RIP strictly7?

[TRENCHLORD]

Don't diss Lillian Axe! They were huge! In Japan! 20+ years ago...!

I'm sure they'll sell like hot soy cakes .

 

[canuck brian]

I still haven't heard back from Jim on my offer to go and help out for a weekend. :\

 

[lewstherin006]

Guys, can we at least celebrate the fact that he finished a guitar?

 

[Señor Voorhees]

Guys, can we at least celebrate the fact that he finished a guitar?

Normally I would, but it'd kind of be shitting all over the people who paid good money for one. Jim needs to get his priorities straight and instead of working on the sig models, he needs to start working on other folks'.

Seriously. Sigs are there so people will be like "holy shit, I like that artist and I want to play what he plays." In this case, they'd hopefully find out about the shitstorm that is s7g and avoid it.

 

[Philligan]

I still haven't heard back from Jim on my offer to go and help out for a weekend. :\

Maybe he's scared people will actually like the ones you build and flood him with more orders.

 

[ElRay]

^I don't take it as a good sign, I take it to mean that Jim's priorities are still not in order.

QFT.

I can understand some folks cutting Jim some slack a while, but when he lies on video to slag people, slags people making legitimate complaints about poor workmanship, takes final payments for guitars that aren't ready to ship, builds off-the-shelf retail guitars instead of completing overdue customs, etc. etc., etc., he deserves no respect.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

Anybody that make their final payment because they were told their guitar was ready to ship and hasn't received the guitar needs to file a criminal fraud complaint.​

Ray

 

[stevexc]

Guys, can we at least celebrate the fact that he finished a guitar?

"Good job, Jim, you did literally the absolute bare minimum you could possibly do to be considered a luthier!"

 

[Pikka Bird]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

Anybody that make their final payment because they were told their guitar was ready to ship and hasn't received the guitar needs to file a criminal fraud complaint.​

I do think this is pretty important. You were duped into paying the final amont for something that just doesn't exist. That's fraud, no way around it.

 

[Andromalia]

Low post folks coming in with "amazing" and "flawless" guitars.

It's now official, S7G is done. GET OUT FINANCIALLY AS FAST AS YOU FUCKING CAN!!! Call the credit card companies, banks, you name it. This is a sign if there ever was one.

Just one more thing to add... and do it NOW. Not in three weeks or "tomorrow". The time is running against you.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

inb4 Strictly 7 Black Friday Sale

 

[lewstherin006]

inb4 Strictly 7 Black Friday Sale

S7 is in so much red not even a Black Friday Sale can help them

 

[BlackStar7]

What is it with custom builders and their tendency to do absolutely anything BUT fulfill their actual custom orders? It's like Vik telling people his years-overdue, fully paid outstanding custom orders "aren't his priority." Isn't that kind of the entire point of your business?

If any other business in the world took your money and didn't deliver for YEARS on end, they'd be history. But somehow with custom guitars these scams just limp on forever, sucking more and more money into what is - let's face it - a pyramid scheme.

How do some customers STILL cut these people so much slack? It's like some kind of weird Stockholm Syndrome: "Jim/Bernie/etc. is my friend and he loves me even though he's holding my money hostage and is a borderline criminal, so I better give him the benefit of the doubt."

 

[Ludo95]

Look at these photos I got from "Guitar Porn" fb page..:

(dat neck joint....)

and THAT.. look at the maple top about the locking nut... ì.

The guy sent an email to GuitarPorn page which says:
"I didn't take a pic of the worst shot, the bridge didn't intonate.
Pups were supposed to be Invaders. Clearly one of them isn't. The guitar didn't play past the 12th fret because "the pole pieces of the Invaders were too high". Instead of correcting the route they sent it out as is, after two and a half years of waiting. Plus, the neck was supposed to be a 5 piece..."

2,5 years for this kind of work? no thanks

 

[Fenceclimber]

I take back everything good I've said about S7G, that is horrible! I'd be so pissed, my 400$ Jackson is built better than that!

 

[WillDfx]

I haven't lol'd in a while. This makes me lol.




Lol

 

[Yimmj]

These horrible nightmare luthier scenarios make me scared to order a custom from a lutheir

 

[stevexc]

These horrible nightmare luthier scenarios make me scared to order a custom from a lutheir

Do your research beforehand, don't buy into ridiculous untested hype, and avoid unestablished luthiers and you'll be fine. For instance, ordering from Daemoness, Bowes, Searls, Ormsby, etc. would all be safe bets - they've all proven they consistently make good guitars. If any of them all of a sudden offered a crazy ridiculous sale (ie too good to be true - in the vein of Blackest Friday), that may be a sign to look elsewhere.

 

[7stg]

I take back everything good I've said about S7G, that is horrible! I'd be so pissed, my 400$ Jackson is built better than that!

The First Act guitars at Target/ Wal-Mart are built better than that...

 

[Elelac]

mod edit: way to hype what you're trying to sell

 

[HurrDurr]

I still haven't heard back from Jim on my offer to go and help out for a weekend. :\

I'm down to go help out. I just wanna see what exactly goes on back there.