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09-16-2008, 10:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida, USA | | | Do you tip your set up guy?
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Just wondering what the etiquette is when paying a guitar/bass repairman at a music store. Should you tip, or is that optional? |
09-16-2008, 10:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: new jersey | | | no. unless he does it for free.
when i do set ups for my boys they usually tip me in a 12 pack of beer or a blunt or something. |
09-16-2008, 10:29 PM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | hmmm that never occured to me ... but then again I haven't used a setup guy in years ... I am quite often the set up guy for somebody else ... and I am too cheap ... I usually do it for a few bucks or sometimes nothing ...
My 4-2-5 conversions are sometimes a break even job where the money that I charge covers parts and thats about all ...
It is a good idea for a serious player to become a competent setup guy ...
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09-16-2008, 10:30 PM
| | | | No, I don't tip him. He makes more per hour than I do. |
09-16-2008, 10:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Johnson City, TN | | | If he does it for free, give him like 10 bucks. Then ask him what he did, and how he did it. Then look up some free info online and start doing your own setups. Once you know what a good one feels like on your bass, you can learn how to replicate it on others...
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09-16-2008, 10:35 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Mesa/Boogie - Shop Manager/Tech, SF Guitarworks | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | I've received tips, but only when I was working for free (which is rare). One guy gave me a $100 just for restringing his acoustic guitar once. Sweet! |
09-16-2008, 10:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida, USA | | | Thanks for the input guys. I've always thought that tipping a set up/repair guy was not the norm, but I figured I'd double check. My friend owns a studio and he tips the guy who sets up his guitars and basses for each session, so that made me wonder. I've never tipped my set up guy in the past, so I was wondering if this was a custom I didn't know about. I'd be happy to tip him if it were customary, but if it's not, I'll skip it. I'm already paying him quite a bit as it is. |
09-16-2008, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Basshammer  Just wondering what the etiquette is when paying a guitar/bass repairman at a music store. Should you tip, or is that optional? | Um, no. I pay his invoice...?
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09-16-2008, 11:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Westminster, BC | | | I'm thinking this would be analogous to tipping your plumber, electrician, car repairman, etc. They should be charging enough to not rely on tips.
Having said that, if you need a job done quickly and he's quite busy, maybe greasing a palm might help expedite the process...
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