Elias Graves
Common misfit
"The more, the better" is how I roll...
What are you having done that he's so afraid of?
That's just mean...amazing how it took this long to get "the question".
he's removing the Graph Tech Ghost piezo system from a cheap shit Peavey and putting it into a cheap shit Ibanez. he has to make sure the string spacing is correct, route underneath the bridge for the pickup wires, add a volume control and a toggle to an already cramped electronics cavity, and find somewhere for a 9v battery. then it needs to be set-up.
i wouldn't want to do it either. which is why i gave it to him.
me: hey man, you've had my guitar for...
him: forever, i know
me: dude, what's up with it
him: i'm kinda afraid of it to be honest. but i'm getting the call, so i'll work on it this weekend.
me: great, call me with any questions
him: will do
Yeah, I'm with you. What is it with these guys? Most of them barely have a pot to piss in, but yet they also don't seem too hungry for a pay day either. The last guy I used (well qualified, factory endorsed, etc.) is more like a place guitars go to get entombed than repaired. Really, like 3 months wait or so is not uncommon. I always end up calling him multiple times, and then on the day he says "it's done", he's actually just starting to work on it (if I'm lucky) when I get there. The last time, it was 7PM on a Friday night. I drive into town, get there, it's not done. I wait while he takes care of an after hours walk in, I wait while he closes out the register and takes the cash next door, I wait while he calls a family member on the other side of the USA about his trip tomorrow, he finishes up my guitar, the built in replacement tuner is now working, but now some of the pickups are now no longer working right or at all. I go home with it to give it a try (this was a warranty repair so I had barely got it out of the box yet) but I haven't brought it back in now for about 9 months for him to finish the job. I think he's always in a bit of a hurry to get home to his bong.
Sounds like you need to find a different tech.Yeah, I'm with you. What is it with these guys? Most of them barely have a pot to piss in, but yet they also don't seem too hungry for a pay day either. The last guy I used (well qualified, factory endorsed, etc.) is more like a place guitars go to get entombed than repaired. Really, like 3 months wait or so is not uncommon. I always end up calling him multiple times, and then on the day he says "it's done", he's actually just starting to work on it (if I'm lucky) when I get there. The last time, it was 7PM on a Friday night. I drive into town, get there, it's not done. I wait while he takes care of an after hours walk in, I wait while he closes out the register and takes the cash next door, I wait while he calls a family member on the other side of the USA about his trip tomorrow, he finishes up my guitar, the built in replacement tuner is now working, but now some of the pickups are now no longer working right or at all. I go home with it to give it a try (this was a warranty repair so I had barely got it out of the box yet) but I haven't brought it back in now for about 9 months for him to finish the job. I think he's always in a bit of a hurry to get home to his bong.
you should call him and say, "hows my Tele doing? is the humbucker in yet?"'
that will freak him out
So he's not a total idiot then...Funny, he took the humbucker out of my tele and installed the neck single coil and 4 way switch.
So he's not a total idiot then...
What is it with these guys? Most of them barely have a pot to piss in, but yet they also don't seem too hungry for a pay day either.
i find no need for humbuckers in neck teles either. with a 4 way you have a humbucker.
Yes, but it sounds way better than the neck humbucker did alone or combined with the bridge pickup. That it is wired as a virtual humbucker is a different argument.