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Jerry Dragon


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Gate City Va.
Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 1:23 am    
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Please answer your pms, you have a few people worried.
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Dennis Brown

 

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Gowen, Mi. USA
Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 11:34 am     Carl Heatley
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Doug Cassell

 

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San Antonio Texas, USA
Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 11:43 am    
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Add another to the list!
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Dennis Brown

 

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Gowen, Mi. USA
Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 12:10 pm     Carl Heatley
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Jerry Dragon


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Gate City Va.
Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 3:31 pm    
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there are at least five of us, I have pmed all of you.
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Jerry Dragon


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Gate City Va.
Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 3:46 pm    
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Can anyone help us out here? He has supposedly been a member here for ten years? Does anyone know this guy besides us?

Maybe this topic should be moved, I wasn't sure where to post it?


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Daniel Buller

 

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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 4:05 pm    
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Another concerned customer. No prior experience with him for me until now...

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Wade Blaker

 

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Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 5:23 pm     Carl Heatley
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I'm going to wait it out. His work looks very good, and with Jerry's parts I hope to wind up with a killer steel.

Even the big builders started out small, some of them may have started building as a hobby. Certainly Carl could have communicated better and this would not have boiled over. Time will reveal the outcome, I am hoping it results in meeting my expectations.


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Skip Ellis


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Bradenton, Fl USA
Post  Posted 11 Apr 2018 6:20 pm    
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I sold Carl some parts about a month ago and talked to him on the phone - everything went smoothly. Can't imagine there's a problem - hope he's OK. AFAIK, hes a stand up guy, at least he was with me.
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Jerry Dragon


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Gate City Va.
Post  Posted 12 Apr 2018 1:02 am    
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he also told me that once he starts really working he shuts off his phone etc and works? Still, I do believe he should be in contact with one of us. I made 87 bell cranks, 12 pedals and 4 pickup changer covers and sent them to him as partial payment. He send me a box of parts to copy which I still have most of them? He told me he had five guitars to build and there are five of us. He has a real deal with me making parts and I find it hard to believe he would not stay in touch. I was supposed to make some changer fingers then knee pedals etc.
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Doug Cassell

 

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San Antonio Texas, USA
Post  Posted 12 Apr 2018 4:06 am    
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He also mentioned to me and others that he was going to Thailand for a few weeks in the near future. He might just be out of touch while in Thailand, but I know he could easily check email or the forum from there.
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Stu Schulman


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Post  Posted 12 Apr 2018 11:42 am    
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I hope that he surfaces with good news.
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Jerry Dragon


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Gate City Va.
Post  Posted 12 Apr 2018 1:16 pm    
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well, I haven't done anything yet and I don't believe there is much I can do. I paid with a postal money order.
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Doug Cassell

 

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San Antonio Texas, USA
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 3:27 am    
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Got an email from Carl this morning. As I suspected, he left town without communicating with anyone. He says he'll be back on 5/10.
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Dennis Brown

 

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Gowen, Mi. USA
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 3:48 am     Carl
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Jerry Dragon


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Gate City Va.
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 5:41 am    
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I have no choice but to carry on.

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Doug Cassell

 

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San Antonio Texas, USA
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 5:46 am     Re: Carl
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Dennis Brown wrote:
Best to the rest of you gentlemen, I'm not going to deal with him any longer. I filed my case with Paypal for a refund.


I did the same.
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Jerry Dragon


From:
Gate City Va.
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 8:24 am    
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if you had seen them you guys would have loved my parts.
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Skip Ellis


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Bradenton, Fl USA
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 8:42 am    
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Sorry to see this happen - my dealings with Carl were first rate but he really should have notified folks he would be away.
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Dennis Brown

 

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Gowen, Mi. USA
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 9:54 am     Carl
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I seen the bell cranks Jerry makes. Very, very nice.
Excellent craftsmanship.
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Lee Baucum


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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 1:05 pm    
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I am not familiar with Carl Heatley.

Does he build pedal steel guitars?
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Bill Moore


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Manchester, Michigan
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 2:16 pm    
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It seems to me that some of you are jumping the gun a bit. If you were to buy a new guitar from any builder, you might expect a waiting period of a few months to as much as a year. I don't know Carl but I would tend give him the benefit of a doubt. Just my opinion, based on my own experience. If you want a guitar next week, you should be looking at used guitars, not a new one.
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Dennis Brown

 

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Gowen, Mi. USA
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 2:28 pm     Carl.
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Doug Cassell

 

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San Antonio Texas, USA
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2018 3:54 pm    
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Bill Moore wrote:
It seems to me that some of you are jumping the gun a bit. If you were to buy a new guitar from any builder, you might expect a waiting period of a few months to as much as a year. I don't know Carl but I would tend give him the benefit of a doubt. Just my opinion, based on my own experience. If you want a guitar next week, you should be looking at used guitars, not a new one.


It's not about getting a guitar quickly. It's about a lack of communication giving the impression that he's dropped off of the map.
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Jerry Dragon


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Gate City Va.
Post  Posted 14 Apr 2018 1:46 am    
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I tried to delete this thread but as far as I can see there is no way.
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