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[mashed tates]

ok so today i went to take my guitar in to a guy named beck in tempe who has worked on my guitars before and usually did a great job. so i go in there with my new axe to get a whole bunch of hardware replaced on it. i told him that i would like to see the gibson hardware i was buying from him to make sure that it would look good and be sturdy etc. he replied by telling me that he would need to "see my wallet first." he was not joking. i told him that i didn't bring it because i'd never paid upfront before. and he said "well i'm not going to waste my fucking time getting out the hardware then. do you know who i am? i'm beck. i've sold guitars too metallica and big rockstars so don't waste my fucking time with this cheesy korean shit." that is REALLY what he said. so i calmly said, "i'm sorry sir, i won't waste anymore time with my good business and i'll just get out of your face." i went home and wrote to him saying how disappointed i was and how much of a total prick he was. and this is what he wrote back...

"Tom you ultra talented master guitarist, You better get aq better band, so you can afford a real guitar instead of that piece of shit korean crap. Ive worked with alot of talent and your not one of them as you can tell a real player by the guitar he has, and your $100 bargain is just a cheezy nightmare. God bless you for never coming into my store you looser prick, have a nice wet dream about success, cause thats all your goan have, wet dreams"

needless to say, this is hilarious. ALSO, i wouldn't recommend going in to this guy any longer...unless you like to get in fights.

[weener]

This guy sounds like Axl.

[skeksis]

yeah, several folks on this board have had bad experiences with this guy. mixed opinions about the quality of work he does and general agreement that the guy's a prick. I only went into his shop once, and wasn't treated well and got some bad advice -- so I've never returned. If I can remember the thread about beck's previous exploits, I'll post it. spend your dollars someplace else....

[raubhimself]

so wait, did he sell guitars to Metallica pre-black album, or post-black album? cus that make a huge difference on my opinion here...

[Big_Poppa]

so wait, did he sell guitars to Metallica pre-black album, or post-black album? cus that make a huge difference on my opinion here...

I would assume that he worked on Jason Newsted's basses when he was in Flotsam and Jetsam and now he can mention Metallica by default.
He set up a bass for me several years back but it really wasn't worth the trouble/$, I spent less $ and was happier with the job that Jim at Musician's Discount did.
ROP basically had to sell a kidney to have a guitar refretted by Beck, and if I remember the story correctly, it wasn't that great of a job and pretty sloppy glue-wise. I'm pretty sure he did the work when Marty updated the p-ups in his Gibson too.

I have heard a lot of mixed reviews over the years(I'm sure the Lipferts can share a story or two as well). It used to be some kind of local "right of passage" to have him work on your stuff. I do know that he has turned people with Jap/Mex Fender products away in the past. The comments regarding a Korean instrument do not surprise me.

[rudolpho of pensacola]

[mikemfer]

From what he says it sounds like he doesn't get punched in the face enough.

[mashed tates]

anyone who's been in this store must have seen the countless pictures of beck with second rate 80s buttrockers. ones of beck with big afros and quilted top $30,000 les pauls. and he called MY guitar a "cheezy nightmare". AS IF!

[unluckycharm]

this is great--he's the luthier version of the Soup Nazi.

[ShawnPhase]

ahaha...the next time im in az, im going to take my steinberger to him and just have him restring it for me so i can see if he will call it a 'piece of korean crap'. that way i can say my guitar is a redneck guitar, and that he should probably like it. he'd probably say its a 'cheesy nightmare' though.

i'll act like im 12 and know nothing about what it even is.

[unluckycharm]

ahaha...the next time im in az, im going to take my steinberger to him and just have him restring it for me so i can see if he will call it a 'piece of korean crap'. that way i can say my guitar is a redneck guitar, and that he should probably like it. he'd probably say its a 'cheesy nightmare' though.

i'll act like im 12 and know nothing about what it even is.

dude videotape or just tape it & share please.

hehe

mabye it will be as good as when Yngwie Malmsteen flipped out on a stewardess:

[/Mr DNA/]

you should take your gear to Jaelita.

i cant speak of her work, but shes shizz.