New EVH/ Refin?

[Predator1]

I just recieved my new B/Y EVH. The neck is very cool it even has alot of small birdseye in it. The guitar is very well balenced and extremely resonant. Now for the negative, upon turning it over I cant believe what I see. It appears that this guitar at some point was a RBW and was refined B/Y.WTF I thought I was buying a first rate new instrument. I attempted to loosen the spring tension a little to find that the factory screwed the claw so tight aginst the body that it is imbeded into the paint and will need to be pried out perhaps removing paint in the process. You can actually see red,black and white paint spots in the trem cavity and where the trem arm bushing rubs aginst the inside of the route they had to sand it to bare wood to allow the trem to fit over the extra thick paint. What should I do Keep it or send it back? Will this hurt future resale value? I really like the tone and vibe of the guitar. I did not get any super good deal on ths guitar it was ok unfortunatly they do not have anymore in stock an informed me that they cannot order anymore? I guess we now know what JCMI did with the screwed up RWB EVH guitars?

[Adam]

send

it

back

[dannyr]

Wow!!! I think I'd send it back. There are plenty of good deals out there on these guitars and you can get one that wasn't refinished. I have a B/Y EVH that doesn't have any issues and it's a great player.

[ShredOrAlive]

send

it

back

+1

[Venomboy]

Send it the hell back. That's total BS.

[StukaJU87]

That is total bullshit, man. Send that fucker back. I'd be mad as hell.

[Bengal65]

That is total bullshit, man. Send that fucker back. I'd be mad as hell.

Add me to the list. Send it back now. You can find another one.

[ProjectX]

Pics???

[Johnnyryche]

Have it refinished to the original RBW! Just kidding. I'd send it back and look elsewhere. There are deals to be had with these.

[JZ06]

I wouldn't accept that. You're paying for what you wanted, not something that was, then re-done.

Return it.

[Predator1]

I have some pic's but Im ignorant at posting them. Help!

[ShredOrAlive]

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2063&highlight=picture+hosting

Make an account than copy the pictures URL...type the following...

[img] place the URL you copied here [/img]


and you're golden

[Rupe]

I don't see it as a huge deal (Fender used to do it with custom colors over sunbursts) if you plan on playing it hard and you like the way it feels/sounds/plays...who cares what it looks like inside the trem route?

On the other hand, if this is something that you plan on keeping pristine, then maybe its an issue.

Another example of the wonderful work coming out of the Charvel facility.

[Cory]

I'd send it back no matter what! For that kinda money one should expect it to be perfect.

[Predator1]

I created an account over at Photobucket, but thats as far as I got. I've been try to post them on here for 20 min with no luck. I have to go to bed 3:30am rolls around early. I'll try tomarrow !