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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:02 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
Josh wrote:i swear, i see that guitar more than my own guitars.
and they're in my room, where i jam/sleep...
fucking funny shit. so true.
also: i don't understand how these people feel it's ok to make stuff, but not back it 100%. these are people who should go out of business rather quickly in the confines of a capitalist system.
and i had forgotten that he charges $20 per hole change. most of the time, that's almost half if not all of the purchase price on top of the original cost. that's fucking mentally ill. so you mean to tell me, you're time is so valuable that moving the bit another few mm's is worth a jackson? i don't think so, oh but wait, you don't give a fuck what i think.
update:
From: fxguitarman1
To: hotrodperlmutter
Subject: You've received an answer to your question about item Aged pear pickguard fits Fender Squier Musicmaster bass
Sent Date: Dec-18-09 11:02:23 PST
Dear hotrodperlmutter,
I charge for hole changes and i sent you back your shipping.
Let me just refund you the rest of the money and cansil the shipping lable.
- fxguitarman1
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From: hotrodperlmutter
To: fxguitarman1
Subject: You've received an answer to your question about item Aged pear pickguard fits Fender Squier Musicmaster bass
Sent Date: Dec-18-09 11:47:03 PST
Dear fxguitarman1,
so now you're not shipping the guard back to me? what the hell man?
- hotrodperlmutter
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Dear hotrodperlmutter,
I do not need unhappy coustomers .
This is up to you without the tone hole or a refund?
- fxguitarman1
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Dear hotrodperlmutter,
You can take the guard without me drilling the tone hole or i can return uour money.
I do not do lay out work for free.
I figured it would be easer for you to place it where you want it to get it in the right place.
If i drill it it may not go into your body.
You seem to not be using this guard for a musicmaster stock bass body.
But if you are not capable of doing this i will just refund you.
- fxguitarman1
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Dear hotrodperlmutter,
you are not reading my email
- fxguitarman1
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Dear hotrodperlmutter,
You need to let me know if you want the guard without the tone hole so i can ship it. If not i will refund you.
- fxguitarman1
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:23 pm
by taylornutt
Maybe I need to go into the custom pickguard business. Sounds like there is a shortage of good pickguard people out there.
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:30 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
if you can do right quality work, for a fair price, and spell words correctly in your correspondance, i've got a couple things i need done.
also, it's a plus if you don't include religious literature in your packages.
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:26 pm
by stewart
hotrodperlmutter wrote:also, it's a plus if you don't include religious literature in your packages.
what did he put in it?
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:48 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
nothing, i'm just saying. major turnoff.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:45 am
by CaptainGD
Wow, guy's a total prick. Nice grammar, too.
I've only ordered one pickguard ever. It was for my classic player Jaguar from Terrapin. Dude assured me that he could make a pickguard that would fit the CP, but it didn't. After explaining more, providing a template and trying again, he still got it wrong, but at least it was less wrong, so I fixed it all with a dremel.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:48 am
by Mages
taylornutt wrote:Maybe I need to go into the custom pickguard business. Sounds like there is a shortage of good pickguard people out there.
yea, this is why I think a guy like robert could very rightfully charge a decent price to do pickguards because A.) he knows about guitars B.) he can understand peoples projects C.) he's a nice guy. as we have seen, those are
very valuable traits to have when doing this kind of business. like, I would pay a decent amount more than jeannie just to be able to deal with someone with those skills.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:00 am
by Bacchus
I think Aug started doing decent pickguards at a decent price, but there wasn't enough money in them for it to be worthwhile. He's a prick though, so who knows.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:53 am
by taylornutt
The hard part will be getting /making templates of the pickguards. Strat and Teles would be easy. Might want some bodies for testing the pickguards. A couple of tools but nothing too expensive. I have one spare Jagmaster pickguard I could practice with until I get my process down. I am seriously thinking about it though.
My local guitar luthier offers classes that I may take this summer. This pickguard buidling kinda goes along with my general desire to learn more about guitar maintenance and building. His classes include: setup 1 & 2 , electronics. refretting, kit building, custom nut and saddle making, custom routing. The refretting class is pretty price though. ($600). Definitely considering setup and electronic classes for sure.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:12 am
by taylornutt
Anyone ever dealt with this company?
http://www.pickguards.com/
They have a nice selection and even make CIJ and MIM models.
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 3:30 am
by cobascis
fucking 'cansil'
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:06 am
by Sublimedo
BacchusPaul wrote:I think Aug started doing decent pickguards at a decent price, but there wasn't enough money in them for it to be worthwhile.
there really isn't. A sheet of quality pg material is about the price of a standard pickguard and unless your making a jazzmaster pg you can probably get 2 guards out of one sheet. If you mess up on of those two possible guards the most you can make would only be enough to break even. A lot of things can go wrong with custom jobs since models certain models (particularily telecasters) are very inconsistent.