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The Customer Satisfaction Blues

posted by Steve | June 11th, 2008

I met a young blues player named Weston when I was doing guitar repair at the Chicago Guitar Center. After years of fighting the long scale length of an old Peavey guitar, he discovered a better fit in the 3/4 size Squier Mini and Ibanez Mikro guitars. We helped Wes supercharge both guitars by replacing the stock pickups with new ones and simplified string changing by installing Planet Waves Auto Trim tuners. We set both guitars up to his custom specs and his playing has been improving ever since. So much so that he made an appearance at Chicago’s recent Blues Fest. He dropped us a line and sent some pictures. Way to go Wes!

Hey Steve,

Just wanted to let you know that the new guitar is awesome! Here are some pics of it at work at Blues Fest.

Thanks,
Wes

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One Comment on “The Customer Satisfaction Blues”

  1. Jun 11, 2008 - 9:16 pm
    Dan Waldron

    I found your site on Google and read a few of your other entires. Nice Stuff. I’m looking forward to reading more from you.

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