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Nearly-completed necks are placed on this cart. The date stamp on your neck is usually done at this phase. |
"MADE IN SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, USA"
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Nearly-completed necks are placed on this cart. The date stamp on your neck is usually done at this phase. |
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A stack of Bongo bodies await sanding. |
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In the sanding room, bodies are smoothened out first by machines. |
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More finer sanding is done by hand. |
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A set of necks awaiting painting. Note the fret boards are masked off. |
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Bongo5 necks fresh from the paint room. |
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A cart of freshly-painted necks. |
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Bodies are painted in one of these metal chambers. A line of painted and to-be-painted bodies stand. The "necks" that are on them are just temporary handles for the bodies as they get moved along the production line. |
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Painted bodies are dried off in this heated room. |
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Temporary tags are placed on each body, which is then scanned by a buffing robot, which reads which model and what color they are and places them in the appropriate buffing wheel. The buffing process is what gives each bass or guitar body that shine. |