I've just bought a 1962 SG Standard for £1299!

[gwEm]

cool axe dave, but defo change those knobs!!

[Philly Q]

stay away from Pigtail, heard lots of horror stories about people ordering, never getting anything and the guy wouldn't respond to emails.

:( i have a bridge on order from pigtail at the moment

Unfortunately Steve Rowen, the guy who ran Pigtail, died last September. 

I got the impression it was pretty much a one-man business - I don't know if anyone else has taken it over.  The website hasn't been updated, so I suspect the business is kaput.

[HTH AMPS]

stay away from Pigtail, heard lots of horror stories about people ordering, never getting anything and the guy wouldn't respond to emails.

:( i have a bridge on order from pigtail at the moment

Unfortunately Steve Rowen, the guy who ran Pigtail, died last September. 

I got the impression it was pretty much a one-man business - I don't know if anyone else has taken it over.  The website hasn't been updated, so I suspect the business is kaput.

I never knew he'd passed away.  Regardless, the problems with fulfilling orders was raised on the LPF as long as two or three years back.

Go with Fake58 - I'm eyeing up some of their aged LP tuners.

[Philly Q]

Faber have some cool "improved vintage" parts, a different approach to the same sort of thing TonePros do (although I'm still waiting for the wraparound bridge I ordered 6 weeks ago  :( ).

And Callaham now make a solid steel tune-o-matic which looks interesting.

[WezV]

its an intonatable wraparound that will look the part on something like a firebird I he is after - i recommended the pigtail becase it would be perfect for that.

[Philly Q]

its an intonatable wraparound that will look the part on something like a firebird I he is after - i recommended the pigtail becase it would be perfect for that.

Yeah, but this is for Dave's SG with a tune-o-matic and stop tailpiece.  And as mentioned above, the problem with Pigtail stuff is getting hold of it.

C'mon Wez man, read the thread!   :roll: 

[AndyR]

He's too busy building groovy stuff :lol:

And remember, with a wife looking over your shoulder going "where's that cup of tea you promised me?" it's easy to miss stuff in these long threads...

[Afghan Dave]

stay away from Pigtail, heard lots of horror stories about people ordering, never getting anything and the guy wouldn't respond to emails.

:( i have a bridge on order from pigtail at the moment

Unfortunately Steve Rowen, the guy who ran Pigtail, died last September.  

I got the impression it was pretty much a one-man business - I don't know if anyone else has taken it over.  The website hasn't been updated, so I suspect the business is kaput.

I never knew he'd passed away.  Regardless, the problems with fulfilling orders was raised on the LPF as long as two or three years back.

Go with Fake58 - I'm eyeing up some of their aged LP tuners.

Yup HTH, Don't give business to a dead guy or expect him to reply to email generally seems like good advice  :roll:  :lol:

[Andrew W]

Decent new stuff - I'm not paying for old cr@p!

I think TonePros everything should do the trick?  Tuners, ABR-1 bridge and posts, plus a tailpiece and posts.

Or what about Pigtail?  Any other makes I should look at?

DMC and Fake58 - stay away from Pigtail, heard lots of horror stories about people ordering, never getting anything and the guy wouldn't respond to emails.

I've personally dealt with Fake58 and they were very fast in getting the goods out (AND they're a UK company).

+1 on Fake58.  I've bought a couple of Fendery bits from them and they've always been great.

[WezV]

He's too busy building groovy stuff :lol:

And remember, with a wife looking over your shoulder going "where's that cup of tea you promised me?" it's easy to miss stuff in these long threads...

andy has got it spot on :P

and i was referring to gwem's issue.  TF doest have an issue, even ift he 62-65 plays badly he has some nice PRSi, some nice fender custom shops a $%&# off i want  a pearly gates LP whatever it costs and a nice WV to tide him over till the SG is put right ;)

[Philly Q]

Ah, OK, misunderstood.  All gwEm had said was that he'd ordered a Pigtail, I didn't realise you were referring to that, since it was several posts later.   

I guess he'll have to wait now to see if anyone is still dealing with Pigtail's orders.  :?

[Twinfan]

...and a nice WV to tide him over till the SG is put right ;)

The WV got a run out at a gig a couple of weeks ago Wez - she was cracking as usual!  That's the trouble with having so much good stuff - I can never decide what to take to a gig, so I try and rotate them!

[gwEm]

I guess he'll have to wait now to see if anyone is still dealing with Pigtail's orders.  :?

:? ineed

[Tellboy]

I guess he'll have to wait now to see if anyone is still dealing with Pigtail's orders.  :?

:? ineed

Gulp..... I ordered a set of Tele saddles from Pigtail last week  :(

[Philly Q]

I guess he'll have to wait now to see if anyone is still dealing with Pigtail's orders.  :?

:? ineed

Gulp..... I ordered a set of Tele saddles from Pigtail last week  :(

Did you pay by PayPal?  Maybe some kind of buyer protection applies?

Or maybe someone is keeping the business going - to at least sell off any remaining stock - in which case I apologise for scaremongering.  Fingers crossed for you.