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maddog
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Hey Aziah, I noticed you're from SLO. Could you poke around there and verify that Bongo's have a factory there. 
the feeling cute and cheeky,
the feeling cute and cheeky,
smallequestrian
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I thought that they were lovingly handmade by Penguins at the South Pole...
koogie2k
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WHAT!?!?! You mean, Jack Bauer did not make them during his stay in a Chinese labor prison!??!?!!?
Welcome to the addiction gee_kanit! I can verify with my bongos that they are made is San Luis Obispo, CA. Says so on the headstock. Enjoy yourself here and hang out with all us knuckleheads!
Welcome to the addiction gee_kanit! I can verify with my bongos that they are made is San Luis Obispo, CA. Says so on the headstock. Enjoy yourself here and hang out with all us knuckleheads!
phatduckk
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WHAT!?!?! You mean, Jack Bauer did not make them during his stay in a Chinese labor prison!??!?!!?
Jack Bauer is my Hero (well, 2nd to Jon)
adouglas
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I've always wondered how Jack would react to getting poor restaurant service.
I said MEDIUM-RARE. That's RED in the center, not PINK! Understand?!?
RitchieDarling
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Birds and the Bongos...........
Well, Johnny. When a MOMMY Bongo and a DADDY Bongo love each other VERY much.......................
R
Well, Johnny. When a MOMMY Bongo and a DADDY Bongo love each other VERY much.......................
R
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richbriere
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I'dd like to toss in the following if I may. Because EBMM puts "Made in SLO"/America on the back of the headstock and because that happens to be the truth, not all MI companies who put "Made in the USA" are being 100% honest. There are currently laws on the books which state that a certain percentage of the final assembly on a product is all it takes to be able to put that label on. You'll often see it take the shape of "Crafted in the USA", "Designed in the USA", "We thought about building it in the USA but our customers won't pay the price", etc.
Be VERY careful about where you gather your information (BP hit that one right on the head, eh?) and also know that, like it or not, we've moved into a global economy. While I prefer instruments made in the US by companies whose top brass make themselves available to those who own and love their ideals and products, and will continue to support those companies, there are plenty of good instruments built elsewhere. I , personally, like the OLP thing because it allows entry-level players to get some idea of what it will be like when they can move up to real MM gear.
Welcome to the EB Boards --Home of the Straight Truth.
Be VERY careful about where you gather your information (BP hit that one right on the head, eh?) and also know that, like it or not, we've moved into a global economy. While I prefer instruments made in the US by companies whose top brass make themselves available to those who own and love their ideals and products, and will continue to support those companies, there are plenty of good instruments built elsewhere. I , personally, like the OLP thing because it allows entry-level players to get some idea of what it will be like when they can move up to real MM gear.
Welcome to the EB Boards --Home of the Straight Truth.
sloshep
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From what I hear, they're made in heaven
Actually some of the SLO locals like to call it "Gods Country". They even had a bumper sticker too.
bovinehost
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So, um....whatcha gettin' at, Rich?
richbriere
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So, um....whatcha gettin' at, Rich?
What I'm getting at is that it's of the utmost importance that we place our dreams and loyalties in the correct places. I believe that we have an internal need; a place in our hearts where we need to be able to believe in the things we love. As musicians we tend to hold some dreams sacred when, perhaps we shouldn't.
During my days working in artist relations as an example, I idolized some players and wanted to "be like them"; play like them and play the same instruments that they played. Unfortunately, in some cases I found that, upon meeting these people, they weren't at all what I'd thought they would be. Some were meatheads (not to be confused with the glorious Royal Order of Knuckleheads) and some were not worthy of being idolized by anyone other than lowly rats running in sewers. They were simply creations of well-funded marketing departments.
The "business" of music in its many forms is an odd one. It's MY humble opinion that we must be careful where we place our hearts as our hearts generate our dreams and our music--life's most precious commodities.
My bottom line. Give me a builder who doesn't own a tie and I'm quite likely to share his dream. Give me a builder who wears Hawaiian shirts and loves the smell of sawdust in his nostrils and I'll march in his army. Give me a builder who cares only for profits and I'll show you someone who doesn't deserve to be in our dreams---musical or otherwise. Life is short, carry the flag of your dreams proudly.
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bovinehost
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One of the things I admire about you, Rich, is that I ask what is basically a smart-ass question and you give it some thought and take the time to give me more than what I deserved.
"As musicians we tend to hold some dreams sacred when, perhaps we shouldn't."
How true that is. Luckily, we're old enough now to differentiate between those teenaged dreams, lovely though they might have been, about our heroes and the music they were making and the dreams we have now, which generally have less to do with whether Todd Rundgren really knew some secret stuff and more to do with leaving the world a little better than it was when we got here.
If that makes any sense at all.
I pick my heroes carefully now, much more carefully than I did twenty five or thirty years ago, and I admire them for every different reasons now. I really would be stumped if someone asked me, "So who are your heroes?" I could name a few, but hardly anyone would know the names, as they're mostly (seemingly) average guys who chose to serve their country in tough places. I learned from them even when I didn't want to.
You are a wise man, Rich. I'm glad you're here.
Jack
"As musicians we tend to hold some dreams sacred when, perhaps we shouldn't."
How true that is. Luckily, we're old enough now to differentiate between those teenaged dreams, lovely though they might have been, about our heroes and the music they were making and the dreams we have now, which generally have less to do with whether Todd Rundgren really knew some secret stuff and more to do with leaving the world a little better than it was when we got here.
If that makes any sense at all.
I pick my heroes carefully now, much more carefully than I did twenty five or thirty years ago, and I admire them for every different reasons now. I really would be stumped if someone asked me, "So who are your heroes?" I could name a few, but hardly anyone would know the names, as they're mostly (seemingly) average guys who chose to serve their country in tough places. I learned from them even when I didn't want to.
You are a wise man, Rich. I'm glad you're here.
Jack
Colin
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This is what I'd call a proverb in the Music Man Bible....
Straight UP
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To me it was one of those moments, as I read the last couple of threads..
Warm hearted, and kind of cuddly.. I just love being a bass player.
Warm hearted, and kind of cuddly.. I just love being a bass player.
mammoth
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lets bask in our warm collective glow, those of you that can, pick up your chosen MM and give it a tickle, those away from your loved one, look to the heavens and wink at the sun
great posts guys, i really have got in with the right crowd here, and to think i nearly got a G!bson instead
great posts guys, i really have got in with the right crowd here, and to think i nearly got a G!bson instead
Big Poppa
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Let me hurl another turd in the touchy feely thread
How about how the media fosters and nurtures the publics collective image of someone even when they have photos of such celeb or athelete or musician with small farm animals in tutu's? It is interesting when the media all of a sudden decides to tell the truth....
Im in the final stages of the Casey Lee Ball golf tourney and we have 20 touring pros playing. It is funny there are guys on tour that from the fans seat and TV is disliked....until I met them The reverse is true
Let me pull this balloon back to music. I am guilty as Rich or anyone else that has spent time on this side of the muisc industry. WE know when guitar isnt made in USA, we know that some of the claims for strings are hysterical because the company boasting wouldn't know a string machine if they stubbed their toe on it on the way to the can.
SOmetimes here I hint maybe a little too strongly on the truth as I see it. Most of the time I've learned that people want to have their favorites and heroes and drink the koolaid and it isnt my place to disrupt those feelings.....
How about how the media fosters and nurtures the publics collective image of someone even when they have photos of such celeb or athelete or musician with small farm animals in tutu's? It is interesting when the media all of a sudden decides to tell the truth....
Im in the final stages of the Casey Lee Ball golf tourney and we have 20 touring pros playing. It is funny there are guys on tour that from the fans seat and TV is disliked....until I met them The reverse is true
Let me pull this balloon back to music. I am guilty as Rich or anyone else that has spent time on this side of the muisc industry. WE know when guitar isnt made in USA, we know that some of the claims for strings are hysterical because the company boasting wouldn't know a string machine if they stubbed their toe on it on the way to the can.
SOmetimes here I hint maybe a little too strongly on the truth as I see it. Most of the time I've learned that people want to have their favorites and heroes and drink the koolaid and it isnt my place to disrupt those feelings.....
SteveB
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Naah.. you're not the media. Keep busting myths, there are fewer and fewer places to find truth these days.
shastaband
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Koolaid has been at some pains for years to make it known that it was NOT Koolaid but a competitor's product that was consumed at Jonestown. Just trying to set the record straight.
richbriere
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"Hurl another turd". Brings a very explicit vision to mind! :^>) May I borrow that on ocassion, BP?
The one thing that I have never done nor would I do, is to actually name the companies or the artists that we know leave slime behind them as they move through the night like a slug on the move. I can't destroy the dreams of another--just inform as many players as possible that all is often not as it seems when it comes to the "man behind the curtain".
Having said that, I have NO regrets about telling or showing by presence and actions who I have found to be the shining stars in this industry. Fortunately, I still believe that they outnumber the slugs......but their numbers are dwindling in the new economy. Long Live Freedom of thought!! Viva La Bongo!
It seems some here are quite eccentric in a pleasantly creative, honest and often useful kinda way. Been a pleasure readin your thoughts and i must add that if some of you are as analytical and creative musically as with your thoughts and prose then its a misfortune that i can't listen here as easily as peruse. Perhaps that's a thought for another kind of forum???
Thanking you all for your fine efforts, looking forward to reading from you again.
Thanking you all for your fine efforts, looking forward to reading from you again.
