With a break like this with plenty of surface area, I would just glue it without any additional supports. My glue of choice is hot hide glue, but there will be lots of opinions on that and many option…
I think that's a good move. One thing I might do to kick things of is to hit the area with some ultra thin master glue so it wicks under the area and prevents more chipping from potentially delaminate…
Hi guys, I finally managed to sort the problem out. Seens like was a simple issue that I cant see in that moment. I took the whole bridge apart and did a complete setup from scratch. I read somewhere…
This is precisely why Leo Fender developed the insideless guitar. A compromised neck block is super hard to come back from and when I see something like this, it leads me to believe that it's the tip…
Chris, can I add this for the council of elders show ? Also, we are going to have @member on pretty soon to talk about a job about this dramastic. Here's a link to the live show co…
What lines do you carry and which ones feel worth it?
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Hey!
I am in the process of switching to full time repair from a home shop and in preparation have picked up a few product lines. So far I have D'Addario, LR Baggs, K and K and Fishman. I worked at a retail store and did all the ordering so it was easy to get these set up.
Does anyone on here have opinions or suggestions for lines that they do well with. I do a lot more acoustic than electric work but was considering seymour duncan as a lot of pickup swaps I do involve duncans.
Corey! That’s great news! I’m a dealer for D’Addario, Fishman, K&K, Hipshot, Fralin pickups and Aguilar. When Korg bought Aguilar I became a Korg dealer too. Korg is the US distributor for several other companies too. I find that most customers have already bought what they want so I’ve not found the need to become a dealer for other companies. I’m also an Allparts dealer but I don’t use them all that much. Slow shipping, world’s least helpful website and prices aren’t that much better than Stewmac. I have a Stewmac builder agreement which they will do for most shops even if you don’t build (like me.) their StewMAX program is fantastic so sign up for that too!
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Hey Al! Thanks for the info! I ordered a handful of acoustic pickups. I feel like a lot of customer seek advice when choosing a pickup for their acoustic so I have a chance to sell them one before they order it online. Electric pickups are the opposite, seems like people have them in hand before they even reach out to me!
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I’m a wholesale partner with stewmac that gives me 20% off, is the builder partner something different I should look into ?
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↪ Private memberWholesale is what I was talking about. I forgot the terminology they use there. But yeah, same program. You should sign up for their Stewmax program. Free shipping and free return shipping on all purchases.
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↪ Private memberI did not realize until today that there was anything beyond stewmaxx. I applied for the wholesale, 20 percent off would be huge for a lot of the supplies that I go through quickly like tape, micro mesh etc etc. I hope they accept me!
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Im an authorized dealer of D'Addario for strings, I include their strings with a setup so its convenient...great pricing on luthier packs and having individual packs helps for small sales I get a lot of kids coming in looking for strings. Allparts for pots, switches and hardware. i keep a solid inventory or components for use on repairs and for retail. Hipshot because they are a local company for me and make great stuff, their customer service team is great. Dunlop, for polish and other cleaning products sometimes frets...this also opened me to sell pedals like WayHuge, crybaby and mxr... i don't stock pedals but can order one offs when i need it.
i have contacts for all of the companies i deal with if you need them.
im definitely going to look into LR Baggs
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Oooooh, I will reach out to all parts, I did not think of that one! Do you do repair work exclusively or is it in a retail/lessons space to? I never thought about selling pedals. Thanks for the info!
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↪ Private memberI’m a brick and mortar storefront…Primarily, I am a repair shop. I do light retail of items I use everyday for repairs and consumables that most players use to try and bring new people through the doors. I do lessons as well but primarily make my money on repairs.
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I have agreements with all of those, but I only stock D'addario and Baggs. I do really, really well with LR Baggs. They do great marketing and they allow me to sell online (unlike K&K). Fishman, I took on because of their Fluence pickups, which are hugely popular right now. I don't stock them yet, but might. Right now, I order on demand. D'addario are the only strings I keep in stock. I really don't like retail, but I try to keep stuff I use. I also have merchant accounts for small electronic parts. CE Distribution and WD music are two great companies to link up with. I'm sure there are more great ones, but those are ones I like and have had great experience with.
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@member just reached out to CE and WD thanks for the info on them.
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Thanks for the info Bryan! What LR Baggs stuff do you do best with? Their pickup offerings are a little overwhelming. I started off with two Anthems and two Elements but hope to have more in stock if my shop is busy enough.
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↪ Private memberMy main offerings are the Anthem, Anthem SL, Element VTC, and M1 Active. But the Anthem outsells them all by far. There are others that sound great, though: The HiFi duet is new and sound great, the Session VTC is really interesting and I've seen Gibson using it. I'm not a fan of the Lyric, but some swear by it.
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↪ Private memberThat is awesome info! I installed a hi fi but did not have a lot of time to play around with it. Do you find customers are attracted to it because it’s low modification or does is it the sound that attracts them?