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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Seriously, it all depends on the guitar in question. I've owned a few guitars that looked like a couple miles of bad road - that sounded like heaven and practically played themselves. They overcame...
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Just wrote a fairly long, insightful and clever response to this and it just evaporated when I hit post, so I'll say the only real deal breaker for me is a guitar that sounds like crap, Kps: I will...
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I guess the thing that bothers me the most would be broken (and repaired) headstocks and necks. I know they can be repaired to the point of actually being stronger than they originally were, but for...
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As long as the price was right; poor sound and/or a neck that didn't fit my hand.
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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 - outside.In...
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Runout. Good catch on that pic, Dave. I believe it was shot when Stephen was living 17 miles up Boulder Canyon in Nederland, CO. Here's another pic:Bill
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I hate runout too... those tops that look like they don't remotely match
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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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