tbonesullivan Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 11 hours ago, kizanski said: That's what I was thinking as well. I'd bet my house on it. It took what, a week? There's no way any real guitar tech would do such a rush job. Not to mention, all that was done was a gluing. He's a scourge to the used guitar market.
Ua D Posted April 20, 2019 Author Posted April 20, 2019 On 4/18/2019 at 4:52 AM, kizanski said: Rot crotch here for the unsuspecting consumer. Besides substandard repairs what other shenanigans does this guy get up too?
MCChris Posted April 22, 2019 Posted April 22, 2019 On 4/20/2019 at 10:08 AM, Ua D said: Besides substandard repairs what other shenanigans does this guy get up too? Pedophilia is a distinct possibility.
cmatthes Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 6:29 PM, tbonesullivan said: It took what, a week? There's no way any real guitar tech would do such a rush job. Not to mention, all that was done was a gluing. He's a scourge. Corrected.
george4th Posted April 26, 2019 Posted April 26, 2019 He got called out on the Heritage forum, and was asking 1050 for it, Looks like he sold it for around 600 or so on his reverb shop....I wouldn't have paid that, the headstock "Repair" is hideous...
serial Posted April 26, 2019 Posted April 26, 2019 On 4/16/2019 at 2:01 PM, Never2Late said: HOW MANY 1999 Silver-Sparkle Hamer USA Phantom A5s were made? A few....but only a few. How many are they making NOW? Zero. Zero 1999 Silver Sparkle Phantoms were made.
Dasein Posted April 27, 2019 Posted April 27, 2019 Maybe a better question -- how would you "undo" this fix?
joshoowah Posted April 27, 2019 Posted April 27, 2019 17 hours ago, Dasein said: Maybe a better question -- how would you "undo" this fix? Well, from what I've gathered about this guy from this thread, he probably used superglue, so see the above offering of "The Monterey Method."
Steve Haynie Posted April 29, 2019 Posted April 29, 2019 Sometimes the broken ends of the wood can fit together correctly, which is something only the person doing the repair would know. With that total break it would be best to add some splines to the repair. Considering the profit motive of the seller, the repair likely was done as cheaply as possible.
kizanski Posted April 29, 2019 Posted April 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said: Considering the profit motive of the seller, the repair likely was done as cheaply as possible. No... YA THINK??
Steve Haynie Posted April 29, 2019 Posted April 29, 2019 You can buy a lot more white Elmer's glue for what one tiny tube of super glue costs.
Never2Late Posted April 29, 2019 Posted April 29, 2019 On 4/26/2019 at 8:14 PM, Dasein said: Maybe a better question -- how would you "undo" this fix? Step one - strip the finish and see what's what..... Greg always ALWAYS adds splines to the break, and worked the new wood down to the original neck radius. A proper refinish of the affected area, properly blended-in makes the repair invisible.
joshoowah Posted April 29, 2019 Posted April 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Steve Haynie said: You can buy a lot more white Elmer's glue for what one tiny tube of super glue costs. Yes, but you have to actually care to properly repair it with white glue, where as you can hold the two pieces together for 30 seconds and appear to have repaired it with superglue.
tbonesullivan Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Never2Late said: Step one - strip the finish and see what's what..... Greg always ALWAYS adds splines to the break, and worked the new wood down to the original neck radius. A proper refinish of the affected area, properly blended-in makes the repair invisible. I've only seen once when he didn't use a spline, and that was a partial break with plenty of surface area, that also didn't have some one decide to do a home repair to it first. Sadly more and more guitars will pass into the hands of people with drill buffers and non-existent gluing skills.
Never2Late Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 17 hours ago, tbonesullivan said: I've only seen once when he didn't use a spline, and that was a partial break with plenty of surface area, that also didn't have some one decide to do a home repair to it first. Sadly more and more guitars will pass into the hands of people with drill buffers and non-existent gluing skills. If I were to invest in a guitar like this, I'd ask Greg to make the affected area "stronger than stock" for peace-of-mind and I believe splines would go-in whether the break was complete, or not....YMMV.
kizanski Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Never2Late said: If I were to invest in a guitar like this, I'd ask Greg to make the affected area "stronger than stock" for peace-of-mind and I believe splines would go-in whether the break was complete, or not....YMMV. No, I'm sure Brent's repair is just fine.
cynic Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 19 minutes ago, kizanski said: No, I'm sure Brent's repair is just fine.
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