Vallhagen
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Hey PhilAngus!
Thanx. and i appreciate you being honest!
And if i am honest too: I (we) did have problems getting this green to the right nuance, and i have indeed learned a few things during the process. After the first coats it was really too much mudd/moss in the color than i wanted. The (now obvious) challenge was to turn something red/brown into green. Difficult. If i had thought about that before starting the build, i guess the easy way out (if i wanted a green guitar, and the kid did choose that color, its really nice on wudtone picture samples), had been to choose another body wood; say swamp ash or korina, which is more white-grey than brown-red by nature. Anyway, i did my google job and also had an email convo with Andy @ wudtone (nice helpful guy) who gave me some really useful hints. And finally the result came out pretty nice i think, though it still is a nuance of brown in it, and its a bit deeper/darker than expected.
...and regarding picture quality; Yea, im a bit lazy, i often just use my semi-crappy cell phone cam to snap some pics during the process, much just for private documentation. The earlier pics in the thread are such. For the last set i have used a "good quality" Sony camera, and also payed some attention to lighting, it made a difference
. I should take some daylight/outdoors pics too, but we have grey/rainy days (funny winter!) here.
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And the telecaster neck story continues:
I did call them by phone thursday (morning time pst, two days ago). Nice chat, and they (the guy i talked to) promised to get back to me asap. He hasn't, yet. If you ask me, they are late on reply allready, but sure i can give them one more working day or so to respond.
This means, they responded (negative to my warranty claim) to my fist e-mail, they didn't respond at all to my second, and now i wait for their phone response. We'll see.
I also did the following (may seem a bit silly, but what can i do to convince ppl about the obvious?):
I bought wood piece of canary (same wood as in the cracked neck), and drilled holes in it, in a similar but "worse case" way as the holes in the neckhead. Same drill bit, same drill depth and same screws as with the tuning machines. I also did screw the screws all way in (which isnt the case when fastening the tuning machines, as the machine plate acts as a distance). Also, the stress on the wood is worse on the scrap piece of wood than the neckhead, as all screws are lined up in the same grain line.
The result: No cracks in the scrap piece. This is obvious: because the wood is healthy. Then i repeated the whole process again. It is fully repeatable. Healthy wood does not crack open.
And i agree, that this is not really anybodys fault. Wood is wood, and man cannot predict everything with a specific piece. But: This is really why there is a thing as limited warranty; if hidden defects comes in daylight when the customer receives it, the retailer shall take it back, or refund the customer. In this case i think i may accept some kind of compromise as well; i can take care of the repair, if they repay me % of the neck purchase cost. The neck isnt new anymore, and has lost its value as new.
Cheers
Thanx. and i appreciate you being honest!
And if i am honest too: I (we) did have problems getting this green to the right nuance, and i have indeed learned a few things during the process. After the first coats it was really too much mudd/moss in the color than i wanted. The (now obvious) challenge was to turn something red/brown into green. Difficult. If i had thought about that before starting the build, i guess the easy way out (if i wanted a green guitar, and the kid did choose that color, its really nice on wudtone picture samples), had been to choose another body wood; say swamp ash or korina, which is more white-grey than brown-red by nature. Anyway, i did my google job and also had an email convo with Andy @ wudtone (nice helpful guy) who gave me some really useful hints. And finally the result came out pretty nice i think, though it still is a nuance of brown in it, and its a bit deeper/darker than expected.
...and regarding picture quality; Yea, im a bit lazy, i often just use my semi-crappy cell phone cam to snap some pics during the process, much just for private documentation. The earlier pics in the thread are such. For the last set i have used a "good quality" Sony camera, and also payed some attention to lighting, it made a difference
. I should take some daylight/outdoors pics too, but we have grey/rainy days (funny winter!) here.***
And the telecaster neck story continues:
I did call them by phone thursday (morning time pst, two days ago). Nice chat, and they (the guy i talked to) promised to get back to me asap. He hasn't, yet. If you ask me, they are late on reply allready, but sure i can give them one more working day or so to respond.
This means, they responded (negative to my warranty claim) to my fist e-mail, they didn't respond at all to my second, and now i wait for their phone response. We'll see.
I also did the following (may seem a bit silly, but what can i do to convince ppl about the obvious?):
I bought wood piece of canary (same wood as in the cracked neck), and drilled holes in it, in a similar but "worse case" way as the holes in the neckhead. Same drill bit, same drill depth and same screws as with the tuning machines. I also did screw the screws all way in (which isnt the case when fastening the tuning machines, as the machine plate acts as a distance). Also, the stress on the wood is worse on the scrap piece of wood than the neckhead, as all screws are lined up in the same grain line.
The result: No cracks in the scrap piece. This is obvious: because the wood is healthy. Then i repeated the whole process again. It is fully repeatable. Healthy wood does not crack open.
And i agree, that this is not really anybodys fault. Wood is wood, and man cannot predict everything with a specific piece. But: This is really why there is a thing as limited warranty; if hidden defects comes in daylight when the customer receives it, the retailer shall take it back, or refund the customer. In this case i think i may accept some kind of compromise as well; i can take care of the repair, if they repay me % of the neck purchase cost. The neck isnt new anymore, and has lost its value as new.
Cheers
