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it's a brand new off the shelf guitar, it is just the laquer, my guitars are all scratched anyway, it's just not what i was expecting on a new guitar (admittedly an epiphone), plays sweet tho, better pick ups, and it will be awesome. it was more the wood rising up by the first fret that had me worried.
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Wouldn't blame Epiphone, I've always been very imressed by their build quality. Likely to have been in transport or the shop.
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Not really... My Les Paul Jr was pitched as a student guitar, cheap as chips but sounds amazing... My old SIlvertone amp-in-case thing is made of chipboard but sounds incredible... Both of these guitars are now worth £$€...
Just making the case that we're not talking about some amazing archtop jazzer here... Two planks of wood with a coupla pups in there... Easy to get right these days, people have learnt their lessons... And who can tell the difference when you've got the distortion on full/amp cranked up anyway? -
both squiers that i have owned have been faultless, and £100 less than this epi, but saying that i'm going for damaged in transit, the shop lighting was pretty dim, and i didn't notice it until directly under the light in my room which is stupidly bright
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Likewise and no worries at all. Just waiting for my son to wake up from his nap then will plug it in and make some noise.
fuckkinell sorry mate. been stuck in meetings all morning. only just logged into the forum. sorry have bene a totally useless flake for the duration of this much delayed sale.
anyway, good to meet you just now. hope you enjoy the pedal.
cheers,
al.
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i'm keeping the guitar now, the shop offered me an exchange, but i was worried that if i left it and it got worse, they might ask why i left it, but the shop (digital village in clapham) seem pretty friendly and honest. the guitar plays pretty well, and i'll probably scratch it anyways...
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Alright kids, let me ask you this. Black Diamond Strings - where can you get them babies in London? Anyone?
what are they? never heard of them.
i tried loads of electric strings before i decided that they were basically pretty much all the same and went back to using the ernie balls i'd used as a nipper.
i used to change strings once a week or more and still used to break strings at every gig. i put that doewn to sweat and bash-age though. these days (playing at home, recording and occasional live twiddles) my electric strings last upwards of a year.
i've only ever owned long scale fenders and was a 10-52 guy for years but the change down in volume coincided with experimenting with more usual and bendy-friendly 10-46 sets. to be honest i got the feeling the mahoosive plain gauge 3rd string in the heavier sets was actually more prone to breaking. you had to have it at a very high tension to make pitch and it was a bitch to bend accurately.
although i don't subscribe to the macho "bigger is better" ethos with strings, i can't bring myself to try 9s. some peeps make 9.5s though... i must admit i'm kind of intrigued as to how these would feel. i bet they'd be country twang-tastic.
whoops. i've rambled.
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They're running the wrong direction to be cracks in the scarf (if the neck is, indeed, scarfed). I wouldn't worry about them. At least from what I can tell from that pic.