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one of our old members, the legendary Doc Dryer, had a sweeet trans white one. He sent me pics when he first picked it up - absolutely mint. Was a very pretty guitar. An advantage the Charvels have over the Jacksons is the Schaller trem too - the Js have the Takeuchi JT580. Not a bad trem, but not a patch on the JT590
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Hail yesterday -
Well I ended up going down and buying it today. Couldn't pass it up for the price, and it played great/felt comfy as hell. So I thought why not, right? But just when i thought I had it nailed....Originally posted by VitaminG View Post
THEY WOULDNT LET ME TAKE THE FUCKING THING HOME!!!!
They said since it's only been there a week or so that it's not off "police hold" yet. What the.....?? They say it's for used stuff that they take in. They check for it against police records for stolen gear or something similar... Which is fine and all... But here's my argument:
WHY IS IT ON FLOOR FOR ASSWIPES LIKE ME TO ASSUME I CAN ACTUALLY BUY IT AND TAKE IT HOME TO PLAY IT??!! (salesman had no real answer for this except for something similar to "so we can make money no matter how we pull it off")
So I put it on "layaway". Fuck me running. But the good news is I did indeed nail it down and it's mine. I can pick it up on the 26th. They hold all new instruments for this "police check" thing for 30 days. So if I'm understanding this whole thing correctly, they're willing to buy stolen shit and pay a criminal cold hard cash right up front, but won't let ME buy it without checking it's background first????? On what planet does that logic add up?
Good news is I got it, but I'm not a huge Guitar Center fan at the moment. Never really was, but now I have another reason to NOT shop there LOL.
Thanks for all the info guys! I do appreciate it all! Oh, and RIP Doc Dryer!- AdamComment
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