Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

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orpheo

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I finished the guitars last january but it took me until last week to REALLY finetune the playability (i.e.: smoothing the fret ends, the sides of the fretboards, polishing the turds uhm... frets!). So I brought them to a jamsession I visit occasionally. Unfortunately I soon had a fall out with the girl who arranges the session. She felt I should lend out my guitars to guys who wanted to play but had no gear. Firstly, since when is it my obligation to supply gear for others, but still... I had my warmoths and I wasn't comfortable lending them out! 5A flame maple top on lightweight 1 piece mahogany on one guitar, flamed koa on lightweight mahogany on the other, both with silver zephyrs, both with brazilian RW necks and ebony boards. not a nice idea!

but before I rant about what happened, allow me to tell about the zephyrs.

they rock.

My gosh they are so awesome in a band situation. They cut through the mix, in any position, any style. rock, blues, funk, soul, jazz, old school metal (that's all I play!), it just cuts. Nuances are so audible. I parted with the guitar for a moment and the guy playing it was amazed. Not just how easy the guitar plays (that's just my doing!) but at how easy it was to coax his own sound with the guitar. The more I play them the more I am convinced these pickups are not snakeoil but the beesknees....

OK. about the musical logistics. I did borrow out the guitar. I did get it back. And my fears were confirmed. I got it back with a broken jack, covered in blood. I was standing there all the time, and I have no idea how he managed to **** up the jack, but he did. I have no idea what he was doing, but the entire neck pickup is covered in blood. It's no longer a silver zephyr but a crimson zephyr :( The girl who arranged it all refused to acknowledge my apprehension. Only when I showed her the result of the other guys handiwork she saw that I was right after all.

what would you guys have done in such a situation?
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

And hit him over the head with it.. then taken his money to pay for repairs.
 
Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

I would have told her fine, but any damage, I mean ANY damage, comes out of her pocket. Write it up as agreement and then both sign it. She'd most likely not agree to that and change her mind real quick.
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

A month of free beer every time you go their.
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

1) Packed the guitar carefully and left.

2) Killed a hooker.

3) Planted some of his blood at the crime scene.

4) ????

5) Not given a **** about profit, since I can apparently afford 50 guitars and a couple of sets of Zephyrs.
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

Alternatively, next time you jam with him, you could just hand him a box of tampons, in case of 'emergencies.'
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

Imma gonna guess you were jamming to Won't Get Fooled Again...?

 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

^ Didn't Pete injure his hand quite badly doing that, at least once?
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

Kam said:
1) Packed the guitar carefully and left.

2) Killed a hooker.

3) Planted some of his blood at the crime scene.

4) ????

5) Not given a **** about profit, since I can apparently afford 50 guitars and a couple of sets of Zephyrs.
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THis was pure effing genius brilliance!
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

Kam said:
1) Packed the guitar carefully and left.

2) Killed a hooker.

3) Planted some of his blood at the crime scene.

4) ????

5) Not given a **** about profit, since I can apparently afford 50 guitars and a couple of sets of Zephyrs.
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don't get it...
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

But only you could actually tell how awesome the pickups sounded.
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

Demand that someone pays for the damage or threaten legal action.
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

Why would you agree to lend out your guitar with $1000 worth of pickups in it in the first place? Were you trying to bang this broad? Are you jamming at some sort of after school program for underprivileged youth? Why can't these "musicians" bring their own guitars?

I would have told her to go pound sand rather than hand over one of my prized guitars to some tool.
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

I would have played a Hole cover version. Maybe, something from side one of Celebrity Skin. :naughty:
 
Re: Gigged last week with silver zephyr pickup guitars, my feelings about them

Uh yeah... I wouldn't have lent out my guitar in the first place.
 
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