Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:44 am
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Sun Feb 02, 2020 8:34 pm
Mon Feb 03, 2020 2:17 am
Craig wrote:Here is my recommendation:
IMO, there might be some issues which might be covered under warranty (defective knobs and/or pots). As per the Tribute Warranty Card,
you need to contact the G&L Service department. See the Tribute Warranty Card for complete details. Here is a link to a copy of the
Tribute Series Warranty Card (pdf).
Hope this helps.
Mon Feb 03, 2020 2:56 am
Danley wrote:As someone who mods a lot of guitars, there is *nothing* I hate more than removing knobs. I don’t think G&L is alone on this; my guess is there are max only a few reasonable suppliers of pots/knobs, none of them have extraordinary QA for tolerances, and so they either require a vice to remove or slip on/off too easily; have observed this on plenty of Squiers/Fenders/Jacksons etc. at many price points.
For that reason I prefer solid shaft pots, but not all knobs (Strat for example) have grub-screw versions. It’s particularly cruel that they install these fingernail removers on something that you need your fingertips to use. If there’s damage I’d invoke the warranty- but I don’t think there’s much G&L (on the Tributes in particular) could reasonably do with commensurate effort to the issue, in response to what’s more or less an industry endemic thing.
Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:46 am
Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:38 am
jdetente wrote:I had this same issue with a USA made SC-2 that I bought brand new last year. I loosened the set screws all the way on both knobs and I couldn't get either one out. It was ridiculous. Felt like they used some sort of glue...
Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:55 am
Tooslowhand wrote:You can source a knob puller from Stewmac.
Mon Feb 03, 2020 1:50 pm
Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:36 pm
Tooslowhand wrote:I agree with you completely. The guitar should be built such that issues like you are having don't make their way to the customer. They should be set up properly and playable as well. Unfortunately that is frequently not the case, and even us G&L fanboys have to admit that Q/C on some of the Tribute guitars can be sketchy at times. I was just trying to offer potential assistance to you. Seems like your only other choice, since it is a new guitar, is to contact the dealer for warranty service.