may i ask why? i thought they got good reputation and whatnot.

I think he meant just for the re fretting.....

i know what he meant. just curious, is bentley that bad at it? i thought a shop so big should have good profesional staff.

Maybe it's just that one time....... I haven't sent for servicing there, so I really wouldn't know....

I DO know, it's usually a long waiting list, so probably the luthier there will rush the job.

Supposedly, the no. 1 refret job in town is done by Abang Gigi (Sp?), somewhere in Ampang I think. No. 2 is Tham at Jalan Gasing.

I've sent a guitar to Tham for refretting and the job was top-notched. He's also done fret levelling for my other guitar... generally, his workmanship is really really good and the prices are reasonable.

But sometimes he's really busy, so you may need to "book" a slot in advance...

Refretting is no joke... if the tech is inexperienced or rushes through the job, he can seriously screw up your neck!

This post has been edited by RustReaver4D1: Jun 25 2007, 04:00 PM

gigi is near batu caves, yea damn far

i'll probably use back my old strap and put this hello kitty strap on my future bass i guess(wanna preserve the brutal look of my ax)

This post has been edited by SweetTooth: Jun 25 2007, 06:54 PM

I told you the hello kitty strap was brutal!

goes well with the t-shirt no ?

ESP LTD AX50 + helo kitty strap + black mousie tshirt == brutal...

^
its condom man!
or captain condom. or whatever.

i don't really like the material on the strap though, still like my old planet waves nylon one

when was the last time you went ?

i think Tham just had a 33.333% inflation

RM150 for redressing ..to RM200

he increased price again?
when i did mine was RM150.
then about 2 months ago when i was there, he quoted someone RM180.

now RM200? wonder how much a whole refret will be now.

wa
200 to redress

=.=
mahalnyeeeee

how much for refret?

oh yeah

ck music now carries the Vox V847 wah

i forgot to ask for the price dang

This post has been edited by sean392: Jun 26 2007, 01:36 AM

yeah..last time it was RM80 for setup and RM150 for redress

now its RM100 for setup , RM200 for redress

vulcan x just redress 2 guitars ..tham gave discount lar..RM380 for both lol

but i think its pretty standard , Simon , John , Edwards all..not to say their price are wayyy cheaper than Tham ...plus..now the new fly over near UM ...

less Jam lar..last time i used to hate going to Tham's place , especially going home time , have to pass by the Sultan Abdul Samad school road ...jam like hell..

haha... you're right actually. When I sent my RG7 to Tham for setup, cost me RM200!

But I'm not complaining coz it plays like a dream now...

Hello i am newbie here. I started to get interested with guitar especially the electronic guitar. Wanna ask the sifus here how hard it is for newbie to learn o play guitar?

nothing is hard to learn.
just how dedicated you are to learning it.

i've been wanting to play a few hard solos(at least for my standards) like cob - everytime i die, trivium - gunshot to the head of trepidation etc
but i always thought that it's still to early to learn something that hard so i'm wondering, should i be tackling the solos slowly, part by part or should i wait till i get better ?
some people say practing things which are too hard(like sweep picking) when you're too far away from it is actually bad, so..

I had the passion to learn. erm.. I like the sound of guitar. It give me a nice feeling. I can express my feeling through guitar. That what i think? Any sifu here can teach me the basic. I have read the stickies and now still reading