Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

[stevie_bees]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Can't you just make the pickups wireless like a mic?

Yeah, I need to get me a set of wireless pickups!!:laugh2:

 

[octavedoctor]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

LOL!!!!!!!!! DOH!!!!!!! LOL!!!! I guess its time for some 4 conductor wire and some heart surgery on that pickup!!!!

Octave doctor, do you get alot of work fixing peoples Fockups??? I certainly know that is ALOT of the work I get in here!!!! LOL!!!!!!! It seems like some weeks thats the only kinds of jobs I get!!!!

Yeah, it's actually top of my FAQs
q: What's the most common repair you do?
a: Fixing other people's screw-ups...

Sometimes people bring me some sort of abortion of a repair which the world and his wife has had a go at first and they say "it wasn't me it was my friend/cousin/neighbour/dad did it and i'm promted to say "is this the same one that's responsible for half the other repairs in my workshop?"

He's actually a really nice guy so I showed admirable restraint, I think.

Fixing it is no problem technically, it's just that it's turned a 40 minute job into one stretching to a couple of hours.

I just feel sorry that it's going to cost him a lot more than the job would have if he'd just left it to me.

And you haven't heard all of it; he did the same thing with his Gibson PAFs but they have braided screen so I can patch that with a bit of heat shrink and screening braid from RS.

Thank you for all your messages of sympathy...

:8:

 

[ErikH]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

It's like the signs you sometimes see at mechanic's shops:

Labor: $40/hr.
If you watch: $60/hr.
If you help: $80/hr.
If you tried it first and screwed it up: $120/hr.

That's hilarious. If I ever get to doing little repairs here and there, that's hanging in the workshop...LOL!!! LOL!!!.

Before I even saw the pic of the pickup I knew what happened. :smack:
I can honestly say that I have never done that.

 

[Mr 9finger]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

LOL!!!!!!!!! DOH!!!!!!! LOL!!!! I guess its time for some 4 conductor wire and some heart surgery on that pickup!!!!

Octave doctor, do you get alot of work fixing peoples Fockups??? I certainly know that is ALOT of the work I get in here!!!! LOL!!!!!!! It seems like some weeks thats the only kinds of jobs I get!!!!

hey that body came to me that way honest!

 

[remingtonbo2001]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

I'm sorry, but that's halarious, something out of a sitcom.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

And you haven't heard all of it; he did the same thing with his Gibson PAFs but they have braided screen so I can patch that with a bit of heat shrink and screening braid from RS.

Thank you for all your messages of sympathy...

:8:

You've got to be joking???:smack: That's it....Punch him in the throat! :jester:

 

[krankguitarist]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Wow a whole inch to work with!!!

I'm betting that the genius was already used to dealing with that particular challenge...

BA-ZING!

 

[octavedoctor]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

This is nothing; my friend in Dundee has a whole collection of stories like this. My favourite? The guy who bought a digital tuner and brought it back a week later complining that it didn't work.

"I left the guitar plugged into it" he said innocently " went away and had a cup of tea but when I came back the guitar was still out of tune...":jester:

And then there was the guy who tried to plug his guitar straight in to the 240volt mains supply...

 

[ErikH]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

This is nothing; my friend in Dundee has a whole collection of stories like this. My favourite? The guy who bought a digital tuner and brought it back a week later complining that it didn't work.

"I left the guitar plugged into it" he said innocently " went away and had a cup of tea but when I came back the guitar was still out of tune...":jester:

And then there was the guy who tried to plug his guitar straight in to the 240volt mains supply...

No. No way. Uh uhhh. That dude was not thinking what I'm thinking he was thinking...:lmao: :smack: :smack:

See, this is a perfect example of why stupid people shouldn't be allowed to breed....:burnout:

 

[Tony_H]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

And then there was the guy who tried to plug his guitar straight in to the 240volt mains supply...

Oh my! I thought this was only possible in cartoons! But I really love the one with the digital tuner. That's hilarious.

But to tell the truth, I did try a repair, screwed up, and took it to my luthier. I was trying to make a nut and it went wrong. But I never did anything as horrible as clipping the pickup wires. Shudder to think!

 

[SpiderVenom]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

And then there was the guy who tried to plug his guitar straight in to the 240volt mains supply...

Going a little off-topic here, but this reminded me of what a friend of mine... he plugged an LED fan from his old PC into the mains. Fortunately, he gave himself the sort of shock that doesn't kill you but sure burns some common sense in :smack:

 

[J Moose]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

And then there was the guy who tried to plug his guitar straight in to the 240volt mains supply...

The world is filled with idjits! I worked a high end audio recording supply shop for a few months and some of the questions people would ask would totally flummox me...

Customer - "Should I buy the 110volt or the 240? The 240 is more powerful right?"

Me - "Ummm...where do you live?"

Customer - "Kansas"

Me - :smack:

 

[Aceman]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Okay -I've seen this post for a few days, but just read it. Two things:
1. Your buddy is retarded. Don't talk to him anymore. He's not really your friend - he's just an annoying person who knows you. Anyone that dumb must be a sucky player too - new pups won't help. He needs a replacement brain. And he seems a bit of a rude ^%^% as well. But we all knew that....

2. Do you have any idea what a bunch pup-swapping wimps you guys sound like? There's wire on the pup. There's wire in the axe. Twist it, solder it, heat shrink it, move on. I could do that faster than a regular replacement. What a bunch of wusses. Really now, Does anyone out there need help changing the batteries in a stomp box too!

I am by no means the most iron-talented person in the world, but jeez guys, I am really shocked by your fear of this. Tard boy is dumb - but he's not afraid! If it had two inches this wouldn't even be worth the post. And shame on you people who said give him $10 for them! Doofus probably doesn't know better than to put a 59 flamed Les Paul upside your head when he finds out you ripped him off either. :cussing:

I guess I just expected a little more from those seeking the ultimate tone...I'm to depressed to post anymore tonight. Good luck with changing any lightbulbs that burn out this weekend.

 

[SpiderVenom]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

...what in the world was that all about?

Yeah, I do see your point. But uh... interesting delivery style.

I don't think anyone was particularly wimping out over such an amazingly difficult task. As you said, solder and tape, done. It was just an amusing situation, that's all.

 

[HamerPlyr]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Wow. I thought that I was a jerk in insulting the original moron in question, if only in an effort to make you guys laugh. Then we all get insulted and talked to as if we're the morons.

Bad day at work, Ace? Kick the dog, you'll feel better.

 

[theodie]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Damn Ace, that was harsh!

When you do Luthier work for a living, macgyverizing dosent cut it. Might work for the average player that does their own repairs but, something isnt leaving my shop all Jeri rigged!

 

[neosadist]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

And we could start a similar thread about how we don't trust guitar technicians who don't also play guitar. This isn't about why players shouldn't do their own repairs, but why some people, if they don't know what they're doing, should instead trust someone who does, i.e. a guitar repair shop.

 

[octavedoctor]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Aceman, for your information, the cable fix is done on both pickups. It's not a problem for me, I was in this business when you were in diapers and screaming the house down.

Yeah i know that was only yesterday...

 

[Aceman]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

All apologies to all offended. Perhaps it was my allergies acting up, or maybe the mess the kids made. Perhaps it was even that many of the posts do seem to have a hint of tragedy. In any event, I've put some ointment on my diaper rash and i'm feeling much better. And I never had any doubt as to your ability to succeed in this task. Peace, love, glorious tone, and one more time - Sorry:blackeye:

 

[Inge Malmstein]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Well, when we started to mod our guitars, i think we also made a lot of accidents - learning by doing.
I wasted 8 pickguards in only 4 years when i started to play. Would have been 2 1/2 years from the time, when i started to mod.
I paied more for the pickguards, than for the guitar where the pickguards went in!