I was recently contacted by a popular independent guitar in my town asking if I'd be interested in taking in some repair work from them. They do their own basic set-ups and electronics work in-house, but the owner is looking for someone to pass along the structural repairs, body work, restorations etc. that pass through his store. I'm not super-enthusiastic about the store taking a cut of the repair cost, but the increase in work volume…
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I contract with a local store (6 miles away). They send me the more complicated repairs and take 10% which seems fair to me. The biggest challenge I have is at the intake stage. I'm asked to evalua…
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I have decided to implement a fee for time spent researching and sourcing parts or project management beyond the 30 minutes I currently offer at no additional cost. Anyone else doing this? I'll report back my results for anyone who wants to subscribe to this thread.
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I started doing this a few years ago after realizing what a time suck it could be. I prefer to order parts for customers especially on complicated wiring harnesses and partscaster builds. There's alwa…
The concept of overtime exists in all other industries. I decided some time ago that I needed to implement overtime into my business model because I was working very hard to accommodate rush jobs at much inconvenience to me and much benefit to the client, and I had come to realize how unfair that was to me as well as to my family. Here is how I did this. I do most of my transactional interactions with customers by email. Sometimes I’ll m…
After watching Jeff Jewitt's Touch Up for Builders video, I began looking for a source with a selection of pigments like he has. I started by looking at Mohawk Blendal powder stains, but they only had 6 of the 12 pigment colors I was looking for. I widened my search, and exchanged e-mail with a couple of Etsy vendors. I was fortunate enough to find KonstantasShop which offers 24 pigment colors. While I suspect this collection is targete…
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Wow this is great, thank you for sharing.
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Description of 10 books for sale as a unit. Many of these are classics from the 1970’s through the late 1990’s. If you want to find something new, read an old book! The cost for all the books including USPS Priority Mail shipping - $425. Payments to be made using PayPal. Contact David Hurd ([email withheld]) before making payment. For sale only within the USA. 1. Brosnac, Donald, “The Steel String Guitar – Its Construction, Origin and D…
