Hey, Benn..

[madialex]

Hi Guys

This is me fessing up I guess you could say. As stated in previous post I am getting things together finally and things here are soon to improve for the better. I am working every spare second I have to wind quality pickups for customers who have been long waiting. I am also trying to give some sort of refund back when I can and have a little extra to give to try and make things sort of right. I know things are bad for all people at times and I am not using mine as a crutch but like I said some things cant be helped. Ever had your hands tied and cant do anything about it? That was me for a good long while thanks to an evil wife, soon to be divorced ex wife "THANK GOD"!!!!!! Thank you all for the good swift kick in the ass to get my priorities straight, much appreciated.

[badstrat]

This is me fessing up I guess you could say. As stated in previous post I am getting things together finally and things here are soon to improve for the better. I am working every spare second I have to wind quality pickups for customers who have been long waiting. I am also trying to give some sort of refund back when I can and have a little extra to give to try and make things sort of right. I know things are bad for all people at times and I am not using mine as a crutch but like I said some things cant be helped. Ever had your hands tied and cant do anything about it? That was me for a good long while thanks to an evil wife, soon to be divorced ex wife "THANK GOD"!!!!!! Thank you all for the good swift kick in the ass to get my priorities straight, much appreciated.

Good for you Ben, I'm pulling for you! Make good on the promise!!! An update to your web page to either say "No new orders are being accepted right now" or "Current waiting list is approximately 6 months" would be a great start to convincing me that you're serious.

[mick]

" never! never! never masturbate when you look at yourself in the mirror "

OK Spence good point , but is it ok to look at yourself in the mirror whilst masturbating...?

[badstrat]

I'm all for Ben getting his shit back together too. I've heard some very good things about his work...That being said, you apparently never saw the old forum.

A lot of people are/were frustrated with the waiting and lack of communication, I saw the old board, it's actually still available http://www.firebottle.com/fireforum/...4020356Z7jWzpC

No arguing that there was some bad behavior in that thread and BD went way, way, way too far. Unfortunately when you screw people around eventually you will run in to a guy like BD.

Here's to hoping that Ben is being sincere THIS time...unfortunately I have the misfortune of going through Ben's run around a second time in 3 years. Personally I won't ever be dragged in again, but I hope he gets his act together and even sends me the pickup I've been waiting for since Nov 06.

[madialex]

Hi

Hi Badstrat, truly no more bullshit from me. I cant give an estimated date at the moment but you will see them soon. As far as the website update I would love to update but I had a guy from another forum do it for me for free and I cant find his email addy to ask him to fix it. I hope he is a member here and see's this post and contacts me. If not I will try to figure it out myself and do it if I can. I may have to do a whole new site. Stupid me not adding him to my contacts, lesson learned there. I am trying to get in touch with Andrew about parts. He emailed me a parts list but it wouldnt open and I cant get an answer back from his email to get him to re-send it. I need parts desperately and dont want to go the all parts or stewmac route if I can help it. Hey Andrew you out there???

[badstrat]

Websites are easy Ben. Get yourself a program like Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 and you can edit web pages as easy as creating a document in word. Uploading after setup is nothing more than right clicking on the file. The danger in getting a guy to do it for free is he owes you nothing and often you get what you pay for

[Possum]

BD....

OK, I just threw my mirror away, how DID you know??? Sheesh if that were true it would be more like instant flat tire :-)

I think BD is related to the TelecasterMasterBaters forum master bater, er I mean concentation camp. If he was my brother I wouldn't admit it anyway :-)

[Spence]

You mean the forum I got thrown off ( pardon the expression ) when I dared to suggest they might prefer not to get fisted by Butt Cannon for a fee and go somewhere else......

[badstrat]

Just an update to my situation with Ben. After 4 1/2 months (3 1/2 with no contact at all), Ben delivered a functional pickup similar to my requested specs today along with an apology and a full refund. I would have been happy with the pickup or the refund but both was a classy touch. I can't say how the pickup sounds as I currently don't have a suitable guitar for it. Kudos to Ben for making things right. I hope this is the start of a turn around for him and wish him all the best of luck in the future.

[WolfeMacleod]

Just an update to my situation with Ben. After 4 1/2 months (3 1/2 with no contact at all), Ben delivered a functional pickup similar to my requested specs today along with an apology and a full refund. .

Now that is a good thing to hear!

I usually offer a 50% refund if I feel I've taken an excessive amount of time

[madialex]

Thanks guys

I am working on it. I started my Welbuterin today and the wife situation is looking like it is gonna be done with I hope by the weekend, meaning she will be gone from my place, I told you its a long story so I wont bother.

I took some time today and visited with Lindy Fralin. He is one hell of a nice guy. He showed me his whole operation, winders, tools etc. He's got 5 winders and 6 guys working with him. He is very down to earth and all around pretty cool. He showed me his guitar collection as well as some really old amps. He is a lot shorter in person, and out of all the guys there he drives the oldest car there, LOL... an 80 something toyota, good car by the way, my uncle has an 84 and still drives it every day and has only put an alternator on it. Anyhoo, thanks for Lindy's hospitality if you are reading this. It kinda renewed me as far as pickups are concerned. Thanks to all.

[NightWinder]

Nice Stuff Ben. Stay solid. Smiling for ya!

[Ruel]

Hope this will be one of those "All's well that ends well" thing. Or is it "And everybody lived happily ever after"?