Brand new Greenfield lost in shipping, presumed destroyed

[justonwo]

Originally Posted by vanceen

Wow, offering a free replacement is really, really generous.

What else would a reputable builder do? Neither party is to blame. The builder gets paid by insurance for the first guitar and again for the second guitar.

[cigarfan]

Congrats man! So glad to hear things will finally be made right.

[islandguitar]

Wonderful news!!!

[CoolerKing]

Originally Posted by Scallywag

Reviving this old thread because I realized that I never provided updates. The guitar was indeed deemed unsalvageable and was discarded accordingly. Our best hypothesis is that days of bad storms resulted in a massive backlog of unprocessed parcels. These piled up quickly in the warehouse and a series of stacked shipping containers fell over, crushing everything underneath. Everything was considered wreckage. Trash, essentially.

So, here we are about a year later and I’ll be visiting the Greenfield workshop in person on Friday to meet Michael and pick up my replacement G4. It’s been a long wait, certainly, but I am quite excited! Stay tuned for a new thread!

Awesome! What specs did you request?

[vanceen]

Originally Posted by justonwo

What else would a reputable builder do? Neither party is to blame. The builder gets paid by insurance for the first guitar and again for the second guitar.

I wasn't thinking about insurance, that's a good point. I don't quite see what you mean about the luthier getting paid for the second guitar, but that's OK.

[Dogma]

I would assume that was intended to mean that the builder gets reimbursed by insurance for the first (destroyed) guitar and then gets paid by the customer for the second guitar once it is received and approved; as would have been the case with the first guitar, had it been received and approved.

Also am assuming that the builder's insurance goes after the shipper for recompense?

[justonwo]

Originally Posted by vanceen

I wasn't thinking about insurance, that's a good point. I don't quite see what you mean about the luthier getting paid for the second guitar, but that's OK.

I’m sure Michael Greenfield has guitar insurance (Heritage or similar), so presume he was paid by insurance for the destroyed guitar. Then he gets paid by our OP to build the replacement guitar. Either way, he gets paid for the two guitars he built. I’m sure neither party likes being in this position, of course.

[Scallywag]

The guitar is home with me now, after a fun little weekend in Montreal with my wife. Hand delivered by Michael at the Woodshed. What a day, one we won't soon forget.

So now this thread has run its course and a new one is in order. Stay tuned, NGD thread coming soon! Little teaser...this was definitely worth the wait.

[jmat]

Originally Posted by Scallywag

The guitar is home with me now, after a fun little weekend in Montreal with my wife. Hand delivered by Michael at the Woodshed. What a day, one we won't soon forget.

So now this thread has run its course and a new one is in order. Stay tuned, NGD thread coming soon! Little teaser...this was definitely worth the wait.

The lost guitar was found? If so, how wonderful.

[justonwo]

Originally Posted by jmat

The lost guitar was found? If so, how wonderful.

No, that would be great. Looks like this was a replacement guitar that Michael built.

[Scallywag]

Originally Posted by jmat

The lost guitar was found? If so, how wonderful.

I'm afraid not. That guitar, Greenfield #325, was indeed destroyed in shipping. This instrument with me now is its replacement.