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That is what I have been telling you all along. When the company gets big enough, responsibility is diluted.
Big corporation "it isn't MY job"?You gotta wonder why FMIC didn't give Hans a ring.
Just to back up this story, I just heard today from a friend who does business with China about such a funny story. He sells workwear here and he had an old and special work suit where many of his customers asked if he can get that one again (it was out of order for quite some time as the original manufacturer in Germany closed his shop). So the Chinese factory asked to get an old suit in order to copy the style. So the German sent a sample from many years ago and ordered 10,000 (or such similar number) of them, as he trusted that factory. However that sample was a used one and there was a cut in the right knee which was repaired with a patch over it. Guess what, 10,000 such new work suits arrived some month later in Germany and each one had a cut and a patch over it on the right knee!!! That's "copy exactly" !!! Well, and the guy in Germany made the mistake not to test a "prototype" before they sent him all 10,000. His fault.
I have no idea what kind of "special" work suite it is, I also found it amusing but also questionable...It was just so much fitting the pickup story somehow!Sounds like a Masterbilt relic worksuit!
So when do you think Cordoba will finally correct the underwound bridge pickup, and implement them into production with the SFIII units? I'm planning on getting a Guild SF III, but am wondering whether I should jump the gun soon or just wait and hold for a while longer until the issue is finally resolved.
The other option is to just get one, and send in the bridge pickup to those guys on eBay (in UK) that provide SFIII mini humbucker (Guild-er-tron) rewinding service, but I'm already wondering if it's worth the extra cost of shipping and rewind service.
What do you guys think so far?
I really have no complaints about the way the stock units perform. I have good balance between the neck and bridge pickups and I wouldn't try to improve upon what I already have.
I've got the bridge pup jacked all the way up, both on the NS SFIV, the T-400 and on the late, lamented GSR-M75 and my 1968 Starfire III that I bought for $239 kicks all of their @$$es.
Just saying that I have my preferences for how I want my guitar to drive the amp and the stock bridge pup ain't cutting the mustard. If you look at all the videos of the NS stuff, the Starfires all have fuzztone on them. Draw your own conclusions as to why. If the pups I ordered come in at 5.02k, which was the spec they sent to the Koreans, all of them are getting rewound to 7.5k and the originals are going to live in the case pocket.
my 1968 Starfire III that I bought for $239