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Hatchet job? (Ending edited and inching toward a postitive)

#241
When I saw your photos my heart sank and then I felt angry, and it's not even my bass! I guess I'm reminded of a few occasions where I've been in the same place, with builders, car repairs, and one local luthier who's been in business for decades. I've also had two experiences - decades apart - of two separate world famous bass guitar makers/ companies in the UK who did work that was so bad I got a full refund on both occasions. And you wouldn't believe who these companies are if I told you. So it isn't just small places that can screw up badly.

But at least the guy's taking responsibility finally and I'm glad you're on your way to a solution and hope that it turns out well.
 
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DiabolusInMusic said:
@Fletz may I suggest a title edit to curb this influx of advice? I don't think many people realize it is against forum rules to post without reading every post in a thread.

;) :D
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That's enforced about as much as the drivers impeding left lane traffic on any 2 lane (or more!) highway in the States :rage:, but much less infuriating, and excusable when there's more than 6+ pages of replies to go thru (probably best to just edit the title or the first post.)
 
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Dude...What a complete hack job!

That "luthier" owes you a refund and a new body.

I added a pickup to my Dingwall Z2 to make it imto a Z3 -- I spent AT LEAST twice as long lining everything up as I did actually making sawdust.

Pictures below show how my garage DIY turned out--someone advertising themself as a guitar repair person should put my work to shame.
 

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catcauphonic said:
That's enforced about as much as the drivers impeding left lane traffic on any 2 lane (or more!) highway in the States :rage:, but much less infuriating, and excusable when there's more than 6+ pages of replies to go thru (probably best to just edit the title or the first post.)
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I actually help enforce that left lane thing, when I can...
 
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Fletz said:
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!
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That's so cool. He'd have more of my business after this. well, maybe... just setups and such. And I wonder if he saw the thread on TB?
 
#251
bdplaid said:
Not true.

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I'm so glad this video exists. I've encountered this issue before. Pole pieces, especially when it is a single pole per string, are pretty 'beamy'. You get the best, fullest, tone from having strings passing directly over them. This is most obvious if you had A and D strings running directly over the poles but an E or G string that is off-center. You still hear that E and G string, but it isn't as harmonically rich or as strong sounding.

Thanks for posting!
 
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Engle said:
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.
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Agreed on all of the above - screaming at the guy wasn't going to accomplish much... Since the bass will be somewhat devalued with a Warmoth body, I think the OP should get to keep the original body to do with it as he sees fit, also...
 
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Fletz said:
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.
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I`m quite surprised by his actions. Since he let the bass out the door in that condition I figured he didn`t give a hoot and would give you a hard time.

"I was just writing you back."

Yeah, sure... :eyebrow:
 
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ole Jason said:
How much do you think it will devalue the bass? Personally I wouldn't pay anywhere near the same for the bass with a Warmoth body versus the original.
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Hard to say. a few hundred bucks maybe. Probably not as much as if you replaced the neck (and lost the logo). But from the OP, it sounds like he was planning to keep it anyway. It has sentimental value, and he was routing it for an extra pickup, which would also perhaps devalue it

The only risk I see to the warmoth body is that LPB is kind of an erratic color, and I'm not sure how close the Fender and Warmoth versions are.
 
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ole Jason said:
How much do you think it will devalue the bass? Personally I wouldn't pay anywhere near the same for the bass with a Warmoth body versus the original.
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I would say it's at least a 30%-40% hit on value, since it's now a parts bass with a Warmoth body... I wouldn't pay the same for it, either - that's why I say the OP should be able to keep the original body as well as the new one... *I* would say that gets him a lot closer to being "whole", since he could do something different with the original body...
 

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