Guest HRB853370 Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 What I thought were 4 small scratches on the backside of my 137 after getting it back from the guitar repair shop are actually burn marks! Either from the soldering iron or from molten solder. You can tell because the finish looks kind of melted on those spots. If this doesn't prove they did it I don't know what does!
hotfordcoupe Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 I'd go back and do what your name suggests to the guy who did it.
Guest HRB853370 Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Who had it? Was this in SC or GA. East Metro Guitar repair on Pleasant Hill Road, next to Guitar Center, Gwinnett. Jasper was the tech.
GuitArtMan Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Just another reason to learn to do your own work. I do just about everything on my guitars these except frets. Sorry to hear about your problems.
Bonefish Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 East Metro Guitar repair on Pleasant Hill Road, next to Guitar Center, Gwinnett. Jasper was the tech. Wow! I've heard decent to good things about them, but have never been. Good to know!
DetroitBlues Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Wow, that isn't right! Thank goodness you're moving to someplace far from there. So guess these 137 has lost a lot of value now it's shop worn. Maybe you should sell it to me for $250 and cut your losses...
High Flying Bird Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Maybe you should sell it to me for $250 and cut your losses... What a guy, what a guy!
Guest HRB853370 Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Wow, that isn't right! Thank goodness you're moving to someplace far from there. So guess these 137 has lost a lot of value now it's shop worn. Maybe you should sell it to me for $250 and cut your losses... $1250 you offer? Its a deal Josh! PP the funds and I will get it right out to you!
Guest HRB853370 Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Just another reason to learn to do your own work. I do just about everything on my guitars these except frets. Sorry to hear about your problems. I'd probably slip up and make it even worse.
Blunote Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Slammer, your not nearly as incompetent as you think you are. Buck up man!
DetroitBlues Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 $1250 you offer? Its a deal Josh! PP the funds and I will get it right out to you! Sure, I'll just follow that one year no interest payment plan...
heritagefan7 Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 wow Will!--that's awful....are you going to follow up or is there any recourse you can take? I hope so.
Guest HRB853370 Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 wow Will!--that's awful....are you going to follow up or is there any recourse you can take? I hope so. Never go back there again, trust me!!
barrymclark Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 Wow! I\'ve heard decent to good things about them' date=' but have never been. Good to know![/quote'] My buddy worked for them. He is a PHENOMENAL tech. He did up the Gretsch and, well, damn near every guitar I\'ve owned for the past 15 years. He left quite some time ago. Used to be Southeastern Guitar Repair.
Guest HRB853370 Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 My buddy worked for them. He is a PHENOMENAL tech. He did up the Gretsch and, well, damn near every guitar I\'ve owned for the past 15 years. He left quite some time ago. Used to be Southeastern Guitar Repair. I know what they used to be. Is your buddy's name Slaus? If so, yes he was great. He left to go to NYC.
DetroitBlues Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 Done and over with Will. Time to embrace the extra character in that 137 and enjoy the life by the sea...
Guest HRB853370 Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 Done and over with Will. Time to embrace the extra character in that 137 and enjoy the life by the sea... Exactly. That 137 rawks. I don't even worry about it anymore.
lb61906 Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 Wow! I've heard decent to good things about them, but have never been. Good to know! I was just in there yesterday getting a quote. I won't go back now!
barrymclark Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 I know what they used to be. Is your buddy\'s name Slaus? If so' date=' yes he was great. He left to go to NYC.[/quote'] I did know him. But I was referring to Brian Malone specifically. Due to *differences*, Brian left and started a luthiery school called Atlanta Guitar Works. Still on that side of town.
Guest HRB853370 Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 I was just in there yesterday getting a quote. I won't go back now! You are in the Atlanta area? Was wondering where Bluesville was!! I did know him. But I was referring to Brian Malone specifically. Due to *differences*, Brian left and started a luthiery school called Atlanta Guitar Works. Still on that side of town. Never heard of that guy Barry, Slaus was a good guy, he started with them and was there a long time. I know of a few professional guitarists in Atlanta that would ONLY go to him. I am going to take my stuff to Yoslate's shop from now on.
yoslate Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 I am going to take my stuff to Yoslate's shop from now on. Hardly my shop! My apprenticeship continues, and, without exaggeration, I do learn something every day. There's no end to the dilemmas and challenges. Just finished my first bad broken headstock (second break; first repair poorly done). Hours "dry jigging" it trying to figure out how to balance the opposing forces required to set it correctly, once glued. Patience really is a virtue...especially when the jig lets go!
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