High Flying Bird Posted October 2, 2011 Author Posted October 2, 2011 I agree w/ya on covers on the pus on that guitar. Add 'em and it's perfect. Love the lemonburst, knobs, stinger. Good mojo. Yep, I played it through the Vox for a while tonight, It is a very nice playing guitar. A fairly slim neck. The Schallers sound good as usual. I think I will get some covers for the pups and be done with it. I will sell the HRWs after taking them out of the 535. She is good to go!
High Flying Bird Posted October 2, 2011 Author Posted October 2, 2011 Ron, I enjoyed your GC odyssey story as much as that beautiful 137!! Seems like both you and that gitfiddle have stingers. I think the staff enjoyed my disguised vulgar rant as much as Jim did. The manager was doing a good job of not laughing while his people were breaking up. Yet the point was conveyed. Lydia got to see it and play it a little tonight. She thinks it is Joe's guitar and that I was working on it. We play a mean game with the kids here.
High Flying Bird Posted October 2, 2011 Author Posted October 2, 2011 If you really showed your a$$ at GC, I'll wager they thought you were trying to smuggle out a pair of elephant testicles. The US Government has a standing ban on elephant testicles being sold with musical instruments. The manager was firm with me on that point. Call me a liberal but I have to agree. God, I am so tired I can't sleep.
TonyM Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 My three year old grandson, Ian, told me "Grampa - I need a grown up guitar!" (There's hope!) Guess you've set the bar, Ron. TonyM
High Flying Bird Posted October 3, 2011 Author Posted October 3, 2011 My three year old grandson, Ian, told me "Grampa - I need a grown up guitar!" (There's hope!) Guess you've set the bar, Ron. TonyM Buy that guitar now Tony. It will be yours until the kid is ready to play it.
heritagefan7 Posted October 3, 2011 Posted October 3, 2011 Awesome Bird!---You're a great dad--my daughter is showing interest in playing as well...she's prob not at the 137 level yet though. Sorry abt GC---I don't even go into the one here in Greenville anymore for so many reasons. What a shame that it gets to be like that. Great for you for taking the high road and the right road and for watching out for your daughter!!!! OH---really nice git!!!!
tulk1 Posted October 3, 2011 Posted October 3, 2011 If you really showed your a$$ at GC, I'll wager they thought you were trying to smuggle out a pair of elephant testicles. Do we even want to know how you'd know that? ......... Nice guitar, Ron. You be a good daddy, it seems.
smurph1 Posted October 3, 2011 Posted October 3, 2011 I got the 137 for my daughter's Christmas present this afternoon. It was a good guitar at a good price. But I had to work to get the thing! Here is the story...... Tuesday I ordered the guitar from the Chorpus Christie Guitar Center and had it delivered to the GC in Huntsville. (Thank God they didn't send it to Huntsville, TX.) Wednesday night I couldn't log into my account online. Their links didn't return an e-mail to me so I could reset my password. Thursday around noon I called the store in Texas. Imagine that, the guitar had vanished, no tracking numbers, no trace. An hour after that they called and said it was already in Huntsville. No harm no foul. To be honest with Shundog, I skiped out of work to go and pick up the guitar. I plugged it up and the neck pickup was dead. We opened it up and the thing had wires in the wrong place and was soldiered like crap. After 30 minutes they finally decided to do as I said and fix the damn thing. They could figure out the paper work later. This afternoon I got a call that it was ready. I got there and it was ready. I was 10 minutes from being out the door. The case it was in was not paid for when I ordered it but I decided to buy the case. They couldn't ring it up because it wasn't in their inventory. After about 15 minutes of that I walked about 30 feet and grabbed the same case off of the floor and told the girl to sell me this one instead. It took her a few more minutes of playing with the computer before she rang up the rest of my order. I should have run out the door but instead I had to ask if she could get me a full set of Phat Cats. They only sell the neck pick up online. After another 10 minutes she got a phone call and talked for another 10 minutes with a potential customer and not the the paying customer standing in front of her. I went crazy! I picked up my receipts off the counter and told the girl, "Have a nice day." I walked to the front of the store and before I could hand them two guys there my paper work I said, "Manager!" He had just walked away and was right there. My first line was, "Guitar Center has stepped on their peckers on every turn of my purchase except the man who repaired my guitar." Then I sailed into him. I was nice and used humor as much as I could but I was so damn mad! A group of 5 listened in. 4 of their staff and my buddy Jim. I gave them a proper dressing down of their failure of customer service and as I was adding some colorful and inventive phrases I was hearing the staff trying not to laugh. I was in fine form. The manager told the girl that he expected my pickups to be there next week. I left with a hand shake and the words, "I will come back here one more time....." The ball is in their court. Any way, enough bitchin'. Here is Lydia's 137. Get Em Bird!!
DavesNotHere Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Do we even want to know how you'd know that? ......... Supposition....purely supposition!
koula901 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 If you really showed your a$$ at GC, I'll wager they thought you were trying to smuggle out a pair of elephant testicles. damn, boy, your writing is so visual! : )
High Flying Bird Posted October 8, 2011 Author Posted October 8, 2011 will you be my dad???! Sure, go mow the lawn. She has seen the 137 and even got to play it for a few hours. She thinks it is a buddy's guitar that I am working on.
High Flying Bird Posted October 8, 2011 Author Posted October 8, 2011 My Phat Cats came in yesterday. I went to the Guitar Center to pick them up and the manager rang them up for $59 instead of their price of $79. Turns out the bridge pup rang up for $39. I like my local Guitar Center.
dbetts41 Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 My Phat Cats came in yesterday. I went to the Guitar Center to pick them up and the manager rang them up for $59 instead of their price of $79. Turns out the bridge pup rang up for $39. I like my local Guitar Center. that happens at gc more than you'd think
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