Dealbreaker issues?
Many of us love purchasing used/vintage guitars, but they frequently have problems. What issues with you are deal breakers? For me I don't like refinishes, that's probably my #1.
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Vintage guitars with replacement pick guards. Even though it has little to do with the sound, the original guard is very important to me. It completes the period look of the guitar and and cannot...
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Well, the re-fin WOULD have been a deal breaker on an OMJM I bought on the forum a couple years ago, had I known it when I sent the guy the money. After opening the case it was obvious, and I...
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kydave wrote:Uncle R wrote: Deal Breaker?An Ebay seller had one that would have been promising - but the picture showed it sitting on a guitar stand - outside. In the middle of winter. With snow on...
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I got a deal on a 1956 D-21 with FACTORY double pick guards (Underneath the finish too),------thank God that was a "deal breaker" for a lot of folks as I wouldn't sell it for anything right now! Fog
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Delmar wrote: kydave wrote: Uncle R wrote: Deal Breaker?I was looking for a Guild 12 string.An Ebay seller had one that would have been promising - but the picture showed it sitting on a guitar stand...
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To the OP's original question: beyond abovementioned issues like broken & repaired headstocks and the like, another deal breaker for me is a strap button drilled and installed into the neck of the...
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A real deal breaker for me is often my limited finances, that's probably a good thing though...if not for that I'd own more guitars than Stephen Stills, repaired head stocks or not!
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A real deal breaker for me is often my limited finances, that's probably a good thing though...if not for that I'd own more guitars than Stephen Stills, repaired head stocks or not! Ha! Delmar, you've...
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per my earlier reply, the pick guard would be a deal breaker for me, on the $100K 1938 D-28 Martin at Gruhn. ...not that I'm ready to buy any guitar for $100K. ...but if I was, I couldn't live...
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HD28 Player wrote:per my earlier reply, the pick guard would be a deal breaker for me, on the $100K 1938 D-28 Martin at Gruhn. ...not that I'm ready to buy any guitar for $100K. ...but if I...
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Wow that's ugly. Even if it made me sound like Tony Rice I still don't think I'd want that. Dealbreaker.
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auggie242 wrote:Wow that's ugly. Even if it made me sound like Tony Rice I still don't think I'd want that. Dealbreaker.I'm with Frank. When I saw this my first thought was "why would someone do this?".
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how about capo marks or chunks in the neck. small ones aren't dealbreaker but I hate feeling indentions when I play
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Retop is a deal breaker or a refinish that sucks out the sound.
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I used to think that I had a set of guitar morals that I wouldn't ever allow to slip. However, I've now come to the realization that I'll buy ANYTHING if the price is right. So, in that sense, there...
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Uncle Dude wrote:Cutaway body.+1, and, come to think of D 14fretters. YMMV, of course and serial numbers higher than 1,000,000.
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handpicked wrote:To the OP's original question: beyond above mentioned issues like broken & repaired headstocks and the like, another deal breaker for me is a strap button drilled and installed...
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Finish cracks on new or NOS guitars. There's a certain left handed D-18 GE NOS that I would love to own but can't bring myself to pull the trigger because of a finish crack coming off the bridge.
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