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So yesterday I stopped in my local GC, hoping to check out a few different guitars with an eye toward a new purchase. Undecided on any particular brand, I picked up several different models ranging in price from $350 up to $900. I was really looking for something around the $1000 range, but since those models weren't in stock, I grabbed a few that might have representative neck dimensions, to help make my decision.
Shortly afterward, I was talking to a GC employee about some brand particulars, when I looked down at my fingers,,, "What the hell?" :O The GC guy was totally unfazed, and said something like, "Hm, looks like that one has a couple of unfinished frets." Yea, understatement of the year!
So there were more than a few guitars in that condition there. Even a nice, $900 Ibanez had the same situation, that plus its ebony fretboard was starting to crack. I honestly don't know how the hell they sell ANY guitars in that store Hey, at least the local luthiers might make some extra business dressing frets!
It doesn't seem that long ago that a $600 guitar had some decent quality, ya know? I've had quite a few different Schecters, LTDs, Ibanez and Jacksons, all in that price range and none of them were in that condition. So is this "the new norm", or is that store just an outlier?
Shortly afterward, I was talking to a GC employee about some brand particulars, when I looked down at my fingers,,, "What the hell?" :O The GC guy was totally unfazed, and said something like, "Hm, looks like that one has a couple of unfinished frets." Yea, understatement of the year!
So there were more than a few guitars in that condition there. Even a nice, $900 Ibanez had the same situation, that plus its ebony fretboard was starting to crack. I honestly don't know how the hell they sell ANY guitars in that store Hey, at least the local luthiers might make some extra business dressing frets!
It doesn't seem that long ago that a $600 guitar had some decent quality, ya know? I've had quite a few different Schecters, LTDs, Ibanez and Jacksons, all in that price range and none of them were in that condition. So is this "the new norm", or is that store just an outlier?
) & my fingers are as smooth as a baby's backside..
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