As we speak, I’m waiting to hear back from the customer. I made this video in part also for the customer to watch. I am not sure which direction it’s going to go, I do hope to be able to put together the follow up video with the resolution. But ultimately it is not up to me.
That’s definitely one of the options I will discuss with the customer. They are usually very nice with all reasonable warranty claims. I’m actually waiting to hear back from the customer.
Wood is an inconsistent and unpredictable material. I wouldn’t call it defective. It’s just the nature of wood. You can do everything right and then wood just does its thing.
This is why all my acoustic guitars dont have a truss rod, they are all PLEK'd but most importantly they are made of 100% carbon fibre even the bridge, you can bury them in the dirt in the middle of the harsh weather of the death valley 6 feet under for 4 months come to the spot dig it out tune it up and it would still sound and play like the day it came out of the factory, but best of all it only costs $500 more then a gibson les paul standard 50s and the people behind it put as much effort as they can to make carbon fiber sound like any other wooden guitar, ladies and Gents its non other the Mcpherson guitars
I remember carbon fiber guitars showing up at guitars stores, a while back, must be about 15 years ago, but I guess the popularity faded a bit. I always wondered what happened.
@@GuitarQuackery traditional ideals, snobbery, guitar brand names, an inability to let go of the past and be entertained by the idea that tonewoods is this mysterious thing that should be worshipped like a god is what happened. Nowadays i cant help but laugh at every single wooden acoustic guitar that surpass a carbon fiber 1 at a much higher price, that is absolutely ridiculous
"why yes my good man i want to pay more for a guitar that has been dragged all over the stage, has scratches and dents everywhere, is older then time itself, has ancient hardware (which by the way on some guitars hasnt changed in well over 50 years) that has become obsolete, can easily be affected by wind and temperature has a headstock angle that only a mother could love and goes put of tune faster then i can tuna fish"
Not at all, actually. What I like to do is to stop doing whatever I'm doing, so that I can take my time to look over every detail of a guitar that has nothing to do with me. I use all my expensive tools, equipment and knowledge to give complete strangers free advice and if there's extra work to be done, I just like to spend extra time just to get the results I would normally get, if a guitar didn't have problems, and I don't charge for that extra time. I find that to be the best business model. Doing all that extra free work is the secret of my financial success and it's what pays for all the expensive tools, equipment and rent. I would never dream of doing what doctors, lawyers and dentists do, which is to charge for a consultation fee.
Why not just be honest and tell customers not to waste money on Gibsons and Martin's and buy Epiphones, Recording Kings, Blueridge and such which needs nothing and are perfectly set up from the factory.
There’s an old Chinese proverb that says, “There’s no such thing as a perfect guitar, not even a cheap Recording King.“ Kidding aside, I personally don’t get much pleasure from playing an Epiphone come up as I do when playing a Gibson. I also don’t like the feel of thick poly finish on the neck. Gibson guitars will vary greatly from guitar to guitar, even of the same model, because there is more handwork put into them. By comparison, Epiphone guitars come out of the cookie cutter machine and are more identical to each other. I personally like the subtle variations.
@@GuitarQuackery couldn't be too old Recording King hasn't been around that long. But there are many old Chinese proverbs about honesty as well as many bible passages, Confucious- Kong Qiu, the Quran and many more. Honesty is to say what little manufacturing of any type in the USA is usually poor quality with a high price tag. Guitar repairmen hate recording king guitars because of the high quality which ensures no repairs for many years, that is why they have been well respected since the 1930s. They also hate EPIPHONE for the same reason especially since they started releasing the MASTERBILT series recreating very sought after original designs made in countries who take pride in their craftsmanship. No money to be made there.
@@spiritualawakenings6251 i also wanna add mcpherson has been making a type of acoustic guitar that is made of carbon fibre sounds like an actual wooden guitar and is completely impervious to all changes in temperatures and humidity, you are more likely to die from a heatstroke inside an oven then that acoustic will in its entire lifetime, also if youre interested in the electric guitars counterparts i highly recommend Ruf guitars from poland and Aristides they make some great quality top notch work for about the same price of a standard made in USA les paul or just slightly a bit more but lets be honest for $600 more you can have a guitar that can sit inside a car in the middle of death valley california for 100 years at Standard tuning with big fat 59 to 14 gauge (acoustic strings) and that neck would be as straight as the day it was PLEK'd at the factory. My time as a guitar player has cwrtainly been a rather short 1 but i can not deny that people just cant seem to let go of traditional ideals
@@spiritualawakenings6251 Recording King has actually been around since ancient times and it even appears in old Mesopotamian manuscripts and stone carvings. Historians also speculate that a lot of the information from ancient times, about Recording King, has been lost to the fire of the Alexandria Public Library, which is why we now have fewer historic records than we hope to have. It is believed that Socrates, the Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy, passed on the wisdom about Recording King guitars to his followers, but since Socrates was a proponent of verbal wisdom (and was actually illiterate) he did not leave any written records about his Recording King discussions. Plato, who wrote down almost every word that Socrates said did make written records about that, however. One detail that confuses historians is the fact that the name Recording King is simply the latest incarnation of a brand name that was very different during ancient times, and also changed quite a few times through history.
@@GuitarQuackery I bet that took a lot lot of googling. But the recording king we now know has been around since the 30s and do a great justice to the name. Just as Blueridge, Epiphone and so on. An injustice is paying thousands for something and then hundreds to get it right.
Thanks for the video. I have a guitar with the same issue. I look forward to seeing your follow up video on your repair.
As we speak, I’m waiting to hear back from the customer. I made this video in part also for the customer to watch. I am not sure which direction it’s going to go, I do hope to be able to put together the follow up video with the resolution. But ultimately it is not up to me.
What about Gibson's warranty? Seems that neck came from a defective tree.
That’s definitely one of the options I will discuss with the customer. They are usually very nice with all reasonable warranty claims. I’m actually waiting to hear back from the customer.
Wood is an inconsistent and unpredictable material. I wouldn’t call it defective. It’s just the nature of wood. You can do everything right and then wood just does its thing.
This is why all my acoustic guitars dont have a truss rod, they are all PLEK'd but most importantly they are made of 100% carbon fibre even the bridge, you can bury them in the dirt in the middle of the harsh weather of the death valley 6 feet under for 4 months come to the spot dig it out tune it up and it would still sound and play like the day it came out of the factory, but best of all it only costs $500 more then a gibson les paul standard 50s and the people behind it put as much effort as they can to make carbon fiber sound like any other wooden guitar, ladies and Gents its non other the Mcpherson guitars
I remember carbon fiber guitars showing up at guitars stores, a while back, must be about 15 years ago, but I guess the popularity faded a bit. I always wondered what happened.
@@GuitarQuackery traditional ideals, snobbery, guitar brand names, an inability to let go of the past and be entertained by the idea that tonewoods is this mysterious thing that should be worshipped like a god is what happened. Nowadays i cant help but laugh at every single wooden acoustic guitar that surpass a carbon fiber 1 at a much higher price, that is absolutely ridiculous
"why yes my good man i want to pay more for a guitar that has been dragged all over the stage, has scratches and dents everywhere, is older then time itself, has ancient hardware (which by the way on some guitars hasnt changed in well over 50 years) that has become obsolete, can easily be affected by wind and temperature has a headstock angle that only a mother could love and goes put of tune faster then i can tuna fish"
So, you charge money for an "assessment" and then you blow up the price when you find a problem. Sounds like a scam to me.
Not at all, actually. What I like to do is to stop doing whatever I'm doing, so that I can take my time to look over every detail of a guitar that has nothing to do with me. I use all my expensive tools, equipment and knowledge to give complete strangers free advice and if there's extra work to be done, I just like to spend extra time just to get the results I would normally get, if a guitar didn't have problems, and I don't charge for that extra time. I find that to be the best business model. Doing all that extra free work is the secret of my financial success and it's what pays for all the expensive tools, equipment and rent.
I would never dream of doing what doctors, lawyers and dentists do, which is to charge for a consultation fee.
@@n0nyabznss A diagnostic fee is pretty standard practice. It’s no different from taking your car into a mechanic.
Why not just be honest and tell customers not to waste money on Gibsons and Martin's and buy Epiphones, Recording Kings, Blueridge and such which needs nothing and are perfectly set up from the factory.
There’s an old Chinese proverb that says, “There’s no such thing as a perfect guitar, not even a cheap Recording King.“
Kidding aside, I personally don’t get much pleasure from playing an Epiphone come up as I do when playing a Gibson.
I also don’t like the feel of thick poly finish on the neck.
Gibson guitars will vary greatly from guitar to guitar, even of the same model, because there is more handwork put into them. By comparison, Epiphone guitars come out of the cookie cutter machine and are more identical to each other. I personally like the subtle variations.
@@GuitarQuackery couldn't be too old Recording King hasn't been around that long. But there are many old Chinese proverbs about honesty as well as many bible passages, Confucious- Kong Qiu, the Quran and many more. Honesty is to say what little manufacturing of any type in the USA is usually poor quality with a high price tag. Guitar repairmen hate recording king guitars because of the high quality which ensures no repairs for many years, that is why they have been well respected since the 1930s. They also hate EPIPHONE for the same reason especially since they started releasing the MASTERBILT series recreating very sought after original designs made in countries who take pride in their craftsmanship. No money to be made there.
@@spiritualawakenings6251 i also wanna add mcpherson has been making a type of acoustic guitar that is made of carbon fibre sounds like an actual wooden guitar and is completely impervious to all changes in temperatures and humidity, you are more likely to die from a heatstroke inside an oven then that acoustic will in its entire lifetime, also if youre interested in the electric guitars counterparts i highly recommend Ruf guitars from poland and Aristides they make some great quality top notch work for about the same price of a standard made in USA les paul or just slightly a bit more but lets be honest for $600 more you can have a guitar that can sit inside a car in the middle of death valley california for 100 years at Standard tuning with big fat 59 to 14 gauge (acoustic strings) and that neck would be as straight as the day it was PLEK'd at the factory. My time as a guitar player has cwrtainly been a rather short 1 but i can not deny that people just cant seem to let go of traditional ideals
@@spiritualawakenings6251 Recording King has actually been around since ancient times and it even appears in old Mesopotamian manuscripts and stone carvings.
Historians also speculate that a lot of the information from ancient times, about Recording King, has been lost to the fire of the Alexandria Public Library, which is why we now have fewer historic records than we hope to have.
It is believed that Socrates, the Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy, passed on the wisdom about Recording King guitars to his followers, but since Socrates was a proponent of verbal wisdom (and was actually illiterate) he did not leave any written records about his Recording King discussions.
Plato, who wrote down almost every word that Socrates said did make written records about that, however.
One detail that confuses historians is the fact that the name Recording King is simply the latest incarnation of a brand name that was very different during ancient times, and also changed quite a few times through history.
@@GuitarQuackery I bet that took a lot lot of googling. But the recording king we now know has been around since the 30s and do a great justice to the name. Just as Blueridge, Epiphone and so on. An injustice is paying thousands for something and then hundreds to get it right.