Replacing a nut - easy DIY job or not?
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Re: Replacing a nut - easy DIY job or not?
Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...
• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed
All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it
• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed
All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it
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Re: Replacing a nut - easy DIY job or not?
Took my Pacifica in yesterday for a bit of minor surgery, and my Guild last week just to show him. There were a few guitars in his workshop, which one was yours? Was it in a tweed Fender case?Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...
• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed
All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it
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Thats way too cheap!Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...
• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed
All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it
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Yeah, hard to see how he makes a good turn over to continue. Even if he used a pre-slotted nut which is then fine tuned, that's a pretty low hourly rate.
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Great for you, not so great for the skilled luthiery crew...$45 for an hours work and $30 materials. I'll stick to my day job.Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...
• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed
All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it
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He's essentially doing the work for free. Try finding a mechanic, plumber or sparky happy to work for $10 and hour. I really hope that he puts his prices up to somewhere near market rate soon, for the good of the industry.GrantB wrote:Great for you, not so great for the skilled luthiery crew...$45 for an hours work and $30 materials. I'll stick to my day job.Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...
• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed
All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it
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Re: Replacing a nut - easy DIY job or not?
Ah cool, hope he did a good job. Mine was just in a black Fender hardcase out in his garage.codedog wrote:Took my Pacifica in yesterday for a bit of minor surgery, and my Guild last week just to show him. There were a few guitars in his workshop, which one was yours? Was it in a tweed Fender case?Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...
• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed
All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it
He must purely work on volume of repairs over any sort of profit margin, he had a good dozen guitars on the go when I was there and said he was pretty busy. Can't imagine his overheads would be that much, guessing he must be doing okay as he's been doing it for ages.
I agree though that a price increase even on what his base hourly rate is wouldn't be a bad thing.
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I know with guys that work on my gear, if they threaten to undercharge me I top it up to what I know they should be charging. and then some. Helps too when I need a priority job if I'm heading out to a gig and I notice a trannie hanging out my rear in need of some love.
Aaaand, go JB!
Aaaand, go JB!
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GrantB wrote:I know with guys that work on my gear, if they threaten to undercharge me I top it up to what I know they should be charging. and then some. Helps too when I need a priority job if I'm heading out to a gig and I notice a trannie hanging out my rear in need of some love.
Aaaand, go JB!
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I'm going to have a go at replacing the nut on my goldtop when all the good shit turns up and I start playing wood doctor.
Should start my own thread.
Should start my own thread.
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