(sorry for the english)
Hi guys, just want to share this story with you.
I just assembled my "Warmoth" guitar...pretty much a bunch of parts and a warmoth neck. After giving the guitar some rest and a proper set up, I sent the guitar to a luthier near my place for a proper set-up and a fret leveling. Thats when things started to get bad...
First fret level, the luthier give me the guitar back : lot of dead notes and strange buzz all around. I take it back there. He did a second fret level and setup (free of charge) : about the same problem but this time I really took the time with him to check out the instrument. It turns out that the neck got a wicked high spot at the end of the fretboard (seems like the fretboard isn't level at all?!?!). Now this guy is one of the better known luthier in my area, Im quite sure he did a great job both time.
If you look at the neck, it actually got the usual curve (small banana), but at the very end of the fretboard (last 6-7frets) if you look closely, theres another slight slope until the last frets
Now, if the luthier still do a 3rd level, not only will it cost me 200$ again, but my last frets will be too low.. Now, am I screwed? Warmoth wont take the neck back if the frets have been messed up with. Still there is no way I think a customer can see that kind of defect on a neck without any string tension and setup on it! But even if Warmoth take back this one and give me a new neck, I will still have to pay big money again to have it setup and have the fret leveled without knowing if THIS time it will work (and pay the shipping back and forth....f#$@). Bummer
Anyway sad story, might give Warmoth an email about it...or just throw the guitar to the trashcan and sells some of the parts to cover the luthier work. What an hassle seriously!
Sorry, I should just give the nearest wall some good ol' punches :icon_thumright:
nah
:sad1:
Hi guys, just want to share this story with you.
I just assembled my "Warmoth" guitar...pretty much a bunch of parts and a warmoth neck. After giving the guitar some rest and a proper set up, I sent the guitar to a luthier near my place for a proper set-up and a fret leveling. Thats when things started to get bad...
First fret level, the luthier give me the guitar back : lot of dead notes and strange buzz all around. I take it back there. He did a second fret level and setup (free of charge) : about the same problem but this time I really took the time with him to check out the instrument. It turns out that the neck got a wicked high spot at the end of the fretboard (seems like the fretboard isn't level at all?!?!). Now this guy is one of the better known luthier in my area, Im quite sure he did a great job both time.
If you look at the neck, it actually got the usual curve (small banana), but at the very end of the fretboard (last 6-7frets) if you look closely, theres another slight slope until the last frets
Now, if the luthier still do a 3rd level, not only will it cost me 200$ again, but my last frets will be too low.. Now, am I screwed? Warmoth wont take the neck back if the frets have been messed up with. Still there is no way I think a customer can see that kind of defect on a neck without any string tension and setup on it! But even if Warmoth take back this one and give me a new neck, I will still have to pay big money again to have it setup and have the fret leveled without knowing if THIS time it will work (and pay the shipping back and forth....f#$@). Bummer
Anyway sad story, might give Warmoth an email about it...or just throw the guitar to the trashcan and sells some of the parts to cover the luthier work. What an hassle seriously!
Sorry, I should just give the nearest wall some good ol' punches :icon_thumright:
nah
:sad1: