Univox dread... double courses on D and G. any thoughts? - FRETS.NET2024-03-28T18:47:54Zhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/forum/topics/univox-dread-double-courses-on?commentId=2177249%3AComment%3A27091&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWell this guy seems like he h…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2010-03-11:2177249:Comment:270912010-03-11T22:02:06.052ZRandy Kinghttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RandyKing
Well this guy seems like he has a decent understanding of what goes into this sort of thing.. The first guy he pitched it to was going to pull the neck and make a new, wider one!! Imagine what they would charge for that! Still... I don't see him being very happy about a thousand dollar labor charge.<br />
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The guitar already had a barcus berry in it.. So i did have to drill the hole in the saddle slot but didn't have to ream through the end block.<br />
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If I charged him by the hour it would be $180 bucks.…
Well this guy seems like he has a decent understanding of what goes into this sort of thing.. The first guy he pitched it to was going to pull the neck and make a new, wider one!! Imagine what they would charge for that! Still... I don't see him being very happy about a thousand dollar labor charge.<br />
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The guitar already had a barcus berry in it.. So i did have to drill the hole in the saddle slot but didn't have to ream through the end block.<br />
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If I charged him by the hour it would be $180 bucks. I like the guy and hes probably going to bring me a bunch more work if I treat him well.. I've written up a slip for 25% off the total.. or $135 USD.<br />
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I'm sure I could probably get away with a lot more.. and I sort of feel like I didn't really make enough on this.... but it really wasn't all that hard... just unusual, yanno?<br />
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I make $250 on a refret in half the time.. oh well. Tim
My reply was supposed to…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2010-03-11:2177249:Comment:270892010-03-11T21:26:55.496ZGrahame Myershttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/GrahameMyers
Tim<br />
My reply was supposed to be funny, but seriously, I couldn't charge anything like €1000 for this job, maybe half that amount due to the custom nature of the job. It'd be interesting to know what people in other parts of the world could and would charge for a job like this. Here in Germany, quality awareness is at an all time low, in every area of life. The only thing that counts here is the price, the cheaper the better.<br />
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Tim<br />
My reply was supposed to be funny, but seriously, I couldn't charge anything like €1000 for this job, maybe half that amount due to the custom nature of the job. It'd be interesting to know what people in other parts of the world could and would charge for a job like this. Here in Germany, quality awareness is at an all time low, in every area of life. The only thing that counts here is the price, the cheaper the better.<br />
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Q smackers? What would that be…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2010-03-11:2177249:Comment:270852010-03-11T19:12:51.453ZGrahame Myershttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/GrahameMyers
smackers? What would that be in $ or € ? :-)<br />
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smackers? What would that be in $ or € ? :-)<br />
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Grahame 1000 smackers?tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2010-03-11:2177249:Comment:270832010-03-11T18:53:32.425ZTim Macehttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/TimMace478
1000 smackers?
1000 smackers? Hey guys.. what do you think…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2010-03-11:2177249:Comment:270792010-03-11T18:16:27.878ZRandy Kinghttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RandyKing
Hey guys.. what do you think is a fair price for this job? I did the 8 string conversion, installed an undersaddle P/U, and made two bone nuts... one nut is to be used EADdgGBE.. the other EADdGgBE
Hey guys.. what do you think is a fair price for this job? I did the 8 string conversion, installed an undersaddle P/U, and made two bone nuts... one nut is to be used EADdgGBE.. the other EADdGgBE I'm not sure why its like tha…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2010-03-11:2177249:Comment:270782010-03-11T18:12:58.113ZRandy Kinghttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RandyKing
I'm not sure why its like that... previous work done by someone else. All of the crown points are on the front half so it serves no purpose. The customer said it was done to correct intonation, and it was done by his regular repairman (I'm pretty sure that I'll be his new "regular repairman" from now on) so I didn't want to talk $hi* about the work..... I told him that I could plug that with rosewood and recut the slot correctly, maybe he will down the line.
I'm not sure why its like that... previous work done by someone else. All of the crown points are on the front half so it serves no purpose. The customer said it was done to correct intonation, and it was done by his regular repairman (I'm pretty sure that I'll be his new "regular repairman" from now on) so I didn't want to talk $hi* about the work..... I told him that I could plug that with rosewood and recut the slot correctly, maybe he will down the line. YO Randy what gives with the…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2010-03-11:2177249:Comment:270702010-03-11T17:11:36.301ZFRANKhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/PAUL
YO Randy what gives with the 2 piece saddle ?did i miss something?
YO Randy what gives with the 2 piece saddle ?did i miss something? Ya'll should be able to click…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2010-03-11:2177249:Comment:270692010-03-11T16:59:35.899ZRandy Kinghttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RandyKing
Ya'll should be able to click those and check it out.. I had to center the bridge pins... because he wanted both strings in the middle I couldn't offset both pins toward the middle. To further complicate things he wants an additional nut with the g string on the other side... So...... I figured the only way to use it both ways is to use the front bridge pin to achieve the string spacing.. make sense guys?
Ya'll should be able to click those and check it out.. I had to center the bridge pins... because he wanted both strings in the middle I couldn't offset both pins toward the middle. To further complicate things he wants an additional nut with the g string on the other side... So...... I figured the only way to use it both ways is to use the front bridge pin to achieve the string spacing.. make sense guys? [IMG]http://i558.photobucket.…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2010-03-11:2177249:Comment:270682010-03-11T16:54:52.728ZRandy Kinghttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RandyKing
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