Guitar is beautiful and plays nicely (accoutically cuz I'm still at work) but the damn pickup rings are warped. I'll be giving AMS a call to see if they'll send new ones.
The pup ring material is very flimsy. Not sure how it happened. Maybe temperature exposure? i couldn't find anything else on the guitar that seemed wrong though.
TU BE wrote:If they ask me to send the entire guitar back I'll just bite it and buy new rings myself. I'd rather do that then go another week waiting on FedEx.
Good call. Cheap rings will warp like that for no real reason. Pretty simple fix, though.
TU BE wrote:If they ask me to send the entire guitar back I'll just bite it and buy new rings myself. I'd rather do that then go another week waiting on FedEx.
Yeah I'd just do that tbh... rings are like.. $5 each? I'd rather spent that money than have to wait for anything.
TU BE wrote:If they ask me to send the entire guitar back I'll just bite it and buy new rings myself. I'd rather do that then go another week waiting on FedEx.
Yeah I'd just do that tbh... rings are like.. $5 each? I'd rather spent that money than have to wait for anything.
Also, I've only been able the play her for a few minutes (she arrived with 5 minutes left on my lunch) but the baked maple felt really good. Can't wait to get more finger time with her.
my guess is those rings were on the high side of the manufacturing tolerancing and its deforming due to being screwed into a baseplate with smaller hole spacing.
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since the pickup rings are flimsy, perhaps the mounting holes are a little too tight to spec and is causing a bow? I hope thats not the case. Would like to know how new rings line up with the screw holes... good luck!!
Make sure you check that the finish hasn't been indented by the rings already before volunteering to buy others. Also, I thought Gibson has a "touch a screw and your warranty is voided," policy.
SuperFlyinMonke wrote:Make sure you check that the finish hasn't been indented by the rings already before volunteering to buy others. Also, I thought Gibson has a "touch a screw and your warranty is voided," policy.
I am gonna try and settle it through AMS not Gibson. Like I said, I can just buy new rings. I got a good enough deal on the guitar that I won't complain if I have to spend 15-20 more bucks on it.
HNGD!!! That's weird that the pickup rings did that.
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