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Why I don't buy big-ticket items online...
So, my otherwise-totally-awesome Gibson Les Paul Studio has one irritating problem: the third (G) string keeps going out of tune. Wildly so. I suspect this may mean the bridge needs adjusting... which I don't really know how to do.
Solution: Call the shop where I bought it. Ask them about it. Get diagnosis confirmed... and a free offer of: "Bring it in, we can fix that for you." Because, after all: "You bought it here, and we want you to be happy with it..."
Online retailers have their virtues, but those virtues really don't include being able to get them to fix minor problems quickly and easily, without having to ship the thing places. Had I bought my guitar online I'd likely be better served trying to fix this myself.
Which I don't want to do - I don't really know what I'm doing, my guitar is new and expensive and already beloved, I fear damaging it. Besides, I feel like I'm coming down with a cold.
So I shall pack up my Gibson and wander into town. (Might pack my camera, too, maybe grab some photos in town if it seems convenient. Or if the US Navy sailors are about again - they were all over town on Thursday. I assume a ship's in at Freo.)
Solution: Call the shop where I bought it. Ask them about it. Get diagnosis confirmed... and a free offer of: "Bring it in, we can fix that for you." Because, after all: "You bought it here, and we want you to be happy with it..."
Online retailers have their virtues, but those virtues really don't include being able to get them to fix minor problems quickly and easily, without having to ship the thing places. Had I bought my guitar online I'd likely be better served trying to fix this myself.
Which I don't want to do - I don't really know what I'm doing, my guitar is new and expensive and already beloved, I fear damaging it. Besides, I feel like I'm coming down with a cold.
So I shall pack up my Gibson and wander into town. (Might pack my camera, too, maybe grab some photos in town if it seems convenient. Or if the US Navy sailors are about again - they were all over town on Thursday. I assume a ship's in at Freo.)