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Blackout pictures added. lol
So, I stopped by one of my local consignment shops. Something catches my eye. Yeah, it's horribly overpriced. I pick it up anyway and start to strum it. Oh man. As if the blank ebony board wasn't calling my name... the matching headstock screamed at me too. I tried to negotiate, they wouldn't have any of it. So I leave with it anyway.
God, this thing plays. Not perfectly, but damn well beyond acceptable. This, now, might be the best sounding Strat I have... Enough to where I'm scared to return it and buy another cheaper one sight unseen. There's one on ebay with original HSC that this didn't come with. What do I do? Return this and hope the other plays as well? I have another day I can get a full refund... after that it's 14 days of store credit.
I'm mesmerized. And yes, I'm going to pick up all the parts needed to fully black out this guitar. The chrome stands out too much. And I like all black. The trem will be the difficult part. /sigh
What should I do? Return this and hope the one I can't try before I buy will play better? Or should I just suck it up and take the beating and keep this amazing guitar?
EDIT: 4 Oct 2015
I never took "after" pictures. I still couldn't find appropriate black knurled knobs, but I do have black plastic. I could never find the correct sperzels... seems they only made the Deluxe version tuners in Chrome... but I added as much black bits to it as I could, and I think the headstock looks pretty amazing now. The Gotoh was a drop in fit but it needed a custom sized block.
So, I stopped by one of my local consignment shops. Something catches my eye. Yeah, it's horribly overpriced. I pick it up anyway and start to strum it. Oh man. As if the blank ebony board wasn't calling my name... the matching headstock screamed at me too. I tried to negotiate, they wouldn't have any of it. So I leave with it anyway.
God, this thing plays. Not perfectly, but damn well beyond acceptable. This, now, might be the best sounding Strat I have... Enough to where I'm scared to return it and buy another cheaper one sight unseen. There's one on ebay with original HSC that this didn't come with. What do I do? Return this and hope the other plays as well? I have another day I can get a full refund... after that it's 14 days of store credit.
I'm mesmerized. And yes, I'm going to pick up all the parts needed to fully black out this guitar. The chrome stands out too much. And I like all black. The trem will be the difficult part. /sigh
What should I do? Return this and hope the one I can't try before I buy will play better? Or should I just suck it up and take the beating and keep this amazing guitar?
EDIT: 4 Oct 2015
I never took "after" pictures. I still couldn't find appropriate black knurled knobs, but I do have black plastic. I could never find the correct sperzels... seems they only made the Deluxe version tuners in Chrome... but I added as much black bits to it as I could, and I think the headstock looks pretty amazing now. The Gotoh was a drop in fit but it needed a custom sized block.
I'd return it and try to get the other one with the case. How much of a price difference is the one on ebay? Or see if they'll get you a case or some kind of reduction on price due to not having one?
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