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mylittledemon
10-02-2008, 05:51 PM
is finally over! I got my Model 1 via UPS today. It's STILL not the right colour, but hell, I'll take what I can get at this point. I will get more pics up later!



PS...(thanks Eliza) =)
CADreaming
10-02-2008, 06:12 PM
Very cool!!! Glad it worked out...
Richard B
10-02-2008, 06:19 PM
That sure is nice looking! So glad you got it and I hope it's everything and more for you.
Peestie
10-02-2008, 08:03 PM
Sweet. What sort of guitar would you say they are like for playability? I'd like to get one in the future if they'd be comfortable but it's unlikely I'll get to try one before so I want to make sure. They look pretty wide necked and I'm used to pretty slim necks so I'm not sure they'd be a nice fit for me :(
mylittledemon
10-02-2008, 08:04 PM
another one...
GoS
10-02-2008, 08:12 PM
Congrats on finally getting it!! Is it heavy?
mylittledemon
10-02-2008, 08:36 PM
Congrats on finally getting it!! Is it heavy?

about 8 lbs actually!
GoS
10-02-2008, 08:43 PM
about 8 lbs actually!

Well you are lucky to have one, even if it took all that stress!! It looks beautiful!
Gruno
10-02-2008, 09:13 PM
Well, what problems did you have getting it? Are they for sale to the public and is there a price list? What color was it supposed to be?

thanks for any help!

--- GRUNO ---
mylittledemon
10-02-2008, 09:25 PM
Well, what problems did you have getting it? Are they for sale to the public and is there a price list? What color was it supposed to be?

thanks for any help!

--- GRUNO ---

haha...how much time ya got buddy?

It took over a year to get and I had to get a lawyer involved. Bummer.

Yeah they are available to the public thru Turner himself...Renaissance Guitars is the name of his company. He will custom make any instrument he offers. I think Paul (also here on the Ledge) has a gold top version being finished up right now.
michelej1
10-02-2008, 09:39 PM
I'm so glad you got it.

You went through the wringer. Between the amount of money at stake and the way they were giving you the runaround, it's criminal, even if the guitar turns out to be everything you dreamed of in the end.

Michele
Gruno
10-02-2008, 10:35 PM
Was it anything like this:

Ed Roman / Rick Turner (http://www.edroman.com/guitars/rickturner/pricelist.htm) ?

--- GRUNO ---
iamnotafraid
10-03-2008, 02:40 AM
I got my Model 1 via UPS today. It's STILL not the right colour, but hell, I'll take what I can get at this point.

Dude, I'm glad you got your guitar. You were smart to get a lawyer.
I know you said it's not the right color, but is everything else okay
with the guitar?
Madness Fades
10-03-2008, 05:10 AM
Sweet. What sort of guitar would you say they are like for playability? I'd like to get one in the future if they'd be comfortable but it's unlikely I'll get to try one before so I want to make sure. They look pretty wide necked and I'm used to pretty slim necks so I'm not sure they'd be a nice fit for me :(

If you come to newry. I'll let you play my gold top if you want to. when i get it. which shouldnt be too long now

Also the gold top has a custom neck which has a specifically slimmer profile than the standard neck. this guitar could be right up your street. plus you wouldnt have to wait on it.
Gazza
10-03-2008, 06:23 AM
I think it's the most classy looking guitar there is.
GoS
10-03-2008, 06:25 AM
I think it's the most classy looking guitar there is.

I will second that motion.
Tango
10-03-2008, 09:51 AM
Wow, it's beautiful!~ Congrats! I can't believe how long it took to get it. Now make it "sing" for you! ;)
Gazza
10-05-2008, 05:24 PM
Any chance of a youtube video or some audio of you playing it? Always wanted to just hear it or watch it being played on its own.
mylittledemon
10-05-2008, 08:08 PM
Any chance of a youtube video or some audio of you playing it? Always wanted to just hear it or watch it being played on its own.

Yeah I will get around to it! =) You guys will be the 1st to know.
Lindsey Jr.
10-06-2008, 08:19 AM
It remains an incredible guitar, such a shame it took so long :shrug::sorry:
BTFLCHLD
10-06-2008, 09:22 AM
:eek: wow you contact a lawyer and your model 1 suddenly appears...shady.
Cool you finally you obtained...and you're happy...you are happy, right?
mylittledemon
10-06-2008, 11:44 AM
:eek: wow you contact a lawyer and your model 1 suddenly appears...shady.
Cool you finally you obtained...and you're happy...you are happy, right?

I truly hate that it came to that. Because now, if I need any help/work done with the guitar...well obviously I'm probably in the hot seat with Rick. I mean, ultimately I know he has no right to be mad at me for going to a lawyer. But you know, these type of situations are going to harbor bad feelings in some manner.

I am happy I finally got it. It's still not what I wanted exactly (Hell, they asked me 3 or 4 times)...they just didn't listen to what I have to say. =/
chiliD
10-06-2008, 12:38 PM
I truly hate that it came to that. Because now, if I need any help/work done with the guitar...well obviously I'm probably in the hot seat with Rick. I mean, ultimately I know he has no right to be mad at me for going to a lawyer. But you know, these type of situations are going to harbor bad feelings in some manner.

I am happy I finally got it. It's still not what I wanted exactly (Hell, they asked me 3 or 4 times)...they just didn't listen to what I have to say. =/

Glad you got your guitar...sorry you had to go through what you did to get it. My experience with Rick was 180 degrees the other way...my wife ordered it in July, it was at my door a couple of days before Christmas, (it was EXACTLY what I was hoping for, color, construction, feel, etc)...which reminds me, my Model 1 turns 10 this year.

I think you'll have to find another guitar tech if you need work done on yours. I've been wanting to have some work done on mine, but from what I've read from other owners, the concentration of the company is on building new guitars and not so much on repairing/maintenance of ones he's already sold.
chiliD
10-06-2008, 12:44 PM
Sweet. What sort of guitar would you say they are like for playability? I'd like to get one in the future if they'd be comfortable but it's unlikely I'll get to try one before so I want to make sure. They look pretty wide necked and I'm used to pretty slim necks so I'm not sure they'd be a nice fit for me :(

No, the neck is actually narrower than a Les Paul...but the neck is thicker, more of a "U" shaped neck (kind of like a baseball bat), much different than the shallower "V" shape of a vintage Strat or "C" shape of a Tele. It was quite a change...the neck felt slightly odd at first, since I'd been playing a Les Paul or a Strat for 30 years prior but after about 5 seconds, it felt just perfectly comfortable...now it's the Les Paul & Strat that feel "weird" when I play them.

EDIT: about the closest I could compare the feel of the neck to would be a Gibson Flying V.
mylittledemon
10-06-2008, 05:01 PM
Glad you got your guitar...sorry you had to go through what you did to get it. My experience with Rick was 180 degrees the other way...my wife ordered it in July, it was at my door a couple of days before Christmas, (it was EXACTLY what I was hoping for, color, construction, feel, etc)...which reminds me, my Model 1 turns 10 this year.

I think you'll have to find another guitar tech if you need work done on yours. I've been wanting to have some work done on mine, but from what I've read from other owners, the concentration of the company is on building new guitars and not so much on repairing/maintenance of ones he's already sold.

here;s another shot Chili!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2919131209_9feba87694.jpg


See how dark it is? I wanted that vintage brown/tan colour. You know...the way the one Turner looks on the Dance DVD when he's playing THE CHAIN? That sort of matte finish look? Anyway...thats hard for them to reproduce evidently because Rick said that particular guitar is probably 25 years old. Rick also told me Lindsey is retiring all 6 of his current Turners and just ordered a new batch of 5.