jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Talk about modding or building your own guitar from scratch.
User avatar
PESIMAX
PAT PEND
PAT PEND
Posts: 13
Joined: Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:28 am

jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by PESIMAX » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:42 pm

Hi guys,

Anyone know or bought from Jess Loureiro pickups?

I sent my Gibson SG bass pickup to be rewired to him in August and he has been ghosting me ever since. I've even sent a PayPal dispute and received no reply.

I'm hoping PayPal will refund the cash for the repair but I'm still out of pocket for the actual pickup. I've noticed there is at least one other person that this has happened to. I'm wondering if something has happened to him?

It is very frustrating as Gibson Mudbucker pickups are hard to find in the UK and I guess I'll have to buy a vintage one on eBay.

User avatar
paulnb57
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 92
Joined: Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:23 am
Location: Isle of Wight UK

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by paulnb57 » Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:14 am

I know this doesn't help your current crisis, but the Dimarzio Model 1 is a good (probably better) alternative to the original Mud Bucker......
I think I have one somewhere, if you want to try it......

User avatar
JVG
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 1401
Joined: Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:54 pm
Location: Sydney, Straya

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by JVG » Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:48 am

I've bought 3 pickup sets from him - 2 strat sets and a JM set - the most recent was about a year ago. My experience in each case was that communication was pretty much non existent from his end, but when the product arrived it was very high quality and immaculately packaged.

That said, August is a while ago...

In a nutshell, I don't think he's a scammer, but perhaps he has some issues. I don't know.

All the best,
J.

User avatar
NICQ
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 841
Joined: Tue Dec 10, 2013 12:49 am
Location: Vienna, Austria

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by NICQ » Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:52 am

I bought a pickup from him 2 years ago - sometimes he writes back immediately on the same day, sometimes it took weeks or even months of me trying to get an answer. so dunno - I also do not think he is a scammer or avoiding you.. seems like he sometimes just goes off the radar..

User avatar
_nash
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 873
Joined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:35 pm
Location: Arizona
Contact:

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by _nash » Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:43 am

Is this a new thing?? Am I the weird one?? Something similar to this has happened to me in the past. Just... weeks of no communication then all of the sudden the product shows up in the mail.
I am so much more understanding when there's good communication. Or any communication. Is it just me?
Seems like it's a new trend. Or at least an increasing trend where sellers don't feel any need/urgency to answer their customers.
Last edited by _nash on Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:42 am, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Toots
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 424
Joined: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:31 am
Location: Sweden

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by Toots » Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:51 pm

I have given up on that guy.
I would really like to try his pickups, but he is just too unreliable to trust with my money.
Sorry to hear about you pickup.
I honestly do think you will get it back, but you might have to wait for him to teleport back to earth.

User avatar
Horsefeather
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 468
Joined: Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:47 pm

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by Horsefeather » Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:00 pm

Brazil just elected a fucking psycho so maybe that has something to do with it.

EDIT: That has nothing to do with it. I don't know why I thought he was from Brazil but he isn't...
Last edited by Horsefeather on Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
JVG
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 1401
Joined: Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:54 pm
Location: Sydney, Straya

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by JVG » Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:29 pm

_nash wrote:
Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:43 am
Is this a new thing?? Am I the weird one?? Something similar to this has happened to me in the past. Just... weeks of no communication then all of the sudden the product shows up int he mail.
I am so much more understanding when there's good communication. Or any communication. Is it just me?
Seems like it's a new trend. Or at least an increasing trend where sellers don't feel any need/urgency to answer their customers.
From my own experience, and from reading various forum threads, it seems that a significant proportion of "guitar guys" (i.e. small businesses who do repairs or manufacture specific parts) are poor communicators and/or hopelessly disorganised for whatever reason. It's a real thing, unfortunately.

Luckily there are also many people in the industry who are the exact opposite of this, and when you encounter them it's like a breath of fresh air!

J.

User avatar
andy_tchp
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 8010
Joined: Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:36 am
Location: Brisbane

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by andy_tchp » Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:47 pm

There are a few threads now about this guy doing the 'disappear off the face of the Earth' trick.

Sounds like a total flake, and not someone I'd be willing to risk giving my money to. It really pays to do your research these days :(
"I don't know why we asked him to join the band 'cause the rest of us don't like country music all that much; we just like Graham Lee."
David McComb, 1987.

User avatar
PESIMAX
PAT PEND
PAT PEND
Posts: 13
Joined: Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:28 am

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by PESIMAX » Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:21 am

He's refunded me the money via Paypal...but no mention of whether I'm getting the pickup I sent back yet.

User avatar
aliendawg
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 746
Joined: Tue May 13, 2014 1:11 pm
Location: brazil

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by aliendawg » Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:43 am

Horsefeather wrote:
Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:00 pm
Brazil just elected a fucking psycho so maybe that has something to do with it.
More likely he's a psycho himself
"With the resurgence of offsets it seems like we're also seeing a resurgence of people who don't know what to do with them" - 601210

User avatar
Fiddy
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 12391
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:38 am
Location: Canada Dry

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by Fiddy » Tue Nov 20, 2018 3:08 pm

Isnt he portuguese?

User avatar
PESIMAX
PAT PEND
PAT PEND
Posts: 13
Joined: Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:28 am

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by PESIMAX » Sun Nov 25, 2018 11:52 pm

I'd warn people not to send anything to him to be fixed. I'm speaking to a second person that has sent him a pickup then been ghosted since May. At the moment I'm considering a cheap flight to Spain to go pick it up myself. >:(

User avatar
PESIMAX
PAT PEND
PAT PEND
Posts: 13
Joined: Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:28 am

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by PESIMAX » Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:59 am

Sorry about digging up this old thread but I never received my pickup back or any reply. :fp:

User avatar
MayTheFuzzBeWithYou
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 2407
Joined: Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:28 am
Location: Linz, Austria

Re: jess loureiro pickups disappeared?

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:09 am

Well at least his Reverb Shop seems to be "open". Did you order via Reverb back then or via his homepage/ebay something else?

Post Reply