A Sho~Bud Fretboard Riddle

Frank Estes · Post by **Frank Estes** » 23 Jul 2002 7:45 am

What should one do when one orders a new colored Sho~Bud fretboard and when it arrives via UPS, the fretlines are blue and so are the spade and club fretmarkers. The heart and diamond fretmarkers are red--kinda dull at that.

Also, it looks like one corner is chipped...

What would you do?

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 23 Jul 2002 7:49 am

The first thing would be to have little chat with the person or store you bought it from.

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 23 Jul 2002 7:51 am

Are you sure there isn't some of that blue-tinted plastic film over it? That is used to protect the finish a lot and would explain the bluish tint.

As for the chip, that warrants a phone call and/or an email.

John Knight · Post by **John Knight** » 23 Jul 2002 9:31 am

I agree with Jim remove the blue plastic film used to protect the finish. Thats how mine came when i ordered them from Dr. BS (Bobbe Seymore).

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David Mullis · Post by **David Mullis** » 23 Jul 2002 11:25 am

peel off da blue plastic! unless you like the idea of blue frets

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 23 Jul 2002 12:25 pm

You guys are all smart, Frank is having fun because he was here when a package came back to the store with a sarcastic note stating that the customer wanted his money back, I didn't send him the correct fretboard, He wanted a Sho-Bud fretboard with white frets, not blue! Naturally the protective film on the fretboards is transparent blue, this , when removed, makes the frets white. Seems like everyone knows this except this one customer that loves to be mean, sarcastic, stupid. How much trouble will he have installing them if he can't even figure out how to unwrap them? Yes, I know, it's really funny! I just want folks to see how the retail business really is at times.
We had a guy send a video tape back the other day because it wouldn't fit in his VCR. After Brandy and Frank told him to take it out of the cardboard sleeve, he said it worked fine !!
Well, who said everything was easy?
Bobbe"peelitove"Seymour

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 23 Jul 2002 12:31 pm

Reminds me of the jokes about tech support for computers.

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 23 Jul 2002 12:52 pm

Duh! Never miiiined! This is how Bobbe Seymour gets complaints. It never ceases to amaze me. Bobbe deals with hundreds of people a year. It only takes a couple of guys with their mittons pinned to their coats to turn him into a bad guy! And these people are playing steel?

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 23 Jul 2002 1:02 pm

For years couldn't get a decent sound out of my guitar.....only now someone tells me I have to put strings on it. ....Help!! my wife's string doesn't fit.....

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Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud Pro III Custom

Frank Estes · Post by **Frank Estes** » 23 Jul 2002 1:56 pm

Yeap, it was hilarious. I suggested to Brandy that she tell him that he had not finished opening it yet. He had sent the thing back.

I could just imagine after he puts it on his guitar calling Bobbe to complain how that frets 1 thru 12 are so narrow and out of tune!

BTW, the "chipped part" was a corner where the blue film was missing.

Paul Norris · Post by **Paul Norris** » 23 Jul 2002 4:57 pm

Marco, that's not a "G" string is it?

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 23 Jul 2002 5:41 pm

Kinda reminds me of the old mountain-man that had never seen a bananna. The guy at the general store showed him one, and said "You really should try one of these...they're from South America!" The mountain-man peeled the bananna, then ate the peeling, and threw away the bananna. The storekeeper gave him a funny look, and said "Well, whatd'ya think of that?" The mountain-man just shrugged, and said "Not too bad, but it's mostly all cob".

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 23 Jul 2002 6:29 pm

This has got to be the same guy who went to the doctor for constipation and the Doc gave him some suppositories. He asked him a couple days later how they worked and the guy replied: Heck for all the good they did, I might as well have stuck them up my.........

Regards, Paul

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 23 Jul 2002 8:10 pm

Hey Bobbe, my cup holder broke. Can you send me a knew one?

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 23 Jul 2002 9:03 pm

Paul, that's it. I put it at the wrong position. Now can anyone tell me what are those 4 tubes in the case doing.....

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Steelin' Greetings
Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud Pro III Custom

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 24 Jul 2002 8:42 pm

You guys have done it!! The funniest thread in months!
I haven't had so much fun since the guy that put his fretboards on his Sho-Bud backwards last year called to tell me his wife was complaining about his not being able to tune to her singing! ( it may not have made any difference how they were installed).
Donny Hinson, your as weird as ever! Thank God!.

I don't know if I enjoyed laughing at this poor Sho-Bud tech, or at Frank Estis for laughing along with me the most!
I guess I should post what "Mr. Sho-Bud Tech." said in the note to me, this was the funny part! He was mad at me, guess he thought I painted the frets blue, just for him!!! This is a funny world, and I'm sorta' glad it is! <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by BobbeSeymour on 24 July 2002 at 09:43 PM.]</p></FONT>