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Post by LM on May 12, 2020 16:56:09 GMT -5
Two months later they received their stuff in Greece. When the couch was removed from the crate and brought in, they heard meowing from inside the couch. YES it was the cat. A whole lot skinnier but miraculously still alive. Two months??? I'm not a cat lover but...DANG!!! How did it survive?
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Post by Leftee on May 12, 2020 16:59:01 GMT -5
This thread has legs!
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Post by LTB on May 12, 2020 19:44:35 GMT -5
It would appear so. Can't wait till Thursday and your able to check it out and hopefully tell us something by the weekend at least .
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Post by Duke on May 12, 2020 20:49:42 GMT -5
Many but short, slow ones.
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Post by stratcowboy on May 12, 2020 23:30:45 GMT -5
So what is this thread about?
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Post by LTB on May 13, 2020 2:53:23 GMT -5
So what is this thread about? Wolf Guitars and the fact Leftee ordered an ES-335 Style guitar from them and awaiting it to arrive on Thursday
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 13, 2020 3:15:40 GMT -5
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Post by Leftee on May 13, 2020 5:16:30 GMT -5
What day is it today?
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Post by stratcowboy on May 13, 2020 8:32:57 GMT -5
I'm confused. Is this thread about guitar(s) or a calendar? Maybe I best go back and start reading it from the beginning again.
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Post by LTB on May 13, 2020 8:53:53 GMT -5
G-Day -1
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 13, 2020 8:58:12 GMT -5
I'm confused. Is this thread about guitar(s) or a calendar? Maybe I best go back and start reading it from the beginning again. The metronome was too complicated for me, that's why I needed the calendar.
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Post by Duke on May 13, 2020 14:28:45 GMT -5
Just checking in to see if you got the guitar today.
Does the tracking show it's location at current time/day?
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Post by Leftee on May 13, 2020 15:23:58 GMT -5
Yeah, it’s at the nearest terminal now. Tomorrow should be the day.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on May 14, 2020 8:59:13 GMT -5
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Post by Duke on May 14, 2020 9:09:13 GMT -5
Hope it arrives as they described.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 14, 2020 10:02:29 GMT -5
Hope it arrives as they described. In a box?
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I'll see myself out.
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Post by Leftee on May 14, 2020 10:06:34 GMT -5
A box - or 2 - would be good.
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Post by Leftee on May 14, 2020 10:29:21 GMT -5
Well it’s here.
Well packed and double boxed. The setup and fit and finish are very nice. Very nice for the price range.
But... of course... they wired the pots lefty - and they aren’t reverse taper pots.
So much for QA. Just like Reverend lefties. They claim they’re fully tested, but the tone pots don’t work right when wired like this.
I’ll return this guitar.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 14, 2020 10:38:29 GMT -5
Well it’s here. Well packed and double boxed. The setup and fit and finish are very nice. Very nice for the price range. But... of course... they wired the pots lefty - and they aren’t reverse taper pots. So much for QA. Just like Reverend lefties. They claim they’re fully tested, but the tone pots don’t work right when wired like this. I’ll return this guitar. That's too bad. I'd normally advise against it, but on a 335 style, the price of a full rewire is going to rival the price of this entire guitar.
Out of curiosity, what is your preference for lefty wiring? I've known some lefties that want lefty wiring, but have known a few that don't understand why it is a thing "I don't get it... its a circle" as one lefty told me. Makes sense - clockwise is always "up" on any control, regardless of handedness, except with guitars.
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Post by Leftee on May 14, 2020 10:42:29 GMT -5
The price of rewiring is my time. And I just don’t want to mess with it. 😊
I prefer righty wiring. All my guitars are wired righty, whether I’ve done it or it came that way. Gibson always wires righty. Point - Gibson.
It’s the tone pots that kill it.
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Post by Leftee on May 14, 2020 11:02:56 GMT -5
Or maybe I shouldn’t have such a chapped bee-hind and just deal with it.
The only manufacturer who gets this right in their below-$1k guitars is Gibson.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on May 14, 2020 11:03:32 GMT -5
gaaaahhhh! Soooooo disappointment.
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Post by Leftee on May 14, 2020 11:07:44 GMT -5
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Post by Auf Kiltre on May 14, 2020 11:14:08 GMT -5
I'm having a hard time understanding the lefty taper issue, but then again looking at a lefty guitar gives my brain cramps. Do they not turn in the same direction as the lefty volume pots? In other words, the movement you make to turn the volume to 10, is it the same movement to turn the tone to 10?
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Post by Leftee on May 14, 2020 11:20:48 GMT -5
Yes, they turn the same way as the volumes. But they (tones) don’t work correctly. You can get away with it on volume pots. You can’t on tone pots. The taper of the pot matters a whole lot more on tone pots.
I used audio taper pots on all my builds, all positions. I use righty pots and wire them righty.
I gave this guitar a really detailed look. Yep! They leveled the frets. Crown and polish? Not so much. Significant flat spots.
It’s going back.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on May 14, 2020 11:30:50 GMT -5
Do they not turn in the same direction as the lefty volume pots? Somewhere along the way, someone got the bright idea to make it backwards, so counterclockwise is "up" on lefty guitars. I can see this being an advantage for pinky swells or something on a guitar, but otherwise, it seems silly to me. I am a lefty but play righty, so my opinion really isn't the same as a lefty person. I do know that if I played lefty it would drive me nuts, too. The problem with using righty pots is that the taper is different, and everything between 0 and 10 is completely out of whack if you use righty audio taper pots and lefty wiring. Leftee... if you're on the fence on it, you could take a peak inside the F hole and see how clean the wiring is. If it looks pretty clean, then you can just swap the outside lugs of each pot, and save yourself the effort/expense of a full rewire. Sometimes cheaper guitars are a mess of melted wire jackets, zip ties and solder blobs, maybe some molexes thrown in just for fun, and that would greatly increase the effort. Might tip you to one side of the fence or another...
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Post by Auf Kiltre on May 14, 2020 11:36:31 GMT -5
Well that's too bad. I assume return shipping is on you?
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Post by Leftee on May 14, 2020 11:40:55 GMT -5
Shipping will be on them for that fret job.
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Post by Leftee on May 14, 2020 11:52:20 GMT -5
Either this one is a one-off or a whole bunch of buyers don’t look closely at the frets.
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Post by Leftee on May 14, 2020 12:30:47 GMT -5
They’ve approved the return and refund. We’ll see how this goes.
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