but it's sure nice to have a tech refret your guitar for you, custom paint jobs, install switches, pots, tuners (Well normally easy depending on the hole size in your headstock), knowing the different wiring scematics for your pickups and pickup types (there are many right/wrong ways), or installing a floyd or kahler into a guitar not ready for one, bridgework, intonation/action work, making a bolton into a neckthrough (Yes it can be done), custom inlays, scalloping, etc, etc.


I don't know about you guys but I would rather have a guy repair my guitar for me who does it for a living then have me do it myself.

And that crap about techs not being great musicians is bulls**t as well. I know many out here in Ca. who can play circles around most of us here. And the talk about them just being frusterated musicians. Who of us have not made the big time (Although I'm quite sure there are famouse ones out there among us who visit this site and we'll never know). I'm just happy playing clubs :-)