"None of my luthiers ever replies - or does anything - at lawyer speed. I've given up to change that. No use giving Michelangelos (real or perceived) notices."
Heard this yesterday;
Q. How many luthiers doeas it take to change a lightbulb?
A. One. But you have to wait two years....
Funny...
I have to say that I've had two complete polar opposite experiences with two separate luthiers...
One repeatedly lied to me about the progress of my bass and it took him a lifetime to build it.
He was out of state and I guess felt that I wouldn’t be able to follow up on it.
Funny thing is that I grew up in that city and while visiting my in-laws stopped by to see what I was told was, “only electronic work left to do".
The luthier was in his early 30’s and lived in his mom’s basement. I stopped by and he wasn’t home… his mother let me in to see my bass…
There were two unfinished body sides and a partially finished neck… I thought I was going to throw up! He had most of the money for the bass.
When I confronted him about it he said what I saw was only an afternoons worth of work and that it was “almost” ready for electronics.
Classic Bullsh*t artist! The sad thing is that this guy builds some amazing instruments and really could have made a giant name for himself.
The other luthier invited me over to watch him make the body and have it prepped for paint… that all happened in ONE AFTERNOON!!!
I got that bass in a little over three weeks; THANK YOU “HMR Guitars”!
