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[HateEvent]

"Called R&B to see if they would give me a qoute but was told that they wouldn't touch it as it was such a fiddly job - Sheraton's have no access panels which makes them a bitch to work with. He reckoned £100 - £150 if I could find anyone to do the job. He even went as far as to suggest that I might be as well bunging the guitar on ebay and just buying a new one! "

Holy crap that's a bit much!

I dunno which member of staff would've said that?!

I don't personally know good people to do stuff in terms of fixing locally. If it's stuff that we (R&B) can't do then I usually recommend Jimmy Moon or Jimmy Egypt (both in Glasgow) as they have great reputations whereas I don't know of people of the same sorta caliber closer to home.

I never heard - in the shop - about such an extreme suggestion to just sell the guitar though! God sake!

[incredibledisc]

Originally Posted by Angel Of Death

Holy crap that's a bit much!

I dunno which member of staff would've said that?!

I don't personally know good people to do stuff in terms of fixing locally. If it's stuff that we (R&B) can't do then I usually recommend Jimmy Moon or Jimmy Egypt (both in Glasgow) as they have great reputations whereas I don't know of people of the same sorta caliber closer to home.

I never heard - in the shop - about such an extreme suggestion to just sell the guitar though! God sake!

I'm not joking - he asked how attached I was to the guitar (at which point a vision of a Gibson 335 I once saw with a hole hacked in the back popped into my head ) After reassuring me that he wasn't implying that I perform surgery on the guitar he then went on to make the ebay suggestion. He did also mention that Glasgow might be a better bet but reiterated that it was gonna be a sore one in terms of price.

I'm a bit confused - after reading Britheguy's post it doesn't seem like that tough a job other than you need to do a bit of forward planning by attaching thread to the pots etc. The only bit that would put me off doing it myself would be the soldering as I haven't got a scooby how to do it.

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by incredibledisc

I'm a bit confused - after reading Britheguy's post it doesn't seem like that tough a job other than you need to do a bit of forward planning by attaching thread to the pots etc. The only bit that would put me off doing it myself would be the soldering as I haven't got a scooby how to do it.

Soldering is easy, a fucking monkey could do it. Heat solder, put wire where you want it to stay, apply solder carefully to wire, let it cool, job done

[incredibledisc]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

Soldering is easy, a fucking monkey could do it. Heat solder, put wire where you want it to stay, apply solder carefully to wire, let it cool, job done

Easy if you have a soldering iron that is

I know that soldering is a pretty easy job I'm just a bit cack handed at stuff that requires a lighter touch.

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by incredibledisc

Easy if you have a soldering iron that is

I know that soldering is a pretty easy job I'm just a bit cack handed at stuff that requires a lighter touch.

You don't need to have a light touch especially it's just not the sort of thing you'd want to do if you had Parkinsons or extreme shakes. And a soldering iron isn't that hard to come across, if your work has an engineer or repair man he/she will have one. Or if you're at school/uni someone in the Science labs'll have one.

[Chris]

or you can get an iron from maplin for a tenner

[David B]

Oliver at strathbeg.com recently did some work on my Highway 1 Strat. Check his site for more info.

I initially contacted him by e-mail and got a lengthy response and quote within the hour.

Got my guitar back next day with set up and jack socket repair.

Nice guy. Gave me a play of his guitars while I was out at his house.

[Keilan 303]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

Soldering is easy, a fucking monkey could do it. Heat solder, put wire where you want it to stay, apply solder carefully to wire, let it cool, job done

The soldering isn't the hard part, its getting the wire out the f-hole, soldering the pot and getting it back in through the fhole then out the cavity again without ripping the wire....just buy a cover and chisel into the back of your prize possession, make the repair, and cover it up once done

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Keilan 303

The soldering isn't the hard part.

That was my (and everyone elses) point. I at least had read the other posts in the thread

[britheguy]

Geezo, this is going on a bit. If you are stuck give me a pm and the pots and I'll fit it for you. that's if you are not miles away from my house.