You're kidding right? You can't see the pickup is installed wayyyyy off center?
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Good to hear that he has agreed to make it up to you. I hope all works out ok.
Hope you get to keep the old body and do something with it.
Hope you get to keep the old body and do something with it.
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Disappointing that he clearly tried to get one over on you, but better to look forward rather than backwards. Happy that it looks like it all might work out on some level.
I walked into his shop this morning and he was finishing up taking in a repair order from someone. I stood silently and politely with my bass in the gig bag until he finished. The other customer left and as soon as he looked up and noticed me he said, "I was just writing you back. Listen, I will do my best to get you a Fender body. I will do right by you. I will make sure it is already pre-routed." He said he used a template and then something something something. He was very apologetic. I offered to show him the bass to which he said, "no I don't need to see it." Which means he knew he did it. I told him I called Fender and they can't help us and that they said to use Warmoth. He agreed and said he'd order it up today. I told him about the LPB that was there yesterday (according to another poster here) and he asked, "but is it routed for the jazz pickup?" I said no and he said "I'll have them do it." He said he would do it free of charge and apologized profusely. When I got home I went to the Warmoth site to see if that body was still there and it's not, so I am hoping he already placed the order as soon as I left.
Long and the short is, he admitted to his mistake and is willing to fix it free of charge. This made negotiating a lot easier.I'll keep you all updated.
This story may have a happy ending!
Fantastic news! He may not be the best luthier in the world (although even the best can make a mistake), but he seems to be stand up guy.
Your are either very insensitive or just trolling. Another possibility is that your standards are so low that you would accept work such as OP had to endure. The probability is very high that the first proposition is true.
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Glad to hear this is moving in a positive direction.
If he was a stand up guy he would have owned up to ruining the bass immediately instead of taking Fletz's money and hoping he wouldn't notice.
This is great news Fletz! Here`s to hoping the Warmoth body makes the bass sound even better (they make a great product).
In the future I would avoid dealing with this repair person.
In the future I would avoid dealing with this repair person.
Isn't it? Like raw chicken this crappy job makes me sick.
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I would have no qualms whatsoever accepting the Warmoth body especially if they rout the j pickup rout. My most recent bass acquisition has an unlined Fretless maple with vintage tint gloss neck by Warmoth and it's amazing . Maybe you can keep the original body and try one of the larger footprint pickups in the j spot as suggested by others here . Maybe go with a Warmoth neck even and have a pair of cool blues.
Just a quick note: Warmouth does not route for Fenders HMV bridge screw pattern last I checked, so unless you plan on affixing it yourself or are just going to be using a standard bridge, definitely do not bring it back to the same guy for that very important job.
Edit: They might have a bridge screw pattern available for the vintage two saddle type which IIRC might the the same as the HMV (minus the through body). Best to consult with Warmouth on which will work best for you.
Edit: They might have a bridge screw pattern available for the vintage two saddle type which IIRC might the the same as the HMV (minus the through body). Best to consult with Warmouth on which will work best for you.
That would be a Fender body identical to the one they botched. Sans bridge pup route, of course.
It's clear to me the job was botched.
But it is well understood how it should be fixed. Re-route in the correct location, both east/west and north/south. Then route and fit in a small piece of wood, same as body type. Then fill all seams and refinish, maybe the whole body, at least the front.
Have somebody else do it and charge the original hack.
But it is well understood how it should be fixed. Re-route in the correct location, both east/west and north/south. Then route and fit in a small piece of wood, same as body type. Then fill all seams and refinish, maybe the whole body, at least the front.
Have somebody else do it and charge the original hack.
I think this is a really good approach - take a soft approach and try to get them to agree that it's horrible and something needs be done. I'd go in calmly (a stretch, I know) with what I wanted as recompense firmly in my head.
Good luck.
I like your video about pick up placement! It looks like the distance from bridge to neck is very short. I am seeing that wrong?
Good on you for being cool in this situation. Many others would react differently and make a bad situation worse.
People make mistakes for many different reasons and at least this guy acknowledges this problem - and is willing to replace the body.
I think you should also get to keep the original body.
