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But if you buy one, better take a luthier with you. I have no doubt the positive reviews are true. inadequate customer support (now that is inacceptable)īottom line: "consistency" is the word. no serious quality control (that shouldn't happen) no consistency in quality (that CAN happen once) Unfortunately their consistency of quality fell short of our requirements which is why we no longer have them produce guitars for us." I sold a Peerless Monarch 40 and a Leela 40 (the smaller Cremona to a gent in NJ).
#Rare and peerless guitars serial numbers
Recently found a statement of a Gretsch offical on the web: "Gretsch guitars with serial numbers that start with "KP" were produced at the Peerless factory in Korea. The German distributor tried to put the blame on the postal service which is nonsense since the guitar came in a case which didn't show a single scratch.įinally I went for a Gretsch Electromatic. It arrived and showed the fretboard dissolving from the neck - see picture. In the meantime I had ordered a Tonemaster Standard via a local music shop from the German distributor. I paid the neccessary repair myself and I sold it on ebay with a further loss of about 350 EUR. Jim Merrill has been a master luthier for more than 20 years, and his wealth of experience shows in.
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#Rare and peerless guitars archive
Information from internet archive 2008 Merrill & Company builds some of the finest guitars in the world. Kilmarnock, VA 22482Same as Merrill Guitars on Facebook 2018. In fact they didn't and after several attempts I gave up.Īlthough according to European law a 3-year warranty is mandatory, they left me alone. Merrill and Company are Jim and Dave Merrill.Williamsburg, Virginia. I always got friendly but useless replies such as "I will chase the factory again to get a resolution and get back to you this week." So I contacted peerlesseurope to solve the issue. So I showed it to another luthier and he told me exactly the same: major issue, needs fret removal, grinding, new frets. So I took it to him for inspection and setup.Īfter a few seconds the fun was over: he showed me that the guitar's neck (fretboard) was very uneven and it was impossible to fix it via the tussrod because it had an s-shaped curvature. I had a meeting with my favorite luthier a few days later. I ordered it and the guitar arrived quickly. The rare white model was offered by the European distributor as a one-time ebay special. Due to the good reviews Peerless got up to now and the cool specs of their guitars I decided to buy a Tonemaster Custom.