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Gitnoob, no need to start trouble, I don't think Ted was bashing anyone. I've been to LA Guitar Sales many times and not once did I hear Ted say anything negative about Mike.
I like the road trip idea but I can see how the negative reviews that always seem to follow can be bad for business. Even if there are fifty positive reviews most will only remember the one negative. A smart business man would avoid it. As for the McNicol setup on a CA, the emperor has no clothes. |
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As somebody else mentioned in this thread, it is not at all unusual for new guitars to need a setup. When I bought my Collings 0003 12 fret back in 1996, I had it setup the way I wanted it. I don't know that this is typically done with classical guitars, but seems to be common for steel string instruments. Tony |
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What does this mean or imply?
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Huh? The only way the road trips hurt is if a manufacturer can't take criticism. For those of us who don't live in LA or NY or maybe TN, MacNichol's road trips are the only way to sample many of these hard-to-find guitars. I took part in a road trip of the original Blackbird Super OM and was one of several who offered constructive criticism on the neck that Blackbird took to heart and used to change the design of the guitar. The redesigned OM is on the road now (coming to my house in September) and by all accounts they have a real winner on their hands. The response to Emerald guitars road trips has also been fantastic. I've had the opportunity to play one of their X5s and X10s, and eagerly await the short scale X7. The quality of CA guitars was famously inconsistent, and inasmuch as more people got to see this, the road trips might well have hurt CA. But that's CA's fault for letting them out the door that way, not MacNichol's for letting people play them. As for the setup comment - that's just silly. Every production guitar needs a setup to play at its best, and CAs were no different. True you couldn't adjust the relief, but you could take the action down from the typical 6.5/64" low E to whatever you wanted - and drop the action at the nut as well. The Podium in Minneapolis (hardly an inexperienced operation) makes a point of offering lifetime setups on all the guitars they sell (including CAs) - were they wrong too? |
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I have to agree with above, I have just started this year to take advantage of the MacNickel Road trips. Have seen an Emerald X10 and a Rainsong Jm1000. I am signed up for the Blackbird OM next month. This is the only way I would ever be able to try these carbons and I very much appreciate that opportunity for the $ outlaid. Given lack of availability in our area and the ability to have a guitar for a week instead of sitting in a store, it is awesome. I really think that most reviews have been very positive and are a plus for the carbon industry, which faces a tuff time getting guitars in peoples hands to try. The tuffness of carbon really allows these kinds of travels. I think the store builds loyalty from this and they should, I consider it almost a priviledge to get my hands on these guitars. As for set-up, MacNickel is right on, and are doing what they should be doing. I had bought a CA previously from another dealer, and it came in set up very well from the factory. I did take it to my tech locally and he lowered two strings at the nut just slightly and I sanded the bridge down myself just a tad. These setups may have been more necessary at times with CA, but fine tuning is a good thing for any new guitar for the factory.
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My guitar repairman who just recently repaired 6 of Hank Williams guitars for him while he was visiting Kid Rock in Detroit disagrees with you...he has a performed setups on CA guitars and the owners have felt a substantial difference in the play of the guitar...granted you are working with saddle and nut adjustments onlywith no truss rod in the CA. As for the road trips....outstanding idea that I have participated in at least 10 of them. Whereas maybe it hurt CA a bit Rainsong and Emerald and Blackbird think they are great ideas and are very supportive of Macnichols in the roadtrip concept. Blackbird made adjustments based on roadtrip reviews of their guitars.....CA maybe needed to pay closer attention toi the reviews but to be very direct the road trip did nothing for their demise.
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I think every CF dealer needs to give some credits to MacNichol's for enlarging the CF market. Everyone knows that CF guitar is a new concept. For this reason, giving trials through roadtrips is actually a very smart move. Then, MacNichol's created the Carbon Fiber Guitar Forum where people get a better understanding about CF guitars.
These are some really good actions aimed not only at getting more piece of the pie, but more at enlarging the pie. I can't say other dealers have made a similar contribution.
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Not me!
<<< The scathing post from an ex-CA employee (which many of us have read) by someone over on the Carbon Forum had a lot to say about things, and I wonder if this was "Jaygits" who has been posting here? It was a pretty defamatory post, and it was deleted by the owner of the forum pretty quickly. It didn't seem like the same person, but perhaps some light can be shed on this here...? >>>
I know nothing of this post you mention on the CF Forum. I have never posted on Mike's forum, but I trust his judgment. I believe in Mike and his business - that's why I opened him as a CA dealer. Furthermore, as a person who dedicated his heart and soul into the efforts on behalf of CA, I would never post anything scathing or defamatory against that company. I'm surprised that you would suggest that Larry, but then again you don't know me other than a few posts here. Thanks, Jay |
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Well, I always do jump in on discussions about carbon fiber guitars, and especially CA guitars. However, in this case, I have read references to this particular post, but never saw it (and don't really care to). All I can say is that I think it has more impact than it might have if it were left for all to see. I think MacNichol is doing a wonderful thing with the forum, the road trips, and in general supporting the whole carbon fiber thing in unique and innovative ways, so I am sure Michael had his reasons for removing it.
When I was a kid in Junior High, my older brother bought a Rolling Stones album that had just come out, called "Between The Buttons". It had a song on it called "Let's Spend the Night Together". It really was kind of a dumb tune that we would all have ignored, since it wasn't why people were buying the album anyway. But my Dad made a big deal out of the tune in the "name of decency". He whipped out his pocket knife, held up the album, and scratched up just that one track so we couldn't play it. Now, we HAD to hear that tune, so we went over to friends' houses to listen to it, which in turn generated their interest in it - the opposite effect that my Dad intended. On the CF forum, people have posted and asked if anybody can PM them the removed post. It reminds me of my brother's Stones album. Tony |
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Wasn't suggesting, just wondering who made that Carbon-Forum post...and now you've cleared that up. It wasn't you. Thank you. EDIT: I just now received an email from Mike Stone (owner of the CF forum) stating that it was not you, Jay, and Mike's exact words about you were, "I know Jay and he is a great guy and very professional." Okay, glad that this is cleared up. Quote:
I agree..if it had been left up it would have been dismissed (I think) as mostly a disgruntled employee...although some interesting conclusions can in fact be drawn from the post.
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thanks Larry and Mike. All good.
I am guessing, and I emphasize guessing, that this was a lower level employee making commentary. Nobody on the management team would do such a thing, I promise you. We all had the best intentions at heart. And, I can see how things could easily be misconstrued at CA if you were the guy outside with his ear to the key hole. Best, Jay |
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...and I wasn't making an accusation, I was asking if the posts were possibly made by the same person...I had to use "names" to identify who I was referring to. Further, I said, "It didn't seem like the same person, but perhaps some light can be shed on this here...?" Not an accusation. The reference was wrong. Now it's cleared up. Completely. ...and with no-harm done, IMO. Quote:
Thanks for this, Jay. I was just told that it was "a CA set up tech" that made the post over there. That's all I know.
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