What's your current headache?

Barry said:
They referred me to Emory as my regular hip doc said they have specialist in it there, it's fairly advanced but nothing has collapsed yet. Oddly most of my pain is in the right hip, yet the left hip is more advanced, I think other issues on my right side aggravate it more. On the bright side everyone says hip replacements are a snap these days!
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Right hip scheduled to be replaced on St Patrick's Day 2025, does that make me part Irish?
 
We bought our house 3 months ago. We have had our homeowners insurance canceled twice now. We’re having someone out to quote us on replacing our electrical panel, which there is absolutely nothing wrong with, on Friday. The current one doesn’t meet underwriting requirements.

I didn’t realize it had become so difficult to get a homeowners policy in California. I guess many companies won’t even quote here anymore. I bought my first house when I was in my 20’s but had a few challenges and ended up renting for about 10 years. I don’t recall insurance being a big deal before.
 
I scored a sweet deal on a knockoff ES-335 over the summer and finally got around to taking it in for a professional setup, and it looks like I got a dud. The tech that usually does my stuff said the neck is beyond what he can do by hand and he would have to send it to the bigger shop in Chicago for a PLEK job, which is an extra couple hundred bucks. I said fine, if it takes a couple hundred bucks to make it play great, that's worth it.

Well I got a call from the main shop last night and they said the neck is warped, the PLEK alone won't be able to 100% fix it. They recommended pulling the frets, re-planing the fretboard, then doing a refret, which adds another $500 to the job. I got the guitar for $300, and I figured if it took another $300 to make it playable I would be okay with it, but it looks like I'm going to be cutting my losses and ditching the guitar.

Anyone need a 335 hardshell case? :rolleyes: 💸
 
vigilante398 said:
I scored a sweet deal on a knockoff ES-335 over the summer and finally got around to taking it in for a professional setup, and it looks like I got a dud. The tech that usually does my stuff said the neck is beyond what he can do by hand and he would have to send it to the bigger shop in Chicago for a PLEK job, which is an extra couple hundred bucks. I said fine, if it takes a couple hundred bucks to make it play great, that's worth it.

Well I got a call from the main shop last night and they said the neck is warped, the PLEK alone won't be able to 100% fix it. They recommended pulling the frets, re-planing the fretboard, then doing a refret, which adds another $500 to the job. I got the guitar for $300, and I figured if it took another $300 to make it playable I would be okay with it, but it looks like I'm going to be cutting my losses and ditching the guitar.

Anyone need a 335 hardshell case? :rolleyes: 💸
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How did you find the playability before this whole thing transpired?
 
Pauleo1214 said:
How did you find the playability before this whole thing transpired?
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It was more or less playable or I wouldn't have bought it, but it had a couple issues from the get-go that I assumed were no big deal and could be worked out with a decent setup.

I decided I'm going to pull the pickups out (I have '57 Classics in it right now) and get rid of it. I'll either list it super cheap as a "luthier's special" or just strip all the hardware and throw it in the garbage.

But because that would leave an empty place on my wall, I've already rationalized putting together a new partscaster, so I've started buying things to make myself feel better. The new guitar will cost about as much as it would have taken to turn the 335 into a good guitar.
 
Is it possible to heat the neck in a press to take the warp out? If you get a chance you should drop it off at the store before tossing it and let me take a look at it.

The process involves putting a reverse bow in it and heating it. It's allowed to cool and then re-evaluated if it made a difference.
 
vigilante398 said:
It was more or less playable or I wouldn't have bought it, but it had a couple issues from the get-go that I assumed were no big deal and could be worked out with a decent setup.

I decided I'm going to pull the pickups out (I have '57 Classics in it right now) and get rid of it. I'll either list it super cheap as a "luthier's special" or just strip all the hardware and throw it in the garbage.

But because that would leave an empty place on my wall, I've already rationalized putting together a new partscaster, so I've started buying things to make myself feel better. The new guitar will cost about as much as it would have taken to turn the 335 into a good guitar.
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Like @Gordo says, heat treatment can work. It is used in conjunction with clamping the neck. Try another couple avenues to see if you can get that neck sorted out first before throwing it out altogether.

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Gordo said:
If you get a chance you should drop it off at the store before tossing it and let me take a look at it.
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Yeah man, absolutely. It's a bit of a twist, not a straight bow, but I can absolutely bring it by sometime when I get it back. What shop are you at now? I'll shoot you a text when I get it back (assuming you're still at the same number) and figure out when I can swing by.
 
fontoponto said:
@Pauleo1214 maybe it's my cold but why would you want to correct an excessive up-bow with a clamp that pulls it even more up and the other way around?
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It may be your cold 😆! I didn't suggest correcting up- bow by clamping the neck against a board to increase upbow.

Sometimes warped necks can be corrected with heat treatment and trussrod adjustment. The diagram above shows how the neck should be clamped but that is dependent on how the neck is bowing. The clamping pressure relieves pressure on the truss rod and allows for adjustment that can correct neck warp.

That said, I haven't seen the guitar. I only know from @vigilante398 post that the neck is warped. I don't think he indicated which way the neck is warped.
 
Pauleo1214 said:
It may be your cold 😆! I didn't suggest correcting up- bow by clamping the neck against a board to increase upbow.
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But hoe is the upper picture correcting a up bow when the clamp is pulling it up? That doesn’t male no sense or is my english so bad that I don’t understand that red text?
 
fontoponto said:
But hoe is the upper picture correcting a up bow when the clamp is pulling it up? That doesn’t male no sense or is my english so bad that I don’t understand that red text?
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So up bow is the nut lifting up. The clamp is not pulling but pushing the back of the neck to create back bow in the upper diagram.
 
Brett said:
My nephews (5 and 7 yrs old) from Wyoming came to visit my wife and I for 3 weeks. My sister came for the last week of the trip and a day after she arrived, our AC decided to stop working. We're just north of Houston, TX and the heat index has been at or above 100°F since it happened. It's been like this since last Monday. We've recorded temps higher than 99°F in our upstairs hallway. Our AC system is 5 yrs. old and is supposed to be a high-quality, high-efficiency, communicating system made in USA. I advise against EVER buying and HVAC system from Johnson Controls or any of its affiliated companies (shown below). If your local HVAC contractor offers to sell you a system made by any of the following, run.

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Our system uses an AC21 outdoor unit by Coleman. This unit was discontinued by the manufacturer and the part(s) needed to fix it take 5-7 days to acquire because the local supply house doesn't stock them. Our options were to wait on the parts or have the manufacturer replace the outdoor unit for us with what they consider a "comparable" 5-ton unit. They seriously believe that what equates to a stacked mini split condenser unit is comparable to our 5-ton communicating variable-speed 21 seer outdoor unit. I don't think so Tim. I asked the HVAC contractor what they charge for our system versus what was offered as a replacement, and the difference in price was staggering. If we went with the replacement unit they offered, we'd lose the communicating functionality, lose our labor warranty, take a hit on efficiency, and have to pay the contractor to install the replacement unit.

The contractor was kind enough to bring us a portable unit, too bad it's a bit of a doozy. I ended up having to use about 1/4 of a roll of aluminum tape to keep the exhaust duct from falling off and the unit doesn't produce much cool air. We ended up purchasing an 8K BTU portable from Home Depot and borrowing a 10K BTU unit from a family member and have all three units running downstairs currently. It's loud AF with the three units and multiple fans going, but at least we can sleep downstairs in the mid to high 70°s until they can get the equipment (hopefully) fixed. Coleman is offering little to no remedies other than waiting, the HVAC contractor says it's in Coleman's hands, and the supplier refuses to acknowledge if the parts have actually been shipped from the manufacturer. It's annoying when you spend so much money on something that's supposed to be high quality and durable, and you end up sitting in a hot ass house for over a week waiting for parts in peak Texas summer. Good damn thing we have the portable units for now. I'll probably go nuts when I shut off the portable units and it's quiet in the house again.

Sorry for the long rant, I'm just ready for this shit to be over with.
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I’m in the GHA , if the hvac guy gives you the run around let me know. I both have worked in the trade but also have a few close friends who work for Goodman and can help me help you get away from the crappy stuff
 
Robert said:
I'm getting too old for this stuff, yall.... :ROFLMAO:
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