geoguy
Senior Member
HP recently announced they were exiting the PC business:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391382,00.asp
So, enjoy your future Dell, frono . . . them being the last big PC-maker still standing, & all. :mrgreen:
(fwiw, I also had warranty issues with previous Dells & won't buy another)
Back to guitars . . .
Seems to me that the remaining number of legitimate warranty claims for pre-Fender Guilds has to be really miniscule. How many manufacturing defects could still be identified now, after all these years? I know twocorgis had one, but that was really an exceptional case.
So if Guild elects to honor some future "warranty" claims (no matter how bogus) as a matter of goodwill, good for them (and us). But those of us who own old instruments should also be responsible for maintaining our equipment - and some of the "warranty" claims alluded to in this forum sound more like normal maintenance to me. Free maintenance in perpetuity simply isn't realistic, for Guild or any other manufacturer, regardless of any changes in Company ownership.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391382,00.asp
So, enjoy your future Dell, frono . . . them being the last big PC-maker still standing, & all. :mrgreen:
(fwiw, I also had warranty issues with previous Dells & won't buy another)
Back to guitars . . .
Seems to me that the remaining number of legitimate warranty claims for pre-Fender Guilds has to be really miniscule. How many manufacturing defects could still be identified now, after all these years? I know twocorgis had one, but that was really an exceptional case.
So if Guild elects to honor some future "warranty" claims (no matter how bogus) as a matter of goodwill, good for them (and us). But those of us who own old instruments should also be responsible for maintaining our equipment - and some of the "warranty" claims alluded to in this forum sound more like normal maintenance to me. Free maintenance in perpetuity simply isn't realistic, for Guild or any other manufacturer, regardless of any changes in Company ownership.