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susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:36 pm

Hink wrote:I know a guy in Massachusetts

ssshhh ... don't discuss this in public !

Rotfl,
susiwong

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:36 pm

Hink wrote:before you put tin foil under anything it's very important you chew it for 30 seconds

The guitar or the tin foil?

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:45 pm

robojam wrote:
Hink wrote:before you put tin foil under anything it's very important you chew it for 30 seconds
The guitar or the tin foil?

No, I won't say "the nut" now, I won't ...

Let's discuss something else !
ymmv,
susiwong

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:05 pm

susiwong wrote:The tab key is broken on my onscreen keyboard.

Of course you suck @ DIY, ever heard the terms "learning" and "trying again" ?
Nobody is born with nuts as his special ability, well, not sure about the first part.
Oops , almost made a dubious statement, this is a minefield.
At least I could avoid some of the worst wordings.

If that's too much, put s thin piece of veneer or plastic under the nut (of the guitar), or at least a piece of tin foil underneath the rattling strings inside the nut slots.

Hey, if you're cursed you can't afford to .... . ... .
There, finally censored.

Oh well,
susiwong

Well, I don't want trial and error.....I want things perfect........NOW

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:11 pm

alrighty then!

I'm not getting new pups, I'm not getting any younger and my fingers won't magically grow past the size of a 3rd graders so bleck! I'm playing what I have and no longer worrying.

btw......about that montana OFP...........

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:12 pm

susiwong wrote:Looks cool !
I'm only familiar with the old, Fralin loaded model, they were awesome.
Is this an SE ?
If so, how's the trem compared to a regular PRS ?

The SE EG arrived today, it's pretty cool but not as great as hibidy's SE Singlecut or the new SE Santana's. I guess this isn't one of those cases where older is better, it seems like PRS's Korean factory must have improved over the years.

Regarding the trem, I'm not terribly impressed so far. It lacks the brass parts and locking tuners of real PRS's and the nut isn't done well (it's not polished, if you will).

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:19 pm

hibidy wrote:Well, I don't want trial and error.....I want things perfect........NOW

Buy a Gibson, but don't tell Hink !
He might know a man in your neighborhood, too ...

Lol,
susiwong

Seriously, every new Gibson I've played over many years needed a setup and some nutwork. They leave it to the store to fine tune the setup accordng to the customer's needs. Not everybody wants super low action.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:21 pm

Uncle E wrote:
susiwong wrote:Looks cool !
I'm only familiar with the old, Fralin loaded model, they were awesome.
Is this an SE ?
If so, how's the trem compared to a regular PRS ?
The SE EG arrived today, it's pretty cool but not as great as hibidy's SE Singlecut or the new SE Santana's. I guess this isn't one of those cases where older is better, it seems like PRS's Korean factory must have improved over the years.

Regarding the trem, I'm not terribly impressed so far. It lacks the brass parts and locking tuners of real PRS's and the nut isn't done well (it's not polished, if you will).

bummer!

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:27 pm

susiwong wrote: Seriously, every new Gibson I've played over many years needed a setup and some nutwork. They leave it to the store to fine tune the setup accordng to the customer's needs. Not everybody wants super low action.

Actually, neither do I

Remember (vulcan mind meld) my issues is neither with that or paying someone to do it OR waiting, it is with the very poor jobs that were done and IN PARTICULAR, not doing what was agreed on at first.

It played fine before I took it in. In fact, the guy charged me very little...but it's not the point! Strings stuck in the nut while tuning was priority 1! So now I have a bunch of trips to the store and still nothing but broken eggs.

These places wouldn't stay in business if they were always that bad, BUT it always happens to me.

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:41 pm

Uncle E wrote:
susiwong wrote:Looks cool !
I'm only familiar with the old, Fralin loaded model, they were awesome.
Is this an SE ?
If so, how's the trem compared to a regular PRS ?
The SE EG arrived today, it's pretty cool but not as great as hibidy's SE Singlecut or the new SE Santana's. I guess this isn't one of those cases where older is better, it seems like PRS's Korean factory must have improved over the years.

Regarding the trem, I'm not terribly impressed so far. It lacks the brass parts and locking tuners of real PRS's and the nut isn't done well (it's not polished, if you will).

Hi Eric,
thanks for the report !
In case you want to tweak it, how about this trem ?

http://www.goeldo.de/artikel.php?artgr=5
Direct link doesn't work, just scroll down a bit.
These guys know their stuff, hardware specialists, afaik somehow related to Duesenberg guitars, too.
Shoot them a mail, it might be a direct replacement.
Street price is 69 € btw.
Ymmv,
susiwong

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:51 pm

hibidy wrote:These places wouldn't stay in business if they were always that bad, BUT it always happens to me.

Insist on watching next time, so you can talk to the guy who's actually doing it.

If that's not possible choose a better store.
And keep coming back, nothing like a solid love/hate relationship.

Seriously, once they know you they'll work better, ime.
Or throw you out ...

Ymmv,
susiwong

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:05 pm

hibidy wrote:These places wouldn't stay in business if they were always that bad, BUT it always happens to me.

A Suhr Rasmus is $899, here's why you want one:

"Every Rasmus guitar will be Plek'd and set up by Suhr master builders before being shipped from the Suhr factory. Yes, we will disassemble each guitar, Plek the neck with our top-of-the-line Plek Pro computerized fret-leveling machine and do the set-up and QC check ourselves. You can be assured of superb playability due to the Plek process, excellent sound courtesy of the Suhr USA pickups, and reliable functionality offered by the same Gotoh bridges that we use on our own Suhr guitars."

Suhr is in Lake Elsinore so you just send your guitar back to them when you want a setup.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:15 pm

Well, that looks ok........but f..... that........I want this!!!!!!

http://www.suhrguitars.com/images/stand ... 0Fireburst

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:23 pm

Uncle E wrote:A Suhr Rasmus is $899, here's why you want one:

"Every Rasmus guitar will be Plek'd and set up by Suhr master builders before being shipped from the Suhr factory. Yes, we will disassemble each guitar, Plek the neck with our top-of-the-line Plek Pro computerized fret-leveling machine and do the set-up and QC check ourselves. You can be assured of superb playability due to the Plek process, excellent sound courtesy of the Suhr USA pickups, and reliable functionality offered by the same Gotoh bridges that we use on our own Suhr guitars."

Suhr is in Lake Elsinore so you just send your guitar back to them when you want a setup.

Let me add they use a Gotoh Floyd, tied with Schaller and the upmarket Ibanezes the top solution.

Ymmv,
susiwong

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:27 pm

I have this exact model:

It and my Ibanez RG 3120 TW are my two best playing guitars:

Your next guitar?