Anyone got any experience with The Painted Player Guitars??

TheGASMan

Hi All

I have often looked at the guitars created by The Painted Player, however they seem a little pricey, although I do understand that time is money LoL

Has anyone on here owned one? And if so would you mind sharing your thoughts

Thanks

Andrew

Funkfingers

Check his eBay Feedback. Somebody is buying what he churns out. (It Ain’t Me, Babe.) On this forum, TPP is largely a figure of fun. 

Caveat emptor.

Legionreturns

If I could buy entry level guitars, dress them up in expensive suits and then sell them for the price of a custom shop, I'd do so. 

I wouldn't dream of paying someone else to do it, especially this clown. 

PS...you should also take a look at his T&Cs ...you may not like the idea much after doing that! There are plenty of people on here who could make you a stunning guitar for that money, that would blow away an Epiphone in lipstick  

TheGASMan

Thanks guys I get the picture - Steering clear cheers

thermionic

He also claims that The Painted Player is a registered trade mark - it’s easy enough to check and it isn’t. This is actually illegal, and even at best it’s a deliberate attempt to decieve. The photos are not of the actual guitar you’re getting, so who knows what would turn up.

CeeJay

I've just read his T&Cs. I've never read such a load of nonsense in all my days! 

Cols

By and large, what you get is a stock instrument (occasionally with upgraded parts) with a massive markup for decorations or relicing.  His T&Cs are detailed, hilarious and illegal.  

That said, I haven’t actually heard of anyone who’s been done over by him.  The forum ire is largely as a result of the grossly inflated prices and his position that a) what you actually receive may differ from the pictures on eBay and b) once the guitar has been handed to the courier he has no further responsibility for it.

If you’re happy paying that much for decoration - for example, £900 for an Epiphone G400 painted like Clapton’s Cream era SG (which, to be fair, is probably quite a complex job - but still, the base guitar is £300 tops) - he’s probably fine.

HarrySeven

Occasionally, S/H examples of TPP's wares turn up on eBay - and they look NOTHING like the stuff on the TPP website/For Sale listings...

GoldenEraGuitars

I’m gutted. I recently lost a customer to TPP because I wouldn’t build the guitar out of a finished Fender licensed body, a finished fender licensed neck, fender licensed hardware and fender licensed pickups. 

Yes, whatever is going through your head right now is exactly what I thought too

axisus

I know nothing about the company, but I'm not sure why people here are so negative?? It's just someone trying to make a living through selling guitars. 

hollywoodrox

I’ve looked at his copies of the Slash /Joe Perry guitar but like they say on here it’s a bit pricey 

stimpsonslostson

axisus said:

I know nothing about the company, but I'm not sure why people here are so negative?? It's just someone trying to make a living through selling guitars. 

I’m negative because THe Painted Player is breaking the law. 

You can’t rebadge a Squier as a Fender or an Epiphone as a Gibson, mark up the price and sell it on regardless of how you repaint the body- it’s fraudulent & illegal. 

There’s even a Rickenbacker on there, which is playing with fire. 

chrisj1602

I don’t like his rebadging and shady terms and conditions. I guess you could say some of custom paint jobs look ok for a decorative piece, but the relic stuff is shocking.

axisus

stimpsonslostson said:

axisus said:

I know nothing about the company, but I'm not sure why people here are so negative?? It's just someone trying to make a living through selling guitars. 

I’m negative because THe Painted Player is breaking the law. 

You can’t rebadge a Squier as a Fender or an Epiphone as a Gibson, mark up the price and sell it on regardless of how you repaint the body- it’s fraudulent & illegal. 

There’s even a Rickenbacker on there, which is playing with fire. 

OK, well that is clearly a bad thing. Thanks for informing me!

GoldenEraGuitars

Plenty of folk out there building fender branded fakes and selling them for a massive profit.... he must be selling them if he’s still in business 

CasperCaster

GoldenEraGuitars said:

I’m gutted. I recently lost a customer to TPP because I wouldn’t build the guitar out of a finished Fender licensed body, a finished fender licensed neck, fender licensed hardware and fender licensed pickups. 

Yes, whatever is going through your head right now is exactly what I thought too

This one?
EBay item 324015833554 

GoldenEraGuitars

CasperCaster said:

GoldenEraGuitars said:

I’m gutted. I recently lost a customer to TPP because I wouldn’t build the guitar out of a finished Fender licensed body, a finished fender licensed neck, fender licensed hardware and fender licensed pickups. 

Yes, whatever is going through your head right now is exactly what I thought too

This one?
EBay item 324015833554 

No. I was asked to supply all fender parts for the build. The customer hadn’t done his homework about us so he didn’t know that we don’t assemble guitars using urethane finished fender parts.

From memory he also said he had always wanted to own a fender. I had to tell him that buying a fender partscaster at £2500 (that was TPP quote) still wouldn’t give him a fender. 

Fishboy7

How bizarre – why not just buy one of the thousands of guitars assembled by Fender?  

ten77guitar

Fishboy7 said:

How bizarre – why not just buy one of the thousands of guitars assembled by Fender?  

A fool and his money...

GoldenEraGuitars

Fishboy7 said:

How bizarre – why not just buy one of the thousands of guitars assembled by Fender?  

The guitar in question was a high end CS model that was discontinued. So, spending £2500 seemed like a good deal.

We quoted significantly less for what would be a closer replica to the original (even though we don’t like doing replica stuff).

Aflf

No contact name and address? Isn't it illegal already to have a business web site without an imprint?

In Germany you would have an 'Attorney at warning' directly at your trouser's leg

When I google the phone number I find:

thejohnwalshweddingcarcompany.co.uk