mystixboi1
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I've been going to the same guy for a few years. He generally does good work. He did, one time, break a piece of hardware off of a bridge and made me pay for the replacement.... but besides that, he does pretty good work. And he's pretty cost effective.
One of my Strat builds had something funky going on with the middle and neck pickups. I had bought a preloaded pickguard from guitar fetish(never again... pure crap). but I ended up replacing the pickups with Dragonfire single sized humbuckers.
I love these pickups... totally inexpensive but sound great.
Back to the Strat... when I took it to my tech and explained the issues, he said that it would cost $20 - $30 or so to see what was up with the wiring and take care of a few frets that were buzzing.
He called me today and said that the guitar was ready to be picked up. He asked if I had done the wiring. I said it was and that I just matched what he did with another guitar with the same pickups. He said that I shouldn't have done that and followed a schematic because what he did with the other wiring was funky. I told him that I had tried doing what the schematic said but it sounded even worse than what I ended up with.
He then started talking about how important it was for me to follow schematics and that I couldn't just put any pickup in any position in the guitar because they are made for specific positions. I told him that all 3 pickups were the same and were meant to be used in any position of the guitar. He then told me that they might be the same brand but definitely weren't the same pickups as their output measured differently.
I ordered the pickups from the same company... it's the only dual rail they offer. The website specifically states that it can be used in all 3 positions. I told him this and he said, "I don't believe that".
I then said, " I don't know what to tell you then. How much is the total?"
He paused and then answered "$60". What?!?!?!
That's two or three times more than he quoted me.
I pick it up in an hour or so... I honestly don't care how much it costs. As long as it sounds good, then I'll be happy.
Sorry for the long rant... something just rubbed me wrong about the conversation.
/RANT
One of my Strat builds had something funky going on with the middle and neck pickups. I had bought a preloaded pickguard from guitar fetish(never again... pure crap). but I ended up replacing the pickups with Dragonfire single sized humbuckers.
I love these pickups... totally inexpensive but sound great.
Back to the Strat... when I took it to my tech and explained the issues, he said that it would cost $20 - $30 or so to see what was up with the wiring and take care of a few frets that were buzzing.
He called me today and said that the guitar was ready to be picked up. He asked if I had done the wiring. I said it was and that I just matched what he did with another guitar with the same pickups. He said that I shouldn't have done that and followed a schematic because what he did with the other wiring was funky. I told him that I had tried doing what the schematic said but it sounded even worse than what I ended up with.
He then started talking about how important it was for me to follow schematics and that I couldn't just put any pickup in any position in the guitar because they are made for specific positions. I told him that all 3 pickups were the same and were meant to be used in any position of the guitar. He then told me that they might be the same brand but definitely weren't the same pickups as their output measured differently.
I ordered the pickups from the same company... it's the only dual rail they offer. The website specifically states that it can be used in all 3 positions. I told him this and he said, "I don't believe that".
I then said, " I don't know what to tell you then. How much is the total?"
He paused and then answered "$60". What?!?!?!
That's two or three times more than he quoted me.
I pick it up in an hour or so... I honestly don't care how much it costs. As long as it sounds good, then I'll be happy.
Sorry for the long rant... something just rubbed me wrong about the conversation.
/RANT
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