Will Christopher Woods Deliver?

technomancer · 02-28-2010, 01:34 PM

So, according to the schedule on his website, the body I ordered three years ago from Christopher Woods' online store is going to be finished in roughly two weeks. What do you think, will he actually deliver this time?

I hope so, as I could use the extra money from selling this off since I scrapped the project it was for.

The second pic is from the last update I received on 09-23-2007. The body was getting a hole drilled for a volume pot and a black burst around the edge.

I'll update the thread after the date on the schedule has rolled around and passed to let you guys know

13point9 · 02-28-2010, 01:37 PM

HOW LONG AGO!?!?!

technomancer · 02-28-2010, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 13point9

HOW LONG AGO!?!?!

You read that right, three years give or take a month or two

The body was from his store, meaning it was completed as far as the first pic when I ordered it. He nicked the flame maple top when he went to drill the hole for the knob and offered me two options, either he'd make me a new body, or he'd finish it for free. Since the finish I wanted was a green to black burst I decided to let him do the finish for free since the burst would cover the small nick in the top.

PS remember to vote in the poll

MF_Kitten · 02-28-2010, 01:47 PM

wow! that´s a long wait!

whenever these things happen, i always wonder what these guys are doing every day. like, do they actually work on anything? do they just keep on taking all the orders they get?

i know all about orders that take years to finish for no reason. it sucks! you really can´t do much about it either, ya know? you end up feeling kinda helpless.

chris woods seems to be delivering some ancient orders lately. he might just be getting ready with this thing.

djpharoah · 02-28-2010, 01:49 PM

Sorry Steve.

MacTown09 · 02-28-2010, 01:51 PM

Hey man that is a great looking body. What kind of trem and necks it routed for? PM me and lets have a talk about taking it off your hands

Soilent1 · 02-28-2010, 01:59 PM

Ha ha! I know in my case it was a whole year before he even started my 7 string neck project!! Then ended up building a 6 string first run. 2 years later it arrived. The quote was 3-months build time.

yacker · 02-28-2010, 02:00 PM

And yet, before I became active on this site I was trying to figure out who does custom 7 string guitars via google and he is one of the first names that comes up. How that's the case is beyond me, but I'm glad I did more research and didn't order a full custom from him. This is clearly a case of being pathetic at managing a business, 3 years for a body that only needed to be finished is beyond disgusting.

13point9 · 02-28-2010, 02:07 PM

>.< I really don't think I could wait that long for a guitar to be made, are there a lot of builders like this then? (I've read about Devires)

avenger · 02-28-2010, 02:13 PM

It looks like it was almost done 3 years ago. Hope you get something out of it!

technomancer · 02-28-2010, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 13point9

>.< I really don't think I could wait that long for a guitar to be made, are there a lot of builders like this then? (I've read about Devires)

Well, I ordered my first KxK IIRC 3 months before I ordered this body... I now have three completed KxKs here

Randy · 02-28-2010, 03:56 PM

The results so far are hilarious.

Spondus · 02-28-2010, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy

The results so far are hilarious.

This.

cyril v · 02-28-2010, 04:28 PM

lol,

Customisbetter · 02-28-2010, 04:33 PM

ill be pretty surprised honestly.

JaeSwift · 02-28-2010, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yacker

And yet, before I became active on this site I was trying to figure out who does custom 7 string guitars via google and he is one of the first names that comes up. How that's the case is beyond me, but I'm glad I did more research and didn't order a full custom from him. This is clearly a case of being pathetic at managing a business, 3 years for a body that only needed to be finished is beyond disgusting.

Search Engine Optimisation my friend

thesimo · 02-28-2010, 05:15 PM

i guess the only thing thats keeping you waiting is the comedy factor. but jesus christ.... 3 years? You have insane patience. I'd have driven cross country and shot him by now :P

technomancer · 02-28-2010, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thesimo

i guess the only thing thats keeping you waiting is the comedy factor. but jesus christ.... 3 years? You have insane patience. I'd have driven cross country and shot him by now :P

It's not patience, it's that it wasn't that expensive and I don't care anymore beyond the principal of the thing

Statue of Ages · 02-28-2010, 05:29 PM

Man, 3 years? I honestly would have forgotten about the thing by like...1 and a half years.

S-O · 02-28-2010, 05:46 PM

Very nice, how much?

No, really, are you selling this?

technomancer · 02-28-2010, 05:50 PM

Damn, try to stir up Chris Woods hate and get blitzed with offers to buy the body if I ever get it

This isn't a for sale thread, it's a poll.

That said, I pm'ed you out of courtesy Shawn

Jack Secret · 02-28-2010, 06:05 PM

You know, we have a dude named spins on Jemsite who has been waiting longer than 3 years from Woods. Woods sent him an e-mail thanking him for all the shit spins has said about him as apparently Woods is telling potential customers that spins in crazy and that he'd never do that to them.

Here's spins' post from Jemsite unedited:
************************************************** ***************
Hey i finally got some correspondence from Chris, this is how he treats people, after he has ripped them off, he is such a classy, stand up type of guy. Remember guys dont be upset if the guitar is broken we wouldnt want him to be offended..I really should take him up on the commission part, at least till i get my money back, heres his latest email, im sure he will come back bashing me again...blah blah blah, like ive said before until i get my $850 USD i wont stop

Just thought I'd let you know that I stopped by the forum today for the first time in about a year and see that you are still out there "promoting" my ****. I know you're an ignoranus (someone who is both stupid and an *******), but someday you will learn that the best way to hurt me would be to do NOTHING. Have them lock my forum and let me disappear into page 36 where no one will find it. Out of the 500+ bodies I've sold on **** since January, most of them are members. They all say the same thing......

"I saw your thread. I really like your stuff. You must have really pissed that spins guy off. I'm a little nervous about buying directly from you. Can I buy from you through **** (I'm sure they are thinking, can I buy from you on **** LIKE SPINS says)?"

I then explain to them that "Spins is a moron." If you read all the way through the forum you'll see that he owns 2 of my guitars that he loves. So not only is he a moron, but he's also a hippocrit. Then they laugh a little... agree that your a moron..... then buy my stuff via ****.

Anyway, keep fighting the good fight, and try to keep my name in the top 5 topics. I can't hardly ask for better advertising. You're even smart enough to let them know they can buy my stuff on ****.

Keep driving those buyers to my website.

Thanks again,

Chris

P.S. I should send you commission for all the stuff you sell for me. I've slipped down to like #4 topic. If you could go and add some stuff to bring me back to the top I would greatly appreciate it. I won't be checking back for another year or so, but like I said, I greatly appreciate it.
************************************************** ***********************
So there you go.

I also have learned a 'hippocrit' is a critical hit worthy of being defined as Hippopotamus-like. It is a gargantuan damage hit and is usually a crit of over 9000 damage dealt.

WoW Nerd(1): OMGAWD GUYS! I JUST GOT A HIPPOCRIT!!

Guild Mate: How much, man?

WoW Nerd(1): Over 9000!!!

WoW Nerd(2): HOLY S**T DUDE!! OVER 9000!? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!

Woods should pay spins his 850 if he's driving so much alleged business to him.

Hollowway · 02-28-2010, 07:29 PM

I honestly have no idea why anyone who reads any of these threads would order from him in the future. Clearly he's delivered other bodies that he's started and finished within the last 3 years, so it's not so much that there's a long wait time, it's that he is either completely disorganized or he is purposely putting certain customers on the back burner. Either way,

.

lefty robb · 02-28-2010, 08:36 PM

Unless your name is Rick Beatty, I doubt you would get it on time.

Origin · 02-28-2010, 08:39 PM

Regardless of the quality or even speediness, bias + unprofessional attitude = never going to buy from or deal with

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View Poll Results: Will my guitar body be completed by the date on Christopher Wood's schedule?
Yes, the guitar will be done by the date on the schedule	8	6.15%
No, none of the other dates have meant anything why should this one be different	122	93.85%
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02-28-2010, 01:34 PM	#1
technomancer Gearus Pimptasticus • Super Moderator • Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Out there, somewhere Posts: 23,098 Thanked: 173 Feedback Score: 34 reviews	Will Christopher Woods Deliver? So, according to the schedule on his website, the body I ordered three years ago from Christopher Woods' online store is going to be finished in roughly two weeks. What do you think, will he actually deliver this time? I hope so, as I could use the extra money from selling this off since I scrapped the project it was for. The second pic is from the last update I received on 09-23-2007. The body was getting a hole drilled for a volume pot and a black burst around the edge. I'll update the thread after the date on the schedule has rolled around and passed to let you guys know Incoming It's a surprise

02-28-2010, 03:56 PM	#12
Randy DAN OUDA DAN • Super Moderator • Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Electric City, NY Posts: 15,968 Thanked: 165 Feedback Score: 12 reviews	The results so far are hilarious. Rain likes this. "Can we pull back the veil of static and reach in to the source of all being? Behind this curtain of patterns, this random pattern generator. So clever. Right here in every home, watching us from a one-sided mirror." Argbadh - RHLC©

02-28-2010, 05:15 PM	#17
thesimo ss.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,409 Thanked: 4 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	i guess the only thing thats keeping you waiting is the comedy factor. but jesus christ.... 3 years? You have insane patience. I'd have driven cross country and shot him by now :P Rain likes this.

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02-28-2010, 01:37 PM	#2
13point9 Now with Less Hair! Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,874 Thanked: 66 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	HOW LONG AGO!?!?!

02-28-2010, 01:47 PM	#4
MF_Kitten Fully Ramblomatic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Stavanger, Norway Posts: 8,986 Thanked: 298 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	wow! that´s a long wait! whenever these things happen, i always wonder what these guys are doing every day. like, do they actually work on anything? do they just keep on taking all the orders they get? i know all about orders that take years to finish for no reason. it sucks! you really can´t do much about it either, ya know? you end up feeling kinda helpless. chris woods seems to be delivering some ancient orders lately. he might just be getting ready with this thing. -------------------------------------- What will metal be doing in ten years? What ever Meshuggah will be doing in two. -Anthony

02-28-2010, 01:49 PM	#5
djpharoah Awwww Yeaaaah • Super Moderator • Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cali' Posts: 13,175 Thanked: 320 Feedback Score: 117 reviews	Sorry Steve.

02-28-2010, 01:51 PM	#6
MacTown09 SS.org Regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Mckinney/Denton, Tx Posts: 997 Thanked: 26 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Hey man that is a great looking body. What kind of trem and necks it routed for? PM me and lets have a talk about taking it off your hands

02-28-2010, 01:59 PM	#7
Soilent1 SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 130 Thanked: 6 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Ha ha! I know in my case it was a whole year before he even started my 7 string neck project!! Then ended up building a 6 string first run. 2 years later it arrived. The quote was 3-months build time.

02-28-2010, 02:00 PM	#8
yacker SS.org Regular Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Salem, Va Posts: 764 Thanked: 7 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	And yet, before I became active on this site I was trying to figure out who does custom 7 string guitars via google and he is one of the first names that comes up. How that's the case is beyond me, but I'm glad I did more research and didn't order a full custom from him. This is clearly a case of being pathetic at managing a business, 3 years for a body that only needed to be finished is beyond disgusting.

02-28-2010, 02:07 PM	#9
13point9 Now with Less Hair! Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,874 Thanked: 66 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	>.< I really don't think I could wait that long for a guitar to be made, are there a lot of builders like this then? (I've read about Devires)

02-28-2010, 02:13 PM	#10
avenger SS.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: ON, Canada Posts: 1,645 Thanked: 11 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	It looks like it was almost done 3 years ago. Hope you get something out of it!

02-28-2010, 04:28 PM	#14
cyril v SS Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,679 Thanked: 16 Feedback Score: 31 reviews	lol,

02-28-2010, 04:33 PM	#15
Customisbetter WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 8,453 Thanked: 76 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	ill be pretty surprised honestly.

02-28-2010, 05:29 PM	#19
Statue of Ages ss.org Regular Join Date: May 2009 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 32 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Man, 3 years? I honestly would have forgotten about the thing by like...1 and a half years. Sleep on, fly on. In your mind, you can fly.

02-28-2010, 05:46 PM	#20
S-O t(-.-t) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Dayton and Columbus, Ohio Posts: 2,294 Thanked: 18 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Very nice, how much? No, really, are you selling this?

02-28-2010, 05:50 PM	#21
technomancer Gearus Pimptasticus • Super Moderator • Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Out there, somewhere Posts: 23,098 Thanked: 173 Feedback Score: 34 reviews	Damn, try to stir up Chris Woods hate and get blitzed with offers to buy the body if I ever get it This isn't a for sale thread, it's a poll. That said, I pm'ed you out of courtesy Shawn Incoming It's a surprise

02-28-2010, 06:05 PM	#22
Jack Secret Third Street Saint Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 439 Thanked: 46 $Jack Secret is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Jack Secret is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Jack Secret is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Jack Secret is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Jack Secret is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Jack Secret is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Jack Secret is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ Feedback Score: 2 reviews	You know, we have a dude named spins on Jemsite who has been waiting longer than 3 years from Woods. Woods sent him an e-mail thanking him for all the shit spins has said about him as apparently Woods is telling potential customers that spins in crazy and that he'd never do that to them. Here's spins' post from Jemsite unedited: ************************************************ *********** Hey i finally got some correspondence from Chris, this is how he treats people, after he has ripped them off, he is such a classy, stand up type of guy. Remember guys dont be upset if the guitar is broken we wouldnt want him to be offended..I really should take him up on the commission part, at least till i get my money back, heres his latest email, im sure he will come back bashing me again...blah blah blah, like ive said before until i get my $850 USD i wont stop Just thought I'd let you know that I stopped by the forum today for the first time in about a year and see that you are still out there "promoting" my . I know you're an ignoranus (someone who is both stupid and an ***), but someday you will learn that the best way to hurt me would be to do NOTHING. Have them lock my forum and let me disappear into page 36 where no one will find it. Out of the 500+ bodies I've sold on since January, most of them are members. They all say the same thing...... "I saw your thread. I really like your stuff. You must have really pissed that spins guy off. I'm a little nervous about buying directly from you. Can I buy from you through (I'm sure they are thinking, can I buy from you on LIKE SPINS says)?" I then explain to them that "Spins is a moron." If you read all the way through the forum you'll see that he owns 2 of my guitars that he loves. So not only is he a moron, but he's also a hippocrit. Then they laugh a little... agree that your a moron..... then buy my stuff via . Anyway, keep fighting the good fight, and try to keep my name in the top 5 topics. I can't hardly ask for better advertising. You're even smart enough to let them know they can buy my stuff on . Keep driving those buyers to my website. Thanks again, Chris P.S. I should send you commission for all the stuff you sell for me. I've slipped down to like #4 topic. If you could go and add some stuff to bring me back to the top I would greatly appreciate it. I won't be checking back for another year or so, but like I said, I greatly appreciate it. ********************************************** ******************* So there you go. I also have learned a 'hippocrit' is a critical hit worthy of being defined as Hippopotamus-like. It is a gargantuan damage hit and is usually a crit of over 9000 damage dealt. WoW Nerd(1): OMGAWD GUYS! I JUST GOT A HIPPOCRIT!! Guild Mate: How much, man? WoW Nerd(1): Over 9000!!! WoW Nerd(2): HOLY ST DUDE!! OVER 9000!? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!! Woods should pay spins his 850 if he's driving so much alleged business to him. Rain likes this.

02-28-2010, 07:29 PM	#23
Hollowway SS.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 6,231 Thanked: 105 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	I honestly have no idea why anyone who reads any of these threads would order from him in the future. Clearly he's delivered other bodies that he's started and finished within the last 3 years, so it's not so much that there's a long wait time, it's that he is either completely disorganized or he is purposely putting certain customers on the back burner. Either way,.

02-28-2010, 08:36 PM	#24
lefty robb Shred like a mofo Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Worcester,MA Posts: 1,312 Thanked: 13 Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Unless your name is Rick Beatty, I doubt you would get it on time.

02-28-2010, 08:39 PM	#25
Origin Rainbow In The Dark Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,571 Thanked: 10 Feedback Score: 16 reviews	Regardless of the quality or even speediness, bias + unprofessional attitude = never going to buy from or deal with

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