brosefstalin
First Lieutenant   Posts: 6 Registered: 8/9/2008 Status: Offline
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posted on 8/9/2008 at 01:18 |
Allright, I need a third opinion on a couple questions facing me after I
just got my guitar back from maintenance and repairs at an apparently well
known and respected shop in the city. Since I'm new to this site, I'm not
sure if this is exactly the right Forum to post in, but it seems to fit
best so here goes: I basically took it in after it had been dropped on the
input jack in such a way that the screw bent irreparably and making it cut
out while playing. the only option was of course to replace the jack in
this scenario so i had the people do that as well as check out the wiring
and touch up the intonnation, because i hadn't had it done on this guitar
yet.
well anyway I just got it back earlier today and was at first quite
impressed with how much better it plays, the tone of the guitar comes
through better than before, the upper register resonates beautifully, and
the sound of the guitar is just overall much nicer. However, I kept gettin
annoyed by the hum and buzz coming from the thing, much more so than last
time i played it. and not only that, it reacts in such a weird way now too;
for example prior to this episode when i touched the strings or bridge with
my hand the buzzing would die down, but now it gets louder... additionally,
when the volume is set from 1 to 7 or so, there is an extremely
uncomfortable buzz that suddenly changes to a more mellow but still
annoying one once it goes higher. There just seems to be a lot of trouble
with all the connections and stuff now that the staff there either didn't
catch, didn't know what they were doing, or didn't care about.
If i could get some more opinions on this, that'd be great. I don't wanna
barge into the store yelling about how they ripped me off when they explain
that the problem will sort itself out or something, so as such I'd like to
be **** sure when I embarass myself demanding either for a refund or
getting the aforementioned problems worked out for free that I know what
the hell I'm doing. Thanks for any help!
[Edited on 8/9/2008 by brian]
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brian
Moderator   Posts: 1075 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/9/2008 at 10:13, Reply 1 |
I changed the title of your thread to match your post. This will others
when searching for answers.
Anyways.. I best thing I would recommend is take it back ASAP to the shop
and explain to them what's going on. It's should be free the 2nd time.
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schwim
Captain   Posts: 153 Registered: 5/19/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/16/2008 at 17:25, Reply 2 |
Sounds like they fouled the ground circuit. If you take it back, I'm sure
they'll have no problems fixing it for you. It may seem like a lot of
problems, but chances are great that it's all just caused by a single
cold(bogus) solder joint.
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