I had not heard of this site till today.
What a scary place to come for anyone who doesn't just live to slag people off 24/7!
And yes I am guilty of just about everything people accuse me of here... I have been married more than once (drum roll needed) and lived for six months in the Philippines because my wife is from over there, though was working in Romania when we met... but none of that matters as much as the absolute fact that I saw repeated in message after message: that this bloke sets up guitars but never polishes the frets? Where did that one come from: I always fastiduously polish the fret wires till they gleam.
It is as if this site has invented its own folklaw about this dreadful bloke who does nothing he should do, but tricks innocent beginners into parting with oodles of their cash for worthless guitars.
Sure it's easy to sound clever when you slag off someone else's work, and all your site buddies join in and agree with you because they are so scared you might turn and get nasty on them instead!
But thanks to the few who dared to say I wasn't a total criminal... I appreciate that on an aggressive slag-off site like this anyone half pleasant will want to keep their head well down!
But as a few letters asked can we get this guitar butcher to come on the site and submit himself to our piss-taking... well here he is!
Mark..............
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Did someone mention the butcher?
Welcome aboard!
As someone who is a trained guitar maker with a BSc and MA in Musical Instruments, I have to tell you that some of your techniques for 'improving' or 'repairing' guitars are quite flawed. Your work on some of the Nuts of the instuments you sell is particularly comical in places, and in reality has a negative effect on the instrument for which you may not be aware.
Mark, I like a good lynch mob as much as the next man and I am also sure I have posted some negative comments towards your work and for that I will not apologise.
However as I also believe in educating people, I am happy to offer you advice on some of the things you are doing wrong if you would like to accept it? I would happily phone you out of my own expense to assist you.
At the end of the day I would like members of the public to be protected from sub par workmanship, but I would also like you to be succesful in your business and offer good items for sale. It would actually be really great to see you build some custom guitars for people with big hands,
Anyway Mark the offer is there, in reality I believe myself to be a fairly nice person in real life although I can be quite a non PC bastard as well.
Let me know.
Sheldon
Welcome aboard!
As someone who is a trained guitar maker with a BSc and MA in Musical Instruments, I have to tell you that some of your techniques for 'improving' or 'repairing' guitars are quite flawed. Your work on some of the Nuts of the instuments you sell it particularly comical in palces, and in reality has a negative effect on the instrument for which you may not be aware.
Mark, I like a good lynch mob as much as the next man and I am also sure I have posted some negative comments towards your work and for that I will not apologise.
However as I also believe in educating people, I am happy to offer you advice on some of the things you are doing wrong if you would like to accept it? I would happily phone you out of my own expense to assist you.
At the end of the day I would like member of the public to be protected from sub par workmanship, but I would also like you to be succesful in your business and offer good items for sale. It would actually be really great to see you build some custom guitars for people with big hands,
Anyway Mark the offer is there, in reality I believe myself to be a fairly nice person in real life although I can be quite a non PC bastard as well.
Let me know.
Sheldon
Well said. It's canny wee site brimming with knowledge of ALL varieties and standards. Lots to be learned. And everyone's ok, a few 'pretend bastards' but people are just passionate, bored, or a bit 'worky'
I hope people behave well towards you, which I hope includes not being provocative and giving you time to answer each question/accusation rather than deluge you with an essay they've been waiting to get off their chest
Don't be a stranger.