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05-25-2017, 01:40 AM
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+1 fishy, phone, road trip
If he's in the wind; I had a very special guitar go MIA in Calgary. After stalling me for years the guy closed shop. My phone never rang. Every once in awhile, I would phone shops in the area. After several years another shop owner was more than happy to tell me the ghost had reappeared. Jumped in an absolute pos car, drove 8 hours, with the wife and a farty dalmatian, and was there to help him open his shop the following morning. The look on his face? Priceless.  I don't want to get into a lot of detail (slagging) but Jean is aware of the whole story. He helped me out once I got the guitar back. (Thanks Jean!) And I in turn promised him I would never ever, ever, ever send my L-78 Presentation to anyone but Larrivee for repairs ever again. (No matter how embarrassed I was about the damage.) I guess my point is, no matter what, don't get discouraged -- but get on it. They can be tracked down. The industry also has my respectful gratitude.
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05-25-2017, 06:01 AM
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Guy comes into a guitar repair shop.
"Can I help you?" says the repairman. "Yes, I hope so! I don't know anything about guitars, I don't play. But my grandfather played his whole life. He just passed away a few weeks ago, and as we were going through his house, I found this repair claim ticket from 1947. If by any chance you still have the instrument, it would mean a lot to me to have it, as a memory of him. Could you look?" Repairman says, "Well, I can see if I can find it...". He's gone for almost two hours, then comes back out with a smile on his face. "It was buried, but I managed to find your Grandfather's guitar! It should be done by Tuesday..." 
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05-25-2017, 06:46 AM
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You know it's funny but it actually works both ways. I was just playing a guitar last night that my wife had never seen before and asked me about it. It's a Manual Contreras student guitar from the mid 1960's. A customer had brought it in about 10 years ago with lots of damage. I think I did about $500 dollars worth of repairs. Customer never answered his phone or emails, one year goes by, two years, three, after five years I figured it was mine.
I guess the moral of the story in this thread is, don't worry about finish dings and never get your guitar refinished 
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05-25-2017, 11:22 AM
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Having to wait 10 years to get paid isn't reasonable either. Offsetting the loss, however, is the fact that the luthier now has the guitar that he can keep or sell to offset all or part of his loss.
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05-25-2017, 12:53 PM
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05-25-2017, 01:21 PM
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Yup it's a great guitar, but I also have about 20 guitars and don't need it. The 500 would have been nice.
One year and no communication is way too long. Most people are understanding as long as they are not kept in the dark.
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05-25-2017, 07:39 PM
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Did you threaten him with the Dalmatian?
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05-26-2017, 06:23 AM
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I'd be going to visit. I had to have my guitar repaired some years back. I sent it back to the factory (5000 mile round trip) who had to strip the top, fix a hole, and re-finish it. All up it took 3 months. 12 months is a little too long.
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05-26-2017, 06:49 AM
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Time for a road trip and a face-to-face.
Hope for the best but expect the worst. You are clearly being taken advantage of but you have some of the blame here if the two of you did not agree on the time/date you expected to pick your guitar up. He has no financial impetus to touch your guitar since he has already been paid. Consider it a tuition of life.
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05-26-2017, 07:23 AM
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Have any of those parading with torches noticed that the OP never reappeared to tell us what his original agreement was?
It has been suggested that the tech may be dead, or sick. Lots of things are possible. Maybe the tech is a crook. Maybe he is a procrastinator. Maybe he changed his phone number. Maybe he has a bunch of paying jobs and keeps putting off one that is prepaid. Maybe when he took the job he said something like, "I'm swamped with work and I can't say when I'll get to it--it could be a while. Is that OK?" Maybe he did not ask the OP to pay in advance, but the OP said something like, "I have the money now and I'm not sure if I'll still have it when the guitar is done, so let me pay you now." I've seen that quite a few times. We don't know.
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