Brad "Q" Nestle, anyone???

[Recon by Fire]

Hey, i've been trying to get ahold of Brad at Paintball Maxx in Houston, but they are currently closed for some family emergency. Anyone know what is going on there or when they will re-open?

[Lenny]

Why do I know that name?! I can't remember why I know that name, but I swear I've heard of him! Ugh, it's buggun the hell out of me!

Who is he? Before I go insane! (too late...)

[pump]

i think hes gonna finish up all work then close up

[RJH]

I'm not sure what Brad is doing. I know Jason is now working with another company in the Houston area. Maybe Brad will visit the site himself to give an update.

Was there something he had of yours? I might be able to get a messae to him or Bill if you had equipment there.

[Pacifist_Farmer]

Why do I know that name?! I can't remember why I know that name, but I swear I've heard of him! Ugh, it's buggun the hell out of me!

Who is he? Before I go insane! (too late...)


Perhaps your thinking of Brian K Hestle (or some such) from Fight Club, thats what I think of every time I see Brads name.

[Recon by Fire]

Just an X-Mag...can anyone PM contact info for Brad or Jason? I sent Brad an email through PB Maxx but haven't heard from him and I have no other numbers than the store.

[doc_Zox]

well i would have posted in Brad's forum on the PHOG

but that has been DOA for weeks now

[skipdogg]

Maybe Muzikman can get ahold of him... Muzik???

[Lenny]

Perhaps your thinking of Brian K Hestle (or some such) from Fight Club, thats what I think of every time I see Brads name.
No, it's Brad Q. Nestle. I swear I've read about him or something somewhere. What is he popular for? It's just one of those small, stupid things that is bugging me all to hell...

By the way, Fight Club is a friggin' great movie!

[kenndogg]

No, it's Brad Q. Nestle. I swear I've read about him or something somewhere. What is he popular for?

the SHO sniper

[Lenny]

the SHO sniper
That's it! Thank you!

[shives007]

...Or so I have heard from Brad. I think he is finishing up his custom stuff, but the shop is closed. He claims my stuff is w/ him, I hope yours is too. Let me drop him a line. Email me the specifics, and I'll see what I can find out. If it comes to it, I'll put you on to him directly.

Shives

[Recon by Fire]

the SHO sniper


He does great work with Phantoms and anything pump related also.

[Richter]

My brother gave him my little brothers eclipse splash automag to make into a pmag in April. He said two to three weeks to machine it for the pump. He gave numerous excuses some that sound allot like the excuses he gave to other people (there is some pbnation thread about it). He also said the mag had level 10 and need level 7 bolt. Sent a level 7 bolt some time late May. We finally got the mag back a week or two ago but without the L10 bolt. I told my bother it would probably be impossibe to be back and he was probably lucky to get the marker back.

oh and my brother likes the mag allot with the pump on it.

[doober]

well idk guys i live in houston, tx and i go to pball maxx which is were brad works and he is there so he is still around if yall need any questions i could personally ask him them for you

[Ratt]

Doober...when you go by the shop, tell him Roger in Japan says what's up. And try to find out who Jason is working for, and if there is a way to get in touch with him.
I spoke to Brad a couple of weeks ago, and he confirmed that they are closing. I assume that he may continue working on customs, because he is taking all the machines with him, but I don't know for sure. And Jason is working for another guy. According to Brad, Jason will be in charge of online sales for this guy (Brad didn't tell me who it was). It sucks they are closing. I bought just about everything I own from Paintball Maxx, and if I recall correctly, I bought the first emag the sold. They are a great bunch of guys there. I was really disappointed to hear that they were closing. They had great customer service, not like those jerk-off stores that I read about in one of the other threads.

[Mike Smith]

He does great work with Phantoms and anything pump related also.

He botched my Phantom pump when he converted it to a pistol. I had to enlarge the hole in the slide and fix an air leak on the hose. It still is not quite right, but it does pump without sticking. {Still nowhere near as smooth as an original Phantom}

Brad's talented, but I would not call him "great".

[Grey Goose]

Man, that's really sad that they're closing. The writing was definitely on the wall when they relocated though. The first time I saw the new place I knew it was only a matter of months. I'll have to stop by & take them out to lunch.

The greatest loss of Maxx is the knowledge transfer. That was the one place you could go in Houston (when it was on Beltway 8) and there would be guys just hanging out, and you could hang out, and learn an incredible amount just from shooting the shizz.

[Recon by Fire]

well idk guys i live in houston, tx and i go to pball maxx which is were brad works and he is there so he is still around if yall need any questions i could personally ask him them for you


When was the last time you were there? I was there last week and they were closed (weekday, business hours). I've called and left a few messages, no answers.


I didn't start the thread for people to berate Brad, just trying to contact him or find out what is going on. The man does good work, but yeah, he is overworked and you will be waiting.

[BradAGD]

yeap, it's true. Paintball Maxx is closed down. Nine years and it's come to an end. I was the original owner and stayed there for 3 other owners over the years. The last couple years were rough, with the move of the shop to a smaller, but still not cheaper for some reason, shop and all. Between the crappy economy and distributors and manufactures letting the internet run the show, we just couldn't make it work out in our favor. I personally put a ton of money into a company that wasn't mine and I doubt I'll ever see a dime of it again. Shop still owes me paychecks from before SPE.

I got my stuff out right as the PHOG went down, so I couldn't say anything. Sorry guys. I have all the custom stuff with me so it's safe and sound, no worries there. I'm finishing it up as we speak. Sadly, the machines are at my dad's house almost an hour away. Today I'm working on getting a new job (Gander Mountain, in the firearm section) but tomorrow I'll be back down there, working on stuff.

If you have guns or parts with me, they are going out as I finish them. Pm me for my phone number if you need to find me fast or just email.

Sorry guys. We tried.

Recon, I have your gun, I'll deliver it to your house this week. Dad's house in just down the road from you.

Tim, I put the bolt back in the box with your gun, but I'll get you another one this week. Email me your address again. Sorry

and mike smith, go **** yourself. Been wanting to say that for years to you. I didn't screw up your gun, you did.

[afortuna]

I'm in no way related to any of this, but want to give props where due. This is a classy post. I wish all businessman were like this. I work for an agency in California where I deal with business owners daily. I'll interact with over a 1,000 business owners a year. I wish they all showed this much class. I'm sorry for your loss. Best of luck in the future.


yeap, it's true. Paintball Maxx is closed down. Nine years and it's come to an end. I was the original owner and stayed there for 3 other owners over the years. The last couple years were rough, with the move of the shop to a smaller, but still not cheaper for some reason, shop and all. Between the crappy economy and distributors and manufactures letting the internet run the show, we just couldn't make it work out in our favor. I personally put a ton of money into a company that wasn't mine and I doubt I'll ever see a dime of it again. Shop still owes me paychecks from before SPE.

I got my stuff out right as the PHOG went down, so I couldn't say anything. Sorry guys. I have all the custom stuff with me so it's safe and sound, no worries there. I'm finishing it up as we speak. Sadly, the machines are at my dad's house almost an hour away. Today I'm working on getting a new job (Gander Mountain, in the firearm section) but tomorrow I'll be back down there, working on stuff.

If you have guns or parts with me, they are going out as I finish them. Pm me for my phone number if you need to find me fast or just email.

Sorry guys. We tried.

Recon, I have your gun, I'll deliver it to your house this week. Dad's house in just down the road from you.

Tim, I put the bolt back in the box with your gun, but I'll get you another one this week. Email me your address again. Sorry

and mike smith, go **** yourself. Been wanting to say that for years to you. I didn't screw up your gun, you did.

[Jackel411]

Ouch Brad...

Sorry to hear about PBM closing down.. I was in the same boat as you about 2 years ago I was with a shop that was doing great and then the internet revolution happened and we tanked... tanked hard..

Glad I got two of your guns when I did.. I love my SHO and REALLY love my SC sniper that you did.. supposedly it was one of your first..

[Muzikman]

He botched my Phantom pump when he converted it to a pistol. I had to enlarge the hole in the slide and fix an air leak on the hose. It still is not quite right, but it does pump without sticking. {Still nowhere near as smooth as an original Phantom}

Brad's talented, but I would not call him "great".


That is shocking. I would go as far as saying Brad is great. He is right up with the best air smiths in the business. But just like the greats, his turn around time is very slow.

[thefool]

and mike smith, go **** yourself. Been wanting to say that for years to you. I didn't screw up your gun, you did.
I lol'd. I can belive that completly too.

[Recon by Fire]

Thanks for the call today Brad, I will see you soon. :cheers:

[pump]

my SHO just appreciated

[kenndogg]

I've been to PBM a couple of times when it was beltway 8. Its too bad that you had too close it all down

[Mike Smith]

and mike smith, go **** yourself. Been wanting to say that for years to you. I didn't screw up your gun, you did.

The only dealings I've had with you is the phantom conversion. It was defective from the moment I got it. It was a month late and you apparently didn't check it out before giving it to me.

I'm sorry if I bruised your almighty ego.

[BradAGD]

Well, it worked when you shot it at the shop, BEFORE you took it apart, like you told me.

And then there's the airport incident.

So go **** yourself.

Everyone else will be missed. Maxx was a cool hang out, met alot of neat people over the years.

[personman]

Its depressing to hear about you getting out of custom paintball stuff, Brad. You're a great dude and ive always admired your work.
Good times in the DDay 2k3 booth.
Oh well, this sport sucks anyway.

[BradAGD]

That was a cool event Person. Tom told you to get behind the table so many times. You were a ton better to have back there than alot of other folks that did.

I'll still do some custom stuff, once I get caught up but I'll get to pick and choose more of what I want to do. More importantly, I'll get to work on my stuff AND play more. DAMN

[edweird]

hey brad long time and such...

sorry to hear about PBMaxx, twas a kickass place to chill and shoot the "stuff"

I still dont know when im making that hoostin trip I told you and the other evil scientist but it is among the upmost of priorities.

oh well, atleast we have that other place " :shooting: " to catch up at if you get my drift... and to think we dont have any PBN pukes over there :dance: + /green = win

[Indignant]

I lol'd. I can belive that completly too.


same.

[Mike Smith]

Well, it worked when you shot it at the shop, BEFORE you took it apart, like you told me.

And then there's the airport incident.

So go **** yourself.

Everyone else will be missed. Maxx was a cool hang out, met alot of neat people over the years.

Well... Isn't this interesting. I never shot my phantom conversion at your shop. I did not have any 12 grams.

And I have absolutlely no idea what you mean by an "airport" incident. I normally travel via Amtrak.

Are you delusional?

[thefool]

i think he means air port, as in a hole for air, but i may be wrong.

[Grey Goose]

man, i know i wasn't around much lately, but i'll miss you guys.

- adam

[Fred]

I'm sorry to hear things didn't work out Brad, I've admired your work for years.

It was great to meet you and play a couple days the last couple years as well!

Have fun with the :shooting: at your new job!

[Dr. Needlove]

I was about 16 or so when I first played Paintball. I went to a field in shorts and a short sleave shirt and we rented Pro Carbines. I was hooked. So i bought the almighty Brass Eagle Stingray II. Soon after that i upgraded to a Spyder Compacy, that i wish i still had but that is another story :p. I scowered the web and came across the Maxx site. So i signed up on the forum and began to talk to the poeple there. One day Matt, know to the Paintball world as Manu Manu, told me to come on up there and hang out. So i made the close to hour trek and had my first experience at maxx. Matt was cool as hell. Then this long haired guy walks from the back. He is wearing some sort of t-shirt and i am sure his AO hat. He introduces himself as Brad Nestle, the airsmith at Maxx. After hanging with the guys i went home and began to search for his work. I soon came across many pictures and stories of the infamous Q. The next thing i know a scenario is coming up, Matt, Brad, and the rest of Team S.W.A.T. invite me to play with them. After that game i was hooked. So i sold the Spyder and picked up my first Phantom. I began to really get to know Brad and he helped me piece "Paine" together, showed me what works and what doesn't. To this day he still lets me bounce ideas off of him no matter how crazy. After the phantom i bought one of Brad's many headaches i'm sure, a Soverign I. We peiced 2 in to 1 and got it to work, but alas i sold it and played mostly with the Phantom. Within the last few months Brad has created me another semi, we dubbed her "Candi" and she is a mid 90s cocker with a pink duracoat, with black and stainless accents. This might be one of the last full guns to come out of the Maxx Dynasty, but not the last to come from Brad. I consider Brad to be one of my close friends and wish him the best in his ventures.

[Pendragonlord]

Hey Q-

You happen to have 2 mags of mine...I did PM you about them...please let me know!

Thanks Brad! :cheers:

[nicad]

Brad-- Need to get some Thai.... food that is! :argh:
Fred- Crap!! you are alive!

[BradAGD]

Pen...PM sent.

Colin, saturday for Thai or lunch one day this week. Next week will be interesting and probably won't have time for it.

[Mike Smith]

Pen...PM sent.

Colin, saturday for Thai or lunch one day this week. Next week will be interesting and probably won't have time for it.

Well, I'm wondering if you finally figured out that you were ranting about another disgruntled customer, instead of me.... {No airport incident and no firing of gun at PBMaxx} :R

[Jdogg]

wow brad!!! it is nice that you send me the parts i ordered from you, it has been six months!!!! you have made many people pissed at me and i took the heat for you, when some one orders you ship the item i have people now flaming me becaues the parts they ordered have nt got is it that hard to send me the parts

thats right unless i sold you a blem kit every kit i had came from brad. so now that you know who i got the parts from maybe you can email him because this SCAMMER wont email me. mspd, angel, a tac one, couger are some of the people who wants there parts so maybe you can ship them? dont give that crap you work that wont do it i work tooo and as cool hand pointed that is no excuse for a dealer to have a full time job!

[Cyberious]

yeap, it's true. Paintball Maxx is closed down. Nine years and it's come to an end. I was the original owner and stayed there for 3 other owners over the years. The last couple years were rough, with the move of the shop to a smaller, but still not cheaper for some reason, shop and all. Between the crappy economy and distributors and manufactures letting the internet run the show, we just couldn't make it work out in our favor. I personally put a ton of money into a company that wasn't mine and I doubt I'll ever see a dime of it again. Shop still owes me paychecks from before SPE.

I got my stuff out right as the PHOG went down, so I couldn't say anything. Sorry guys. I have all the custom stuff with me so it's safe and sound, no worries there. I'm finishing it up as we speak. Sadly, the machines are at my dad's house almost an hour away. Today I'm working on getting a new job (Gander Mountain, in the firearm section) but tomorrow I'll be back down there, working on stuff.

If you have guns or parts with me, they are going out as I finish them. Pm me for my phone number if you need to find me fast or just email.

Sorry guys. We tried.

Recon, I have your gun, I'll deliver it to your house this week. Dad's house in just down the road from you.

Tim, I put the bolt back in the box with your gun, but I'll get you another one this week. Email me your address again. Sorry

and mike smith, go **** yourself. Been wanting to say that for years to you. I didn't screw up your gun, you did.


What about my RT Classic centerfeed conversion? It has been a very long time. I sent you a PM with all of the information. Those bodies are hard to find if mine has disappeared.

[BradAGD]

Cy, your bodies are safe, just packed away in a box right now. Sorry

J, how about the money you owe me for shipping? How about the 12 calls a day to "rush" your order out? How about the unreturned calls and emails? YOu want parts, how about you pay for them first? I owe you what, 2 pumps you paid for? How about paying for the next day shipping you asked me for and said you would pay me? Never got it.

and finally
Mike smith
I do have you confused with someone else. Imagine 2 guys in Houston named Mike Smith and I hate them both. Go **** yourself.

and Wyn, if you see this. you stuff is in a box too, safe. My next day off from the new job is I believe monday. I'll see about getting to my dad's house and getting it out.

[RoLLonBombs]

i could imagine disliking more then one person named mike smith..vry generic nam :p e

[Jdogg]

i sent you a pm

thanks brad i hope we can work this

[Tunaman]

That is shocking. I would go as far as saying Brad is great. He is right up with the best air smiths in the business. But just like the greats, his turn around time is very slow.I agree. Brad is one of only a handfull of competant airsmiths left. Let me know if you need anything Brad....

[warbeak2099]

Brad, it's good to hear you're stricking with pb. Good luck with wherever you go next! I know that whenever I dreamed of a pumpmag, it always included you being involved in the project. Coupled with your skill in that area, the Sniper SHO is just one example of the indellible marks you left on the paintball community. Who knows, the future may contain even more. Good luck and Godbless!

P.S. Don't let the turkies get you down! Stupid people always screw something up and then badmouth whoever sold it to them. It's not your fault and those of us who have half a brain in our heads realize that those people are full of crap.

[BradAGD]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

I have a job working PT in a gun store (oh hell yeah) so I have some time to finish what I need to and try to do some cool new stuff.

Hopefully I can get completely caught up on PB work soon. I sure need it.

[Recon by Fire]

I'll call you Monday Brad to see if you will be down in the area. Maybe we can catch lunch or something.

[Ratt]

Hey Brad...I was wondering if you were able to send out my emag to get annodized, and if you sent my z-grip. Also, pm me with your new email address (I assume the one at paintball maxx doesn't work anymore) -Roger

[senghing27]

Brad, you have PM.

[Mike Smith]

Mike smith
I do have you confused with someone else. Imagine 2 guys in Houston named Mike Smith and I hate them both. Go **** yourself.

So there is another Mike Smith that is not impressed with your "less than stellar" work...

I can live with that.

Just so you do not mistake me for another Mike Smith {There are about 100,000 of us}, here's a picture:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f96/mikesmith55/AddressingMancowsSUV-caughtintheact.jpg

[Jdogg]

brad sent you a email get back to me asap please

jacob

[wyn1370]

and Wyn, if you see this. you stuff is in a box too, safe. My next day off from the new job is I believe monday. I'll see about getting to my dad's house and getting it out.
I found it
glad to hear you grabbed the stuff before the feds came
it's only been what, like three years :)

[Geoff Call]

So there is another Mike Smith that is not impressed with your "less than stellar" work...

I can live with that.



Never had a bad dealing with Brad. Always more than stellar work and always pleased with the finished product. Turn around time is slow when you have thousands of players wanting custom work every year. And its never the 'easy' stuff because Brads reputation preceeds him as an excellent airsmith(especially around us mag folks). I've had Brad do plenty of large and small projects and I waited my share. You know what though? I'd wait twice as long again. I don't think anybody 'found' Brad randomly looking for an airsmith or machinist on the internet; more than likely it was from word of mouth and recommendations from overly satisfied customers.

And anyone with a different opinion probably does suck pretty hard. There's always a handful of customers that make your life a little harder and the company umbrella keeps you from telling them what you REALLY think about them. Props to you bro.

Always a pleasure.

Geoff Call
Paintball Charleston

[Aslan]

Dang...that's too bad that you're closing down.

You did some work for me milling my Retro Valve and working on my autococker. Things didn't go great as far as having to send them back and forth and the cocker still doesn't work :rolleyes: ...but, I thought you were great to deal with, the prices were fair, and you always got back with me right away. I guess I'll have to find another cocker tech to try and fix my possessed cocker. And hopefully there are still a couple people out there that will still mill Retro valves for the ULE trigger upgrade. :eek:

Good Luck Man...try to look on the right side, spending less time fixing markers will give you more time to actually play! :headbang:

[Ole Unka Phil]

Well I come back for a visit and what do I see? Dam... its sad really. A lot of the good ones are leaving the biz. Sad to see you go Brad. Remember when we was going to make it rich in the "No Rise" business. That lasted what? Two weeks? :D

Lota good times. Get a hair cut! Hey if you do get that Job dealing with firearms contact me. I am sorta been into them here to some extent. Got my CWL and I packin real heat.

Good luck to you Brad and don't forget about old cphilip.

[thecavemankevin]

Remember when we was going to make it rich in the "No Rise" business. That lasted what? Two weeks? :D


Darn that Tom and the ULE huh?

[Ole Unka Phil]

Actualy Tom trumped us by deciding to produce his own set of No Rise bodies like just about right then. Pretty much priced them about what it was taking me and Brad to produce them. Spanked us good at that one. :D This was WAY before the ULE.

[senghing27]

Anybody get word from Brad?? Just wondering... It's been awfully quiet.. :(

[GT]

Speaking of Houston paintball. There are a couple of us who plan to play 1/6 or 1/13. If any of you houston guys want to come send me a pm or an email to [email protected]

[smilestyler]

Anybody get word from Brad?? Just wondering... It's been awfully quiet.. :(

He sent me an email about 2 weeks ago. It sounds like he is trying to complete projects that he started, but he is doing it in his spare time so it's going to be slow. But I was still glad to hear that he was optomistic about stuff getting done.

[senghing27]

3 months now.... Anybody?? hello>?

[shives007]

I finally did get my stuff. There is no indication anything was done to my VM. The Sov he said had been fixed included a small baggie of the o-rings he said he had installed. It was not fixed. Guess I need to tear it apart and do the work myself.

I believe there are 2 people in the St. Louis area still waiting on SHO's that they had paid for and heard were shipping multiple times.

Shives

[Jubes]

I believe there are 2 people in the St. Louis area still waiting on SHO's that they had paid for and heard were shipping multiple times.


There are. Mine's been 14 months and Sal's has been about a year. We're still waiting.

[senghing27]

so i'm going to take it is going to be a while till i get my phantom back "cries"

[Desega]

No, it's Brad Q. Nestle. I swear I've read about him or something somewhere. What is he popular for? It's just one of those small, stupid things that is bugging me all to hell...

By the way, Fight Club is a friggin' great movie!
There was a thread not to long ago offering a reward for his info. People weren't too happy with him.

[Jubes]

so i'm going to take it is going to be a while till i get my phantom back "cries"
Is it that beautiful green and silver acid washed one?

[senghing27]

Nope, i have that in my possession. The one that Brad currently has is my blue/black acid wash that was supposed to be phuzzarded...

[UThomas]

You guys should just email him regularly until he gets back to you - that seemed to work for me.

[email protected]

[thecavemankevin]

you could always try spaming paintball max'es forums http://www.paintballmaxx.com/discuss/index.php?PHPSESSID=9bf5b2ed29616a59a6350d8094c199 c8;www

but there has only been porn spam activity in the past couple months so it may be a dead end.

[rudeboyz]

Hey, i've been trying to get ahold of Brad at Paintball Maxx in Houston, but they are currently closed for some family emergency. Anyone know what is going on there or when they will re-open?

I'm looking for him also. He has my autococker and all the upgraded parts for over 3 years now.
Rudeboyz

[Desega]

I'm looking for him also. He has my autococker and all the upgraded parts for over 3 years now.
Rudeboyz
Geez! Thats a long time to be missing out on paintball.