FredZepp Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 ...check! Very nice 535 . ER seems to have liked to put BB's in Heritages. Very often he also did wiring that allowed split coils...
MartyGrass Posted December 13, 2011 Author Posted December 13, 2011 Not a happy ending. GC shipped the guitar to my GC. We opened the package at the store and saw a cracked headstock. There's a satin finish on the mahogany, which made the crack easier to feel than see. I don't doubt that the GC in California missed the crack. So now I'm waiting for them to process my refund. It would have been worse if I got it on eBay.
SouthpawGuy Posted December 13, 2011 Posted December 13, 2011 Sorry to hear that, that looked like a nice one.
MartyGrass Posted December 13, 2011 Author Posted December 13, 2011 I can say a few nice things. The workmanship was superb. The satin neck finish was easy to adjust to. It was comfy to hold. I didn't get to plug it in. With a headstock repair done well, that guitar will serve someone well.
602a Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 You need to be a Neurosurgeon instead of a Sleep Dr with all the cracked necks you get. That just plain stinks. I feel your pain. Got a 72 Goldtop in about 3 weeks ago with a broken neck. I have not got over it!
DetroitBlues Posted December 14, 2011 Posted December 14, 2011 You should of asked for it to be deeply discounted and had someone fix it locally now that I think about it. As Brent and myself can attest to, repaired headstock's are just as good as new, if not stronger....
MartyGrass Posted December 14, 2011 Author Posted December 14, 2011 I wasn't interested in repairing the guitar. There are a few reasons. First, I was ticked off that they shipped a guitar with a headstock crack. I talked by phone with the salesman in Orange County while he had the guitar in hand. He clearly missed it, although it truly is subtle. Second, GC in Kalamazoo first offered to deduct the headstock repair cost from my purchase price. I didn't ask for any discount. They volunteered that as soon as they agreed that the crack was present. I found that insulting. That repair would have been maybe $30 since the crack didn't open with flexing. Yet the value of the guitar was obviously much less than what I paid. And they had to know that. Third, I didn't know if I was going to keep the guitar. It takes me months to figure that out sometimes. If this was a favorite guitar of mine, I'd live with a cracked headstock and know that the guitar will continue to function for many years (or until the next nose dive). But I didn't want to get into a position of selling the guitar later and explaining the crack. Including tax and shipping I had a little less than $1300 in it. That was fair. With the crack, I'd want $400 off if I were to keep it. I just wasn't in the mood. For anyone interested in the guitar, the crack is hard to see and doesn't interfere with playing. It should be in the Orange County GC by Monday. You may be able to pick it up cheaply.
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