You all need to read this especially Stiles12

[bonepickerx]

You need to get your facts straight. This is James West of Bonepicker Custom Guitar Amplifiers

1. I have met or spoken with every person who has one of my hand built amps; every amp I build has a lifetime warranty as long as I live and I have never failed to honor that warranty.
2. I only built one pedal board amp, that was immediately copied just like my all tube champ amp that fit in the palm of your hand was. The amp was named "mini-me".
3. The guy I built the pedal board amp for sent it back and had me convert it to a head when he moved to DC to make room in his apartment. I have the original chassis to this day.
4. I contacted the company who is a big name I wont mention here and insisted they change the name of their product so I would not be implicated in their garbage. As far as I know they have but I don't read the trade rags much anymore. Someone else brought it to my attention when I was mentioned in Guitar Player Magazine and I saw the big name company's ad on the next page, I pulled out my phone called said company's Product manager and had a less than pleasant chat with him about their bold claim of having built the first pedal board amp as I have years worth of documented research, pictures and product. He agreed, we hung up.

My company is me, solely, I build whatever my customers want and my word is my only guarantee. If I get a request for something ridiculous I say no I wont take someone's money and build them a piece of garbage with my name on it. People who post lies and throw around names need to keep their opinions in check especially when its second hand information.

Either your friend does not have his facts straight or you don't have your facts straight. Or, some fly by night copied my product and used my name to rip people off which I am sorry to hear. My web site has been down for quite some time due to a near debilitating injury in a car crash. I still build Point to Point, to order using the best parts available and I still sell amps to this day and I have never screwed anyone on an amp and I will never screw someone on a amp, that's my name on that amp and it is my word. I want to see a picture of this amp or have your friend call me and send me pictures because I only built one and I have the chassis so either he got duped, is lying, or you're a troll. Here is my phone number 2083602691.

Get your facts straight before you use my name in vain anywhere! It's slander if you can't prove it. Like the guy above said in his tagline, "think about what you type don't just mash the keys and hope for the best".






Quote Originally Posted by Stiles12 View Post :knockedou:duh:

I went through this for a while and got so fed up, I was close to buying a quinn amp, I was also close to buying a Bruno, a Groove Tube Trio, a CAE 3 SE+ pre, but I couldnt play them anywear so I couldnt end up buying them. I know never Buy a Bone Picker. They are Point to Point but they suck balls, my friend got duped on the internet for a pedalboard amp from them.

I build my own amps at this point. I have built 2 exact copy of a 65 Blackface deluxe Reverb but instead of the Vibrato Circut I added in a Mid-range boost. I got the Specs From Brian Brown who is Trey Anastasio's Guitar Tech after Bob Bradshaw. Brian Brown didnt mod treys it was Moded by Bill Caruth, but Brian brown had pictures and amp setting when I was building mine. Brian now Works for Hard Truckers, The home of the Greatest Guitar cabs on the planet (at least for my style of music) and I can ask him questions when ever I am stuck

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: You all need to read this especially Stiles12

So you're saying you've got a bone to pick, eh?

Sorry to hear about someone blaming you for work you didn't do, but that's the interwebs for you.

 

[Darg1911]

Re: You all need to read this especially Stiles12

The guy he's pissed at hasn't been active here since 2008 from what I can see. So at this point, it seems more like advertising that bone picking (pun intended). I'm not saying that's the intent of the poster or the thread, I'm saying that it has that appearance since bonepickerx is basically calling out a ghost.

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: You all need to read this especially Stiles12

It sure seems like shouting at the moon.

Avaniceday

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: You all need to read this especially Stiles12

Quote Originally Posted by Stiles12 View Post :knockedou:duh:

my friend got duped on the internet for a pedalboard amp from them.

Three obvious points here.
1) Bone Picker amps is not responsible for fake products bearing the same name.
2) Like anyone of us, Stiles12's friend can only have been duped with his own connivance.
3) Why has Bone Picker not protected his idea by applying for a patent?

Yes, I do realise the financial implications for a sole trader but the cost of the application is infinitely less than the potentially lost income. Worst case scenario, the designer can license the product to a big name manufacturer and take his rightful cut.

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: You all need to read this especially Stiles12

NB4tehZap...

 

[treyhaislip]

Re: You all need to read this especially Stiles12

3) Why has Bone Picker not protected his idea by applying for a patent?

Yes, I do realise the financial implications for a sole trader but the cost of the application is infinitely less than the potentially lost income. Worst case scenario, the designer can license the product to a big name manufacturer and take his rightful cut.

+1 To applying for a patent OR licensing the product

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: You all need to read this especially Stiles12

You know I get it you are trying to clear your name. But putting this out like this in the court of public opinion doesn't look good and has the large chance to blow up in your face. If you are a company are you going to rant and rave over every single negative opinion. Even worse is are you so zealous you are going to chase down one guy who hasn't partipated in a forum for 7 years. It's obvious you chose to do this publically instead of seeking to clear your name directly with the naysayer.

I truly hope this isn't a case of "even bad publicity is good publicity". I just feel that if you are worried about your name this is a bad way to attempt to clear it. You should be very judiscious in how you approach these matters

 

[treyhaislip]

Re: You all need to read this especially Stiles12

Just saw the zombie thread that came up (which I responded to the OP wihtout seeing the date...) Perhaps talk to an administrator about removing the untruthful comments...? If that is the first forum post that comes up in a Google Search then maybe try and take it up with the Admins. But I agree with Edgecrusher, posting here isn't helping your cause...its the internet where the most random "facts" are disputed by "experts" of varying degrees...

 

[GilmourD]

Re: You all need to read this especially Stiles12

So, you come here seeking vengeance upon a guy who's last post here was October 4, 2008, and start your own thread?

Wow... OK. I mean... If this is the first link that comes up in Google then I dunno, man. It's old as dirt and posted by a guy with 56 posts total here, so I dunno why you're freaking out over one bad comment if your business is so successful otherwise.

I'm closing this.

If you have a bone to pick with that there's a link you can click in my signature below that'll direct you to sending me a private message.