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The shock-resistant wiring in our instruments is there to help dissipate the zap if you ground out due to improperly grounded amps or what have you. It is a small-value capacitor in-line with the ground wire to the bridge, in instruments so equipped. It is not a substitute for caution or common sense and no, I repeat NO claim is made as to whether it will help under severe circumstances! It MIGHT and that is a good enough chance that we'll put it in there. Most don't even bother; be grateful we care. But if the Universe feels you need a good jolt, you'll get one whether you're playing a nice, safety-minded, pro-designed instrument from Birdsong Guitars or not. Capisce? Perhaps throw away all those lawyers' business cards and concentrate on the potential warranty of just being a good person and accepting that things happen sometimes. Cope; every accident doesn't entitle you to a cash prize! Don't even get me started.

The warranty on specific instruments of Birdsong Guitars is clearly written and stated. (Read the owner page.) No extrapolation or misunderstanding on the part of the consumer changes in any way the terms and conditions. We will only be responsible for repair or replacement of the specific instrument as stated where applicable and under no conditions shall be liable for incidental or consequential damages even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Boo! Just making sure you're paying attention. The warranty doesn't transfer from the original owner because after it's been passed around who knows who did what or how it happened. We'll work with anyone with a Birdsong within reason, but ultimately at our sole discretion... It's a drag that white guys in suits have made this world into such a place as we have to spell all this out in such stiff, corporate language... what a bunch of schlemiels. Please don't tell me I'm the last person on Earth to see all this as common sense, I mean I can't be...

Oh well, listen up - you have 1 week approval rights from the time the delivery person hands off the box at the destination unless the description of the instrument excluded this. We will gladly "buy it back" (refund your money) during this time (less PayPal and shipping fees charged to us) if you are unsatisfied, provided the following conditions are met: you call us as soon as you decide to return it, customer pays return shipping with full insurance, and it gets to us in the same condition as it left our shop: clean & undamaged in any way, within a reasonable time. And we, within a reasonable time, refund your money less actual shipping charges to get it to you (we generally included that in the price) and for you to get it back to us.

As explained on the ordering page, deposits are non refundable. I know stuff comes up, but it does here too, and this is how we eat. We're bass builders, not Bank Of America where you can just withdraw ~ it's gone, jack! And no politician's gonna print up any cash for us if we can't pay for parts & payroll... so no hard feelings and we love you anyway, but we'll finish it and help you sell it at no charge, and that's it. Now back to the legalese. Can't I just build basses? Do I really have to put all this here? Sheesh.

All instruments sold as new as Birdsongs are warranted for five years against defects in materials or workmanship. All repairs must be made by us, or through our authorization. The warranty does not cover normal wear and tear, misuse or abuse as defined by us. Any oil finish will show wear and this is not covered. Any unauthorized modifications void the warranty. Meep! All warrantee claims must be made as soon as a problem is detected, failure to do so may result in further damage which may incur a charge. For other non-warranty repairs and mods, we will provide quick service at a nominal cost. Diddle diddle dee, wubba wubba wubba. Ipso facto. Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy.

(Yawn). The Birdsong Hand Built Guitar Co., Birdsong Guitars, Birdsong, the "B" Design, our Stylized Eagle Logo Design, Cortobass, Corto (Italian for "short") as a name prefix for short scale basses, Sadhana, Mesquito, Cortobass, Hy5 ("Hybrid 5"), Skyrider, and The Almighty Omnipotent Weaselbass as model names, the headstock and body shapes of our instruments, and logotypes are among the intellectual and proprietary property in the United States and other countries of The Birdsong Hand Built Guitar Co. Birdsong is a registered trademark. This is not a comprehensive list of all trademarks of Birdsong Guitars. Please respect this and do your thing, not ours. The DST (Double String Through) feature we use on our 5-string is protected under United States patent. Please inquire for licensing of this patent and don't just try to glom it. Cultivate your own original idea... it's a dying art.

All other names and marks mentioned in this Web Site are the trade names, trademarks or service marks of their respective owners and used on this site for reference purposes only; we are not affiliated with, owned by, an internet front for, or a subsidiary of anyone but ourselves, and no association to any other manufacturer is expressed or implied. Lord help us and save us, I can't believe I wrote all that just so I can build some guitars without some doofus suing me for an old bandsaw, some sandpaper and a 74 Dodge. Aaugh, my valve! I mean, I'm not responsible if you spill hot coffee in your lap and it hurts or eat too many snack cookies and go round, either. It's a tricky world, but that's life. We love you and are grateful for your interest. We're certainly not here to screw anyone... but we're surely not going to sit back and be a threaded hole either. So sayeth the Lord as He stepped off the Mayflower.

(Ok, I stole that last line from Archie Bunker. But I think that capped it off nicely, don't you?)

Am I done? Can I get back into the woodshop now?

Geeeeeeez.... :)

(Use your back button to get back, Jojo.)