Guilford back plates
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Cousin Eddie's cousin
I’ve bought several from John. Good guy and nice product.
Black Plaid
Other Alan!
Hijacking this thread to ask about their pickup rings (or anywhere preferable). Looking to get a set of maple ones to replace the plastics on the ME1.
Any advice is very welcome.
Any advice is very welcome.
11top
Cousin Eddie's cousin
His pickup rings are good. I may even have some maple ones I’d part with. I know I have RW.
ViperDoc
Plugged In.
Guilford's products are excellent. I've never been disappointed.
bodia
Authorities said.....best leave it.....unsolved
I had a different experience, that was not satisfying.
Kiwi
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I've bought several sets of rosewood pickup rings from John Guilford for my PRSii, over the years. Delivery was fine and the quality was good.
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Bowtiefanatc
Confirmed Bird Snob
I have his pickup rings on my CU24 and they are really good quality. The attention to detail is great, even the recess hole for the pickup height screw. They are way better than the rosewood ones I originally had on it.
ElrytNamrogo
My name be scrambled
I bought a set of pickup rings from him years ago, that was a great experience.
However, a couple years later, I purchased a set of back plates from him. In the nine months it took to receive them (originally told 60 days) I had unresponsive emails and little to no information on progress or ETA. When I would get an estimated ship-date, it wasn't fulfilled and then would continue with unresponsive emails. When I finally received my back plates, they looked like they had been rushed (clear coat was hazy and looked uneven) and shipped out. While the color match was a bit off, the quality of the wood itself looked nice.
I'm absolutely not trying to bash the guy's business....I know he does great work and had a great experience with my first purchase. I'm sure he was incredibly busy and my back plates just didn't take priority over some of the other projects he had going on. It is, however, something to be mindful of.
However, a couple years later, I purchased a set of back plates from him. In the nine months it took to receive them (originally told 60 days) I had unresponsive emails and little to no information on progress or ETA. When I would get an estimated ship-date, it wasn't fulfilled and then would continue with unresponsive emails. When I finally received my back plates, they looked like they had been rushed (clear coat was hazy and looked uneven) and shipped out. While the color match was a bit off, the quality of the wood itself looked nice.
I'm absolutely not trying to bash the guy's business....I know he does great work and had a great experience with my first purchase. I'm sure he was incredibly busy and my back plates just didn't take priority over some of the other projects he had going on. It is, however, something to be mindful of.
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The only thing I would watch out for is to specify that the backplates are for an SE and not a Core guitar. I could be wrong on the size differences, but SEs are not countersunk like the Core models. I'm not sure if that impacts anything, but I'd hate for anyone to spend money on custom parts and not be able to use them.
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Only the trem plates aren’t countersunk on SEs.
Black Plaid
Other Alan!
Care to elaborate for me? It sounds like not everyone has had a great experience.
bodia
Authorities said.....best leave it.....unsolved
Pretty much the same experience that elrytnamrogo stated above. I ordered a set of RW rings for a 408. Crickets for months. I reached out, was given an ETA. It came and went. Reached out again, was given another ETA. We're at 10+ months at this point. ETA missed. Order canceled. I don't think I ever got my money back, either. Not 100% on that. But I don't recall seeing a credit on my CC statement. It was 3 years ago. I may be a little fuzzy on that.
Ovibos
Naughty Wood Librarian
I ordered some backplates off Reverb. Came fast, just not nearly as dark RW as I'd hoped. Also, pretty dry and wide-grained.
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Cousin Eddie's cousin
Yeah, the first thing I would do is treat them with fret board conditioner. They will darken and not dry out.
I was not even going to address this thread but need to. I feel way more loyal to all of you here than John Guilford was to me. Same exact bad experience that others mentioned. He made me a couple of nice switch tips on the first order and the wait wasn't too bad. Next order was larger for some rings etc and paid of course in full in advance. Supposed to be a 4-6 week job and after many emails, conversations w John and then no return correspondence from him 8 months later I gave up. He kept complaining how busy and behind he alway was. What a way to do business! Beware my friends.
Yep, I used lemon oil. Darkened them well and no issues since.
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