Quality Slipping??

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:05 am

Better to wait than be sorry. The sound of finish cracking is not a pleasant one (speaking from experience).

scottpro1969 · Post by **scottpro1969** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:33 am

Andy, my 4003 Monty brown was delivered Friday by the dreaded UPS. It was 8 degrees farenheit here and I let it warm up overnight. 24 hrs later I opened it up. No problems. I couldn't wait the 48!!!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:38 am

QUICK!!! Scott!!! What's that sound???

OH NOOOOoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:51 am

Actually the response would be a lot more colorful than that... and not for polite company.

bluespckr · Post by **bluespckr** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:47 am

Oooooooooo -- could have been a shattering experience to the very finish, that is.

roadrunners · Post by **roadrunners** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:12 am

i for one love the quality of my fireglo 330 and wouldnt mind if it left the factory without a warranty!

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:52 am

I have been playing my 360 and recently my 360/12 as my main guitars since the mid 90's now and they have been fine. Like anything else hand made, some Rics are going to be better than others. Mine have been to many gigs, been treated no more gingerly than any other instrument I own.

I even bopped a transmission manifold with the 360/12's headstock, taking a big chunk out of it. And it stayed in tune! (the transmission manifold was a lamp at a club). I wonder if the new headstock design would have held up as well? Of course, you don't want to do things like that on purpose!

Rics are somewhat quirky but once you get them working they are great.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:21 am

Wow, you knocked a chunk out of a transmission with a 360? I know it's hardwood but that's amazing!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:29 pm

Thats why you and Kenny couldn't break that new 12-string headstock!

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:42 pm

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:59 pm

Well, I wish I had knocked a chunk out of the manifold!

It was a lamp at a club my band played. I did "rock" move at the end of the last song and *clunk! I didn't notice it till the next day and by then th emissing chunk was gone.

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:02 pm

Is this worth repairing? The guitar still is fabulous, and I really hate the thought of not having it for the time I think it may take to fix...

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 6:21 am

This looks like a job for Dale Fortune or Steve Soest or Scott Lentz! Given that it's a JG guitar, that would be quite easy to fix in a way that you'd never know anything had happened.

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:14 am

Where are these people and how do I contact them?

Thanks for responding!

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:53 am

If you're in So.Cal.,I know a luthier who has done this exact repair before.