I dropped off my Yamaha SLG 100N at this place You know the "" Silent Guitar "" with just the frame ? You listen through headphones. I really like it. It's a very cool guitar! I just needed the action to be lowered a bit. I thought it would be a good idea to take it to an expert. It has no truss rod. The only adjustment would be to shave down the saddle a bit, I think ! So I took it to this place for some expert attention. The guy at the store looked at it and said"" Hmmm, I think I should send this to my uncle. He is a very experience Luthier of twenty years. I've only seen one other one like this. I don't want to touch it "" Fine, I appreciate that. That will be $65.00 ! Now, Up front ! That should have been a red flag right there as to their business practices. OKAY! How long will it take ? I asked. Without too many other details, here is the short story: He said he would call me back he did not. I called him again.\r
He said "" It's done, it will be here tomorrow "" I stopped by the the store. It wasn't there. A different guy was there. He informed me that it was at the other store and that a runner, that afternoon, would drop it off . Okay , will you call me ? "" Yes "" Then, of course, No call came ! What you are surprised ? I wasn't ! The runner forgot it . So I waited till Monday. The I called them. ""Yes, It's here , come get it "" So when I got there and took a look at it, I asked the man if he could tell me exactly what work had been performed on it.? He said "" No , but I'll call the man who worked on it for you. Cool ! Now dig this: The man who worked on it couldn't remember what he did to it. He must be working on so many of these Yamaha SLG 100N's every day that they just all blur together by the end of the day. . When will they ever get it ? Maybe they figure if they can get $65.00, from everybody, ONE TIME EACH , they will be successful.
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