
 
Mobay45 said:
Over the twelve years I've been here we've been "fired" by and few customers and we've "fired" a few customers. Some people can't be pleased no matter how hard you try.
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My brother and his wife came to your shop?
 
I dug the looks of the Bongo from day 1 myself. I played a couple at GC when they were finally available and I thought they were cool. They feel good, are easy to play and have an adundance of tones. I didn't think I'd ever own one though until I ran into someone looking to trade. I had a bass he wanted and I wanted his Bongo so BAM! I got my Bongo. :)

It's funny, recently I've had thoughts of trading my Bongo for a different bass (my true dream bass at the moment is a natural/maple Stingray, but I don't need yet another 4 string bass). Every time I say to myself "Well let's play the Bongo for awhile and see if I really want to part with it." Seems like every time I've done this I end up finding more juicy tones that work for me.

Like I said, I traded so the Bongo is secondhand to me. The output jack went kaput and even though the warranty didn't apply to me, EBMM customer service was kind enough to send me a replacement jack free of charge. (Hope I don't get anyone in service in trouble. :D ) This kind of customer service is rare these days, at least for me.
 
Perhaps not obsessive, but...

While I do not consider myself "obsessive" about my Sterling or my soon to be Bongo, I am "plugged-in" and excited by this great gear and this great Company. Thought that most people were similarly into their gear. Not so I find...

I recently learned that this woman I work with also plays bass guitar. We've been working in the same department for 2+ years and I never knew.

I get all excited and race over to her to chat about, you know, bass guitar "stuff"... She's been playing for many years, gigs locally on occasion with some friends and sits in for folks when they're short a bass player. I'm thinking very cool...

Then we get to the "What kind of bass do you play?" part of the conversation. She replies: "I don't know the model/brand. It's a purple one"... :eek:

So, to Joe Nerve's original question, is it us or is it them!? :rolleyes:
 
adelucia said:
Then we get to the "What kind of bass do you play?" part of the conversation. She replies: "I don't know the model/brand. It's a purple one"... :eek:

So, to Joe Nerve's original question, is it us or is it them!? :rolleyes:
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LOL. I can't tell you how much it freaks me out when that happens to me. Other variations: "I keep forgetting, something with an 'I'?" "A Fender. I think it's a jazzmaster." And of course my favorite, "Some old piece of crap my father gave me a long time ago. :eek: "
 
I've been obsessed with Bongos since I first saw a picture of one way back in the beginning. The first time I managed to play one was almost orgasmic.

My problem was that I much prefer single pickup basses, and single hummer Bongos are a little rare. I now have Jack's (nee Travis's) old DG H Bongo 5, and I'm lovin' it!
 
I do believe I am going your route when I get a bongo HeavyDuty. Been thinking about that a long time.

No, you just helped me make up my mind.




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Freddy-G. said:
I'm taking it easy today too.

I have a feeling not too many guys are just gonna grab a Bongo and not know exactly what he's got in his hands. I say the typical Bongo owner is:

1 - an experienced bass player
2 - makes over $50k/year
3 - holds his pinky out when drinking a Jaigermiester shot

Well, maybe 2 out of 3 of those.
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1- Hmmm. I've been playing for 3 years, so not that experienced really.
2- Haha, I wish. I'm starting my first year of uni next year.
3- I don't drink.

I see what you mean though, and I wouldn't say I'm obsessed, although I do appreciate my Bongo's greatness.
 
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