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I saw this on Portland Oregon Craigslist while I was in the UK over Christmas - The downside was that the pics made it look like it had had a neck repair so I pretty much gave up on it. But the listing kept reappearing so when I got back to Vancouver I sent the guy an email. He assured me that it was just a crack in the clear with a couple of lifted bits of paint, and that the neck was good and had never been repaired. Obviously, this still wasn't ideal, but the price was pretty good and I really like the colour! Turns out the guy was relocating to Texas two days later, so he volunteered to ship the guitar to me on approval i.e. I didn't have to pay out anything - this was remarkably trusting (or foolhardy) given that I was just a random guy in a different country who'd responded to a CL advert!! Seemed almost too good to be true but sure enough, 5 days later the guitar arrived.
The first thing I did was get fairly medieval on the headstock to make sure everything was solid and it is. Rock solid. The seller reckoned that the finish cracks happened because someone cranked the mounting bolts for the nut too tight, but I think it probably took a knock to the tip of the head which was enough to flex the wood and cause the paint to crack, but not enough to break the neck. The only two other issues were that one of the screws for the trussrod cover was stripped so I had to drill that out so I could check the rod moves fine, and one of the trem studs is cracked at the socket, so that will need to be replaced (as per my thread in the tech section). Otherwise, it's in remarkably good condition - barely any pick haze, no scratches, dings or whatever, which is pretty remarkable for a 28 year old guitar. Anyway, on to the pics:
The first thing I did was get fairly medieval on the headstock to make sure everything was solid and it is. Rock solid. The seller reckoned that the finish cracks happened because someone cranked the mounting bolts for the nut too tight, but I think it probably took a knock to the tip of the head which was enough to flex the wood and cause the paint to crack, but not enough to break the neck. The only two other issues were that one of the screws for the trussrod cover was stripped so I had to drill that out so I could check the rod moves fine, and one of the trem studs is cracked at the socket, so that will need to be replaced (as per my thread in the tech section). Otherwise, it's in remarkably good condition - barely any pick haze, no scratches, dings or whatever, which is pretty remarkable for a 28 year old guitar. Anyway, on to the pics:
Nice grab!
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