NOHO Mandocaster?

Ty · Post by Ty » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:24 am

That just made it funnier.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:28 am

the_dude wrote:sad part is it happens to almost everyone who orders from them.

not everyone.

there are anomalys, lamp's mercury was decent enough if i remember rightly. took a bloody age to get to him though.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:32 am

thats good someones went right im not as dicouraged now.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:35 am

im still trusting mike on this one though he knows what he's talking about.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:37 am

BacchusPaul wrote:What?

The Eastwood Mandocastor is three hundred pounds, I'd be willing to bet you'd get one for four hundred dollars.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:54 am

You've seen the countless horror stories. Why on earth would you want to buy anything from them?

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:57 am

the_dude wrote:i dont think i could buy anything for it. an easy bet is to sucker noho into buying one cheap and fixing it.plus i gotta make my xii this year.

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:20 am

Zaphod wrote:
the_dude wrote:sad part is it happens to almost everyone who orders from them.
not everyone.

there are anomalys, lamp's mercury was decent enough if i remember rightly. took a bloody age to get to him though.

I think even Lamp said that his mercury you can see the glue line in the body if you look for it.. So....I guess not...Plus 800 USD or whatever for a guitar taht was not great, took forever, and is using GFS pups (although great, they are dirt cheap)....Fuck Em.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:22 am

mickie08 wrote:
Zaphod wrote:
the_dude wrote:sad part is it happens to almost everyone who orders from them.
not everyone.

there are anomalys, lamp's mercury was decent enough if i remember rightly. took a bloody age to get to him though.
I think even Lamp said that his mercury you can see the glue line in the body if you look for it.. So....I guess not...Plus 800 USD or whatever for a guitar taht was not great, took forever, and is using GFS pups (although great, they are dirt cheap)....Fuck Em.

How do they cost so much? For practise guitars?

I reckon they must be using truffles for drill bits. That explains why they can't get their prices down and all the bodies are burnt to fuck.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:13 am

I think making this thread was a failed attempt as a popularist move. You don't have first hand experience of NoHo's fuckwittage, so just leave it alone. Dissing them to get "in with the gang" is not going to work, you cloying little bastards.

bassintom · Post by **bassintom** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:55 am

My Merc looks and plays great.I have no complaints other than I had to wait a while to get it.That actually worked out very well for me as I had to raise the cash and that gave me time to do it.Then everything clicked The cash was available and the guitar was ready.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:57 pm

Mike wrote:I think making this thread was a failed attempt as a popularist move. You don't have first hand experience of NoHo's fuckwittage, so just leave it alone. Dissing them to get "in with the gang" is not going to work, you cloying little bastards.

NO. I was interested in mandocasters and saw that NoHo had one made. Then I asked them how much. and asked you (shortsale) what you thought of them and i think DGNR8 gave me the answer on how they were.
Heres what he sent back:

Thaddeus wrote:No, the mandocaster you see on our site is only 1 of 2 we built. A friend wanted one, and he wrangled up the parts and a scale drawing for us to try. They came out pretty nice, and two Mandolin musicians have played ours and liked it, but we aren't confident enough to attempt to build them again....well, not unless the price was right, anyway. Besides, we'd have to alter the headstock to avoid getting into trouble with Fender as well. I truly wish I could be more helpful. -thaddeus

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:42 pm

"we aren't confident enough to attempt to build them again....well, not unless the price was right,"

wait what?

does that mean, they're not confident they could make a decent one, but they still will if you pay them more money for one?

Fuck NoHo.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:45 pm

That's what I thought. It might be shite, so they'd have to charge you loadfs to make up for it.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:07 pm

yeah... they'd probably charge me as much as vintage to do it.

luke · Post by **luke** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:29 pm

Thaddeus wrote:we'd have to alter the headstock to avoid getting into trouble with Fender

Since when do they give a shit about Fender while they're selling loads of unlicensed copies on eBay?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:32 pm

I'd imagine Fender are shitting themselves.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:39 pm

there are people that have had good products from them.
i cannot remember who at the moment, but they are out there.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:33 am

the_dude wrote:
Mike wrote:I think making this thread was a failed attempt as a popularist move. You don't have first hand experience of NoHo's fuckwittage, so just leave it alone. Dissing them to get "in with the gang" is not going to work, you cloying little bastards.
NO. I was interested in mandocasters and saw that NoHo had one made. Then I asked them how much. and asked you (shortsale) what you thought of them and i think DGNR8 gave me the answer on how they were.
Heres what he sent back:
Thaddeus wrote:No, the mandocaster you see on our site is only 1 of 2 we built. A friend wanted one, and he wrangled up the parts and a scale drawing for us to try. They came out pretty nice, and two Mandolin musicians have played ours and liked it, but we aren't confident enough to attempt to build them again....well, not unless the price was right, anyway. Besides, we'd have to alter the headstock to avoid getting into trouble with Fender as well. I truly wish I could be more helpful. -thaddeus

i hardly think they're going to do you any favours if you ask them after openly slagging their work off in here. DDDave definitely posts here occasionally, i'm sure it would be difficult to 'sucker them into fixing one up cheap' or whatever you said if he's read this.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:45 am

Well he dosent make them so it dosent matter now anyway.
I just posted the email i got back from them.
I must of been thinking something else when i posted that like give me a few parts for it kind of cheap.
Something weird is the guitars on their web page look really good I know now why people order from them even if they have bad reputation.
There swingers look great on there.