Hi Everyone,

re-confirming that my shop will re-open next Tuesday (November 16th).

After much weirdness, from all kinds of directions, social, political and medical, I can thankfully re-open my shop and get back to normal. 

I would ask you all to follow the Government Health Directives regarding masks and vaccinations, not for their own sake but to protect the health of my wife Lisa, who is seriously immunocompromised. 

I trust that all of you will respect this.

I'm looking forward to re-opening and seeing you all again!

Andrew

 Hi Everyone,

my shop will re-open on Tuesday November 16th.

Thanks to you all for your patience and understanding.

Andrew

 Hi Everyone,

my shop is closed temporarily. Sorry about this,

But my wife Lisa has been seriously ill, and has been released from hospital on the proviso that there is someone at home to look after her (ie: me). She is also immuno-compromised. I simply can't risk exposing her to ANY bug, let alone the big one.

I will re-open when her recovery allows, and after I have had my second dose of the covid vaccine.

Meanwhile, for those of you who have a completed repair with me, I am happy to arrange an appointment for payment and collection. I trust that you will be able to comply with the government health orders.

New repairs will have to be postponed for a few weeks. Thanks for your patience.

Strange days indeed.

Andrew

 Hi Everyone,

well...that didn't last long.

Back under lockdown thanks to one single case.

If you read this, and need to contact me, please do so via email.

The address is ak@andrewknightguitars.com.au

Andrew

 Hi Everyone,

the lockdown has been lifted. Woo-hoo!

My little shop will re-open regular hours this week. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 1.00pm - 5.00pm.

The deputy whatever he's called, has stated that they will reinstate the lockdown if even a single "case" appears in our "region". I'm not sure specifically what any of that means, but if you have a guitar currently with me I urge you to come and get it ASAP!!

I am obliged to open the shop according to government protocols regarding check-in and mask-wearing. I know that some of you think that's a bit daft, but I can be fined a lot of money if you don't comply. If you can't comply, then please send in some one who can.

If you have read some of the previous posts to this journal you should be able to figure out why I ask this. Lisa is seriously immuno-compromised, and if a skeptic or non-believer brings the bug into my shop then that could be a disaster.

What can I say? Let's follow the rules so that sooner rather than later we can be rid of them.

I have SO many completed repairs. The lockdown has been a godsend in this respect. Pretty-well every repair that I could complete is done. The exceptions are a few that I haven't been able to get parts for, and a few that I need to have a serious chat with the owners.

If you DO have a repair with me, then please either come into the shop or contact me via email. I suspect that the "shop" is going to be SO busy that I'll barely get a chance to answer the 'phone.

Thanks for your patience and understanding. 

Andrew

 Hi Everyone,

as I'm sure most of you know, as of 6.00pm Monday 9th August, Lismore and the surrounding areas have been placed under Lockdown.

And as much as we'd all like my little shop to be classified as "essential", I'm afraid that I don't qualify. But as soon as the government health-orders are lifted you can be assured that I will re-open right away.

If you read this, and want to contact me via email, that would be fine. Clearly though, completed repairs can't be collected, and new repairs can't be accepted, as I am required to have the shop closed. 

 It's been an interesting few months.

I chose to close the shop temporarily in May, to catch up on the large backlog of repairs. I made good progress. I re-opened in June and actually booked in more new work than the number of completed jobs that were collected. Then came July, and Lisa's illness.

As Lisa's recovery continued I was able to re-open the shop at the end of July. Two weeks later I have to close again by government directive.

The only good thing about this is that I should be able to catch up even further!! Yay!!

Income? Yikes. But as Bob Dylan said, "Everything is temporary".

This thing is obviously dragging on beyond the seven days that they initially imposed, so we will have to contact the "authorities" to see if some kind of "Plan B" is acceptable regarding collection of completed repairs. Friends...I am not holding my breath!

Stay at home, stay safe, and stay positive.

Soon this journal will feature guitar stuff again, rather than public health orders...

Andrew

 

Hi Everyone,

Lisa is recovering and doesn't need me to be around all the time any more. She is still far from fully recovered, but things are looking positive.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, please read the previous entry in this journal.

So the plan is to re-open the shop next week (from Tuesday 27th July).

I have a shop full of completed repairs (!) and will be calling people next week to advise that their guitars are ready to collect.

If you read this, and you are thinking about bringing some guitars in for me to fix, could I please ask you to hold off for a week or so - I was in the shop this morning and, to be honest, it's full! It will take me a week or so to ship out the completed repairs before I can ship in some new ones. Thanks for this.

My plan is for the shop, and all incoming and outgoing repairs, to be back to normal (or what passes for "normal" in a busy repair shop) next week, or at the latest the following week.

This has been a particularly weird and trying time for Lisa and me, and it's still ongoing until she is fully recovered. I'm sure that you will respect this.

To all of you who expected me to be there to fix your guitars as I always have, I thank you for your patience and understanding. I know that rocking up to a shop and finding a "closed" sign is never a happy meal.

But we seem to be drifting onto the sunny side of this particular dark alley.

Thank you all again for your good-wishes and understanding.

Strange days!

Andrew