Jim, I'm not an expert but I believe the fine point here is that "lifetime" means both the purchaser's AND the manufacturer's lifetime. I think that may be why you pointed out receivership as a qualifying issue. But I believe legally the "Guild that made Sandy's guitar" 's lifetime ended when they were acquired by Fender. I could be wrong and it might vary by state.JimbowF212 said:It seems to me that under the Law if they bought the Company and it wasn't in receivership at the time, They should have to honor the Warrenty no matter how old the guitar is.
adorshki said:Jim, I'm not an expert but I believe the fine point here is that "lifetime" means both the purchaser's AND the manufacturer's lifetime. I think that may be why you pointed out receivership as a qualifying issue. But I believe legally the "Guild that made Sandy's guitar" 's lifetime ended when they were acquired by Fender. I could be wrong and it might vary by state.JimbowF212 said:It seems to me that under the Law if they bought the Company and it wasn't in receivership at the time, They should have to honor the Warrenty no matter how old the guitar is.
I think when this was discussed before a member pointed out that Fender promised to honor the "Lifetime" warranties back to a certain date and even that was a courtesy but not a legal obligation.
JimbowF212 said:I do believe if you check the warrenty card it clearly states the Lifetime of the original Purchaser and says nothing about the company, and therfore I believe FMIC could be legally made to honor the warrenty due to the fact that they bought All holdings of the original Company and continued to use the name and without any reference to FMIC on the guitars just the accompaning literature. It is a legal issue but, I think it has a legal presidence.
fastblueheeler said:That's good news. Restored my faith in warranties.
geoguy said:That's very nice of them . . . and good PR amongst this dedicated little band of fanatics. 8)
Lets just hope they don't see the poll about future intentions on purchasing new or used.... :lol:twocorgis said:geoguy said:That's very nice of them . . . and good PR amongst this dedicated little band of fanatics. 8)
Yep, and I as far as I know they're not aware of this exchange (Hey Bruce and Thane. You here?).
cjd-player said:Great news that FMIC is going to reset the neck for you, Sandy!
cjd-player said:So NOW how do you like that Shenandoah 60? :wink:
I knew you had it in ya!twocorgis said:Jazz, 'Zilla, Joe,
I don't know that I've handled this all that well, I just did it to the best of my ability relative to the position I was in. As has been said, I didn't have a whole lot of leverage in the situation, so copping an attitude surely wouldn't have gotten me anywhere, and I have found as I get older that rarely works anyway. Now everybody's happy, which is of course how it should be in a perfect world.
Know just how you feel..it's why I postponed the refret on my D25 for so long the second time.twocorgis said:I'm really looking forward to seeing the quality of work that goes into the repair, and how the guitar will feel when it comes back to me. The money out of my pocket is a minor consideration at best. This guitar as I've said has so much of my life in it that it's priceless to me. I certainly would have paid more if that's what it came to.
adorshki said:Know just how you feel..it's why I postponed the refret on my D25 for so long the second time.
:lol: :lol: :lol: Ooh baby that's gonna make that thing sing better than new all by itself, gettin' that break angle back! I always go for full refrets, not just shaving 'em down, 'cause of that issue of how the fret height affects tone too. Plus I always want it to feel just like it felt when it was new. They were gettin' pretty well notched down there on the first 3! Couldn't stand it anymore! Fortunately the new guy I tried, Keth Holland, did a better job than even the first guy, who was actually Mark Brown the former Doobies' tech. Actually I think it was one of Mark's apprentices, just to be fair.twocorgis said:Bruce said that he's never seen a saddle shaved down that low, and I believe him.