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Location: France | Last year,in november, I had bought from Patch a magnificent 1537-1 and that how it arrived....totally broken(see pictures)
Thank you, USPS and the French post office... Fortunately, I sent back it to Patch which made play its insurance, took it to the factory ovation and KIM and colleagues perfectly repaired it. Thank you very much to Patch and to the factory
Some photos before and later....
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Location: France | sorry, try to repost pictures.... 
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Location: SoCal | New top and bowl. Beautiful guitar..... |
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Location: Paris/France | Glad that she's finally well arrived from New Hartford!!
And especially that you don't do the works by yourself... :D
Enjoy this great guitar my friend.
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Thierry has been an absolute Prince through all of this. Start to finish, I was beginning to wonder if a full year would pass before he finally got what he paid me for. (Not a knock on the factory, but definitely a statement regarding the time warps that apparently materialize when international shipping and liability claims come into play.)
I struggled mightily deciding whether or not to sell my refurbished 1537 (Days rarely go by that I don't consider replacing it.), and my heart sank when I saw what happened to it. The poor thing had been squeezed from the sides like a walnut to the point where the top popped off and the bowl cracked open in several places. Even the 9158 case was crushed and cracked in multiple locations.
But in the end, Thierry's patience has been rewarded. Enjoy it my friend. :) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I know the topic has been raised before, and certainly nothing against the fine and beautiful work accomplished here, but at what point does refurbishment of guitar A actually become the creation of guitar B using a few salvaged parts from guitar A? This reminds me of when we were building jeeps for off-road racing 25 years ago. We'd start with a custom fabricated frame, add running gear from aftermarket suppliers, steering from GM, a crate motor and trans from Ford, then we'd stick on a patched up CJ2A flathood body and pan, then call it a refurbished 1951 Jeep. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | How did you make sure it got there safely the second time? |
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Location: Indiana | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
at what point does refurbishment of guitar A actually become the creation of guitar B using a few salvaged parts from guitar A? Same thought crosses my mind whenever I see Joan Rivers.
The MS did a beautiful job. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Glad it worked out Theirry...Did they reuse the original label? |
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Location: France | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
Glad it worked out Theirry...Did they reuse the original label? No, but it does'nt matter, just "1537" on the first label and serial number on the second... |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | My heart sank when I saw that picture of the damage. Great to see they were able to make things right for you. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
I know the topic has been raised before, and certainly nothing against the fine and beautiful work accomplished here, but at what point does refurbishment of guitar A actually become the creation of guitar B using a few salvaged parts from guitar A? This is an interesting question. When does a guitar cease to be the original guitar that it was? The only original parts on my 87 Collectors are the tuners and the label. Yet it's obviously an 87C. The only difference is the preamp.
More importantly, does it really make a difference? If it comes out like the original, then it may not be an original, but, as in this example, it still has all the elements of a 1537, or in my case, an 87C. It's still the model, maybe just not quite the one id'd by the serial number.
Somebody here a while back posted for sale a 1537. It was a 1537 neck on a mid depth bowl and a new top. I would submit that that guitar was no longer a 1537 but was something different..... |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Ahhhh (sigh !!) 1537. What a sweet guitar !
Congrats Thierry. |
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | Beautiful guitar, I love them, too.
I've also bought one of these a few days ago, I'll post some pics of it soon.
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA | Congratulations on a succesfull outcome. The 1537 is one of my dream guitars.
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | "This is George Washington's axe.
I replaced the handle. And the head.
But it occupies the same space."
- Steven Wright |
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Location: liverpool ,england | that was an amazing job on that guitar was shocked when i saw the damage! |
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1537 after USPS ...and after mothership !