{"id":1215,"date":"2017-02-12T07:45:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T07:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/nottingham\/2017\/06\/21\/tariq-t-seagull-s6-acoustic\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T05:16:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T04:16:17","slug":"tariq-t-seagull-s6-acoustic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/2017\/02\/12\/tariq-t-seagull-s6-acoustic\/","title":{"rendered":"Tariq T: Seagull S6 (Acoustic)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robin transformed my little-guitar-that-could into a gorgeous sounding instrument that is so playable now as to have made me nearly invulnerable to fatigue when playing the hardest songs. I went to Robin informed by the testimonials on his website, seven months after I purchased my guitar in the US. <\/span><\/p>\n

My chief complaint was that while I loved the sound and tone of the guitar, I was constantly fighting it due to its high action, to the point that I developed a wrist injury (de Quervain\u2019s tenosynovitis, to be specific) from overplaying during the first week after I bought it. I only recovered after two months following a lot of rest and physiotherapy. <\/span><\/p>\n

I live in Beeston so it was only a light trek to Robin\u2019s. I surprised him on a Saturday morning but he was accommodating and receptive from the get-go. He played it and identified issues I had no idea about, recommending a fret dress, which is his specialty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why I decided to part with hard-earned cash was because of how little Robin tried to persuade me to get anything done. He was up-front about how he charged, and understood financial constraints if any. This made me feel like he was the genuine article, a craftsman who wanted more from his work than from the money he attained from it. He could only take me on much later, which I was fine with, but once he had my guitar in his possession, he took just two days, beavering away, I assume. I received an email with complete detail on what work had gone into the guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019d be lying if I said I understood any of it, but the honesty of his approach cemented this as one of my better transactional experiences. I picked up the guitar in the evening, and my God, what a difference. I couldn\u2019t believe it was my guitar. I\u2019m still not sure, to be honest. The action is now better than my Squier, and the intonation just marvellous. I thought it sounded good before but I\u2019m more proud of the guitar now than anything I can play on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In conclusion, go with Robin. Not only will he do a better job than you could imagine with your guitar, but you will have a rich personal experience by virtue of someone caring about how you want your music to sound. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robin transformed my little-guitar-that-could into a gorgeous sounding instrument that is so playable now as to have made me nearly invulnerable to fatigue when playing the hardest songs. I went to Robin informed by the testimonials on his website, seven months after I purchased my guitar in the US. My chief complaint was that while I loved the sound and Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,12,10,17,18,19,11,20,15,16,13,14],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-service-reviews","tag-guitar","tag-guitar-repair-nottingham","tag-guitar-service","tag-guitar-servicing","tag-guitar-tune-up","tag-guitar-tune-ups","tag-nottingham-repair","tag-repair-and-servicing-for-guitars-in-nottingham","tag-robin","tag-robin-asher","tag-the-guitar-doctor","tag-the-guitar-doctor-in-nottingham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguitardoctor.net\/Nottingham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}