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[dxb]

You gotta tune those things up every 5,000 miles or they start pinging.

 

[gln1955]

Contact them and ask if its standard tuning, drop D, Open G or all fourths. Just to mess with them.

 

[howlin]

Warning: coffee contents are hot. It's there for the lowest common sense denominator

There's much more to that story than you realize. Look it up, if you care to.

 

[GregT]

Since it is already in tune, they should just superglue the tuners in place......like I do!

 

[Ffreddy]

Well at least you know it can be tuned. Years ago my brother worked in a music store and had a customer try and return a guitar because it came out of tune after he played it.

I worked at a small music store for a few years and almost once a month someone would call complaining that the guitar they bought is out of tune. Equally annoying where the people that tried to use a guitar being out of tune as a haggling tactic.

 

[Wfrance3]

This could be a profit center for music stores...
For a renewable subscription fee, we will tune your guitar any time you come in....

 

[guy n. cognito]

I worked at a small music store for a few years and almost once a month someone would call complaining that the guitar they bought is out of tune. Equally annoying where the people that tried to use a guitar being out of tune as a haggling tactic.

I've had a guy walk away from buying a bass because I had it tuned down a half step, and he wanted standard tuning. When I tuned it up for him, he said he was worried it "wouldn't hold".

 

[catcauphonic]

There's much more to that story than you realize. Look it up, if you care to.

The coffee was very very hot, i know. Since she didn't have a cup holder, she put it between her legs and pinched the lid off. Sucks, sure

 

[Ffreddy]

I've had a guy walk away from buying a bass because I had it tuned down a half step, and he wanted standard tuning. When I tuned it up for him, he said he was worried it "wouldn't hold".

Yeah they used to give me that one too. Especially prevalent in ham fisted guitar demo-ers.

 

[Mvilmany]

I'm not surprised that they think being tuned is a quality to look for. I was surprised to see how many people take their guitars in to a shop for new strings.

Carol Kaye would trade in her Fender P Bass for a new one each time she needed new strings.

 

[howlin]

The coffee was very very hot, i know. Since she didn't have a cup holder, she put it between her legs and pinched the lid off. Sucks, sure

That's not even half the [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. It's even more insidious on Mac D's part than what I've posted here.

 

[catcauphonic]

That's not even half the [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. It's even more insidious on Mac D's part than what I've posted here.

I'm no fan of McDeath's, nor was i on the jury that heard the details and decided the verdict. I wasn't specifically even referring to that case, but i knew what you meant when u replied to my initial post. I'm not arguing the details of it.

I was speaking in more general terms about having to have warning labels on things that most of us would consider common sense ... don't put children in the dryer on tumble, don't eat detergent or sniff paint, coffee contents are hot, etc etc. Those are all there because someone didn't know the outcome could be bad.