DonaldDemon
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So I have a respected place that I take all my guitars for setup work every change of the summer/winter seasons. Most other setup things I can usually handle myself. That shop is about 30-40 minutes away though so I decided to try a new place in what I will call trendy town. Its a store that is new but has another location farther away for many years and are generally a good mom & pop place.
So I paid $65 for the setup, which is the most I have ever paid (other place is around $40). That seemed pretty steep to me but I figured if they do a good job I can use them in a pinch. Well I got the guitar back and the E & A strings were almost a half-step out on intonation. Thats pretty amateur and kind of pathetic but no big deal because I fixed it in about 2 minutes. Problem is the guitar is fretting out badly in the low strings above the 10th fret.
So I take it back in last night and the hipster behind the counter gives me attitude when his only suggestion was to raise the action (LP style guitar) and I said I want the guitar setup right, not higher action. The guitar had better action and less buzz when I gave it to them. He was testing the guitar through the amp plugged in, because its an electric and thats how they were meant to be played was the answer. Am I out of line in thinking thats just silly? The guitar feels like **** now and frets out, who cares if it sounds fine though an amp?
I dont like to be that guy that causes problems but I feel like I got ripped off pretty good and these guys have no clue what they are doing. I need to make time to get there today and speak to the manager, though I predict the same hipster attitude. I had planned on using this for Saturdays show but that doesnt look so good now.
So I paid $65 for the setup, which is the most I have ever paid (other place is around $40). That seemed pretty steep to me but I figured if they do a good job I can use them in a pinch. Well I got the guitar back and the E & A strings were almost a half-step out on intonation. Thats pretty amateur and kind of pathetic but no big deal because I fixed it in about 2 minutes. Problem is the guitar is fretting out badly in the low strings above the 10th fret.
So I take it back in last night and the hipster behind the counter gives me attitude when his only suggestion was to raise the action (LP style guitar) and I said I want the guitar setup right, not higher action. The guitar had better action and less buzz when I gave it to them. He was testing the guitar through the amp plugged in, because its an electric and thats how they were meant to be played was the answer. Am I out of line in thinking thats just silly? The guitar feels like **** now and frets out, who cares if it sounds fine though an amp?
I dont like to be that guy that causes problems but I feel like I got ripped off pretty good and these guys have no clue what they are doing. I need to make time to get there today and speak to the manager, though I predict the same hipster attitude. I had planned on using this for Saturdays show but that doesnt look so good now.