I am new to las vegas and went into the shop to talk to them about having work done on my…read moreinstrument
They gave me a quote of a 140, some odd dollars.\n On having a custom pick guard, put on which I already had strings, put on, which I already had and having a pickup installation which I bought from them in their shop. We had several discussions including when I took my instrument in to have the work done and how the pickup was gonna make it sound so much better per 6 gun music.\n And what all they were going to do, including a set up pick up installation and Putting a radius in my bridge saddles
I called them a little over a week later , which they told me they hadn't started work on my instrument yet , and they called me two days later to tell me it was finished
Upon arrival, I noticed that my bridge saddles had a slight radius, and my pick guard was on, but no pickup installation had been performed
The lady sitting at the front counter, took my instruments out of my hands and told me they would fix it.I said that's included still in the hundred and forty , some dollar price correct???
They proceeded to tell me they would need an extra one hundred and nine dollars to finish the pickup install
I then told them just to give me my pickup , and I would decide if I still wanted to have them do the installation
I feel this tactic was your basic bait, and switch, and I ended up paying a $165 for having a pick guard put on which I could have done myself if I wanted to keep my original pickup and a slight radius in the bridge saddles, I know my intonation was on because I had had my base set up with a basic setup, as I explained to them a few weeks before deciding to have them do more work. They tried to sew me one of their replacement necks. They have their, and then after I told them, I hadn't decided on what kind of neck I would replace on my instrument, they gave me the price quote and I asked them if all work including pickup installation would be performed at that price and they said yes, And then after they made a mistake of not installing my pickup , they wanted another hundred nine dollars to do that when I know your basic pickup install around here after calling several places that do this kind of repair is around sixty five dollars , average price
I really wanted to get involved in the music scene here because I've been playing for over 30 years, including tours and opening for national acts, but\nIf this is the way businesses run here in las vegas then no thanks