banjoplayer
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THIS is impressive! 
Are you a AIG manager or how can you afford 30+ balls in 2 years?
Are you a AIG manager or how can you afford 30+ balls in 2 years?
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shredderbetter
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some play stock market I play guitar market the old saying in art is buy what you love not for the investment ~seems to work for me ebay is great !now is the time to buy if you can both guitars and houses the market sucks! im seeing slighly used guitars EBMM for under 1k! I got a new bfr al for $1200 ~crazy deals! Too bad he only had one! and believe me im a blue collar guy for a living ~but can scrape some extra $$$ for a guitar here and there!
shredderbetter
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The "buried" guitar neck is actually just leaning against the wall ,it's body is out at the painter ~for those of you reading DO NOT use sims custom shop he's had my strat body for close to 9 months and keeps bs'n about "it's not cured yet?" what you live in a swamp?? Does anyone know a reputible refinisher,I used gmw but they don't do refinishes anymore,I'm sending an axis out to do a pink bubblegum dyejob since I stupidly sold my last one and don't want to spend 3k to replace it!
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I am very interested to see how this turns out!
jamminjim
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Shred - I think I'd go pay him a visit, intent on retrieving my $trat body. That's way to long for a refin. Have you ever heard of adverse possession? I think he is adversely trying to possess yours. Go get it back, maybe something happened to it. Or he's ashamed of his work. I would think that any really good auto body painter with a good rep could paint a guitar.
ShaneV
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Man, when I play my silo spec., I feel bad for not using my new toy (the JP).
...and when I play the JP I feel like I'm betraying my old standby (the silo spec.)
I think if I had your collection I would die from the stress of deciding what to play.
Very nice!
...and when I play the JP I feel like I'm betraying my old standby (the silo spec.)
I think if I had your collection I would die from the stress of deciding what to play.
Very nice!
shredderbetter
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I'd love to pay him a visit! and have thought about it but he's in TN and im in IL several hours away but it has been way too long EVERY guitar painter i've used has never came thru on time but this guy is got every excuse I hate to turn ugly on him just cuz it's in his hands but i 've been riding him pretty good he does still answer and return my calls so i guess if i don't get it in the next 30 days i turn on "the bitch switch"! GMW was great not cheap but 100% professional this guy a 100%well~~~~~~~ complete bullsh!tter!
jamminjim
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is it at Sims in TN?
shredderbetter
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yeah,he seemed up n up but I'm starting to wonder?? I don't like to bash anyone but I just double checked it was shipped sept.18 so it's a while,(7 months)i have everything documented but hate to pull out the "sue" card till I have too
jamminjim
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Kind of funny - sims has an auction going on ebay for a solid color repaint, why not ask him in the auction how long it would take to get a guitar back if you decided to bid? See what they say.
Custom Guitar Refinishing! Gibson Fender Schecter & PRS - eBay (item 270359016462 end time Apr-14-09 13:00:47 PDT)
Kind of bothers me that they advertise for more work yet haven't got yours done. Was it something really difficult, custom work?
Custom Guitar Refinishing! Gibson Fender Schecter & PRS - eBay (item 270359016462 end time Apr-14-09 13:00:47 PDT)
Kind of bothers me that they advertise for more work yet haven't got yours done. Was it something really difficult, custom work?
papazach
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I think im going to cry.... Those pics are fascinating!!. Great job!
shredderbetter
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I noticed the sales too ~it was a dick dale green/gold after 2 months of "I'm having a hard time matching it?" I went with straight gold flake a million out there and but I'm tired of excuses ,I got divorced bought a house moved in and finished a basement by myself yet he cant finish a guitar??I'am going to try the "how long" trick on ebay!stay tuned it could be interesting any forum members out that way? I'd be interested if anyone else has dealt with this shop before?
morsecode
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I know this is getting really off topic but I feel I need to chime in here. I had some issues with him last summer in that he sold a product on eBay that was of pretty poor quality. There is a ton of negative publicity for him over at Jemsite and yet I chose to ignore. I returned the item to him but after a his act of telling me that he didn't yet have the money to refund me as it was already spent, I knew something was up. I naturally left negative feedback. One eBay member even sent me a message wishing me luck on getting a refund from him. After some arm twisting and reporting him into PayPal, I ended up with my money back. It was not a good experience and I would never recommend anyone to do business with him.
shredderbetter
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Yeah he seems pretty low grade he is on my last nerve with excuses I'll email him again I BEGGED to get it done this month and yet again no show,I'll email n call and once again NEVER use this guy!
Just to stress for the Europeans that this guy that Shred is talking about ISN'T similarly named Sims Custom Shop from Kent UK, who amongst many other guitars did the chrome Axis for our own Jamie Humphries (jhmusicman)
Sims Custom Shop, Sims LEDs, L.E.Ds, Respray, Body Shop, Bodies, Scratchplates, Lasers and Pickguards by Martin Sims.
Sims Custom Shop, Sims LEDs, L.E.Ds, Respray, Body Shop, Bodies, Scratchplates, Lasers and Pickguards by Martin Sims.
shredderbetter
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Ahh~good point NOT any part of the uk sims shop~unfortunately I used that name in a search and ended up with this butt burglar!
shredderbetter
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sooo~after doing the nice way of calling and emailing I got nowhere on the simms scammer! no return e mail and voice box full ~I'm pretty good at cyberstalking and found out where he lives ~goes to church ~and even what car he drives,also his facebook page so I know he;s out of town an ANOTHER vacation he has all the free time in the world and is now attending some concert out of the area? Nice! ,I'll try AGAIN next week and if all else fails drive down there and see whats up and after a 8 hr drive may not be in the best of moods I guess it's easier to start legal proceeding as my temper may move quicker than my rational side!Question what would you guys do?I don't really want to tie up the site with this but a quick couple answers would be MUCH appreciated!
