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The Collection
www.jayscrivener.co.uk/guitars
I have managed to email him and he replied me immediately that the body and neck should be ready in the next week or so. Looking forward to it!
If I got time, I will do a full review and picture diary of the guitar body, neck, and the building process.
The Collection
www.jayscrivener.co.uk/guitars
The Collection
www.jayscrivener.co.uk/guitars
I recently saw a brand new gotoh GE101 trem for 32 pounds online, but it is in gold finish
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After the email where he has promised that the guitar will be completed in the next week or so, he has stopped replying my emails. I have e-mailed his different email addresses and I have tried contacting him via his ebay auction listings. Still no replies despite his auction page shows that he has relisted items.
Its been nearly 2 months now since he has last contacted me. I tried calling his number, only to connect to this answering machine. I left a message in his answering machine and he still hasn't contacted me.
Although so far I am having a bad experience with him, I am willing to change my opinion if he starts replying me!!!
Although I understand what he has been going through, I don't think a customer should be left out in the dark for this long. I have been very patient and he has my 450 quid.
I had ordered a custom specced neck back in April 2013. It took almost 1 year, many emails, long periods of uncertainty without updates / communication, many promises of delivery (“next week”) and 2 returned necks with issues (both posted at my expense) until I finally received a neck end March 2014 that I decided to keep. I simply gave up. This neck too has its issues and I will strip it, level-sand and re-finish it myself to try and salvage as much of it as I can.
People posting above have righty mentioned Dickie’s personal circumstances and challenges last year.
Don't get me wrong, I empathise with the challenges Dickie faced, loss of his brother, health worries of his mum, etc - I do not wish this on anyone, and I did express my heartfelt sympathy to him when the going got tough - and I meant it!
However, while I would have happily accepted all of this as explanation for the long wait, it does not excuse poor craftsmanship or lack of consideration towards paying customers.
Disclaimer: Above is my personal experience and opinion and this may not at all be representative of the level of quality Dickie normally produces. Although my experience with the neck I ordered makes me somewhat skeptical, if the reports that used to be published on Dickies website are true, some of his customers must have been really happy with the parts / guitars they received from him.
I've got to say I was a bit disapointed when my parts arrived.
The issues I had -
I feel bad mentioning this here as I never complained at the time but think people should know.
I think Dickie has the potential to create quality guitars, once built and finished by myself its a great solid guitar, but think he has maybe taken on too much and began to rush which isn't good for anyone.
I'm concerned now the reason my neck was wrong was because it was maybe one that had been sent back.
Maybe also worth mentioning he did throw in the tuners and neck plate.
Anyway here is my finished guitar -
The Collection
www.jayscrivener.co.uk/guitars
The Collection
www.jayscrivener.co.uk/guitars
He still hasn't reply my email, after endless phone calls only to find that my calls are still being directed to his answering machine
Despite he claims that he has no access to his email and internet on his website, his recent Facebook activity shows that he has made profile changes on May 17th
I am sick of waiting without news. I have a plane to catch in a few weeks and I don't know if he would ever fulfill my order before I leave UK for good.
The neck and body I have ordered was well before my departure date. Ordered on late October and was told that it would be completed in "4-6 weeks" (his words). It has been more than half a year now.
Prospective customers please beware of this waiting time and poor communication
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