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Ok.. Time to confess my sin.
Walked into the local guitar store the other day, looked at the wall and spotted a "Guitar Workshop" guitar. This may sound like an amateur brand, but it's not, these are high-end custom guitars built right here in little Norway. Naturally they don't pop up that often (I've only seen one before and it disappeared really fast).
Anyway, took the guitar down. The first thing that struck me was how lightweight it was, it was really very light.
Sat down, played around with it, didn't even plug it into an amp.
BOOM! Thunderstruck. The neck, the feel, everything.. The thing had my name written all over it. Turned the guitar around, looked at the pricetag:
Roughly $1100, used. New price was closer to $2750 (very rough price estimates but it should be as close as I can get it).
My face turned into a whiter shade of pale. Thoughts running through my head: "I'm just a student, all I've got is my scholarship, don't even have a job. Forget about it." So I put the guitar back, and turn to leave.
That's when I catch the eye of the guy behind the counter. If you've been in a similiar situation, you'll know what that look means: "I knew you couldn't afford that guitar, you little punk".
My eyes turned red. Like hell if I was gonna let him win this one.. Not this time around!
I went home, looked at my Charvel and B.C. Rich, both MIJ's.
Fuck it. I took both guitars down to the shop same day.
After inspecting them the guy behind the counter (another one, not the previous cunt) says I can have the Guitar Workshop for (ca) $300 if i trade in the guitars.
DONE FUCKING DEAL. Just to see the look on the face of the eyeballing prick, it was well worth it. And the guitar plays like a dream to. So as far as I'm concerned I'm happy as can be about this deal. Yeah, I lost my Charvel.. But if I want another one I can sell the GW guitar and buy a far better one than I had before
Just thought I'd share my story with you people.. If anybody's interested I will try to post pics sometime soon. What I'm kinda worried about now though, is I kinda feel like I've lost the right to hang around here. Charvel/Jackson is kinda the soul purpose of this site.. So what do you guys and girl(s) think? Should I stop hanging around here because I don't have a Charvel/Jackson anymore? Your 2 cents please..
Walked into the local guitar store the other day, looked at the wall and spotted a "Guitar Workshop" guitar. This may sound like an amateur brand, but it's not, these are high-end custom guitars built right here in little Norway. Naturally they don't pop up that often (I've only seen one before and it disappeared really fast).
Anyway, took the guitar down. The first thing that struck me was how lightweight it was, it was really very light.
Sat down, played around with it, didn't even plug it into an amp.
BOOM! Thunderstruck. The neck, the feel, everything.. The thing had my name written all over it. Turned the guitar around, looked at the pricetag:
Roughly $1100, used. New price was closer to $2750 (very rough price estimates but it should be as close as I can get it).
My face turned into a whiter shade of pale. Thoughts running through my head: "I'm just a student, all I've got is my scholarship, don't even have a job. Forget about it." So I put the guitar back, and turn to leave.
That's when I catch the eye of the guy behind the counter. If you've been in a similiar situation, you'll know what that look means: "I knew you couldn't afford that guitar, you little punk".
My eyes turned red. Like hell if I was gonna let him win this one.. Not this time around!
I went home, looked at my Charvel and B.C. Rich, both MIJ's.
Fuck it. I took both guitars down to the shop same day.
After inspecting them the guy behind the counter (another one, not the previous cunt) says I can have the Guitar Workshop for (ca) $300 if i trade in the guitars.
DONE FUCKING DEAL. Just to see the look on the face of the eyeballing prick, it was well worth it. And the guitar plays like a dream to. So as far as I'm concerned I'm happy as can be about this deal. Yeah, I lost my Charvel.. But if I want another one I can sell the GW guitar and buy a far better one than I had before
Just thought I'd share my story with you people.. If anybody's interested I will try to post pics sometime soon. What I'm kinda worried about now though, is I kinda feel like I've lost the right to hang around here. Charvel/Jackson is kinda the soul purpose of this site.. So what do you guys and girl(s) think? Should I stop hanging around here because I don't have a Charvel/Jackson anymore? Your 2 cents please..
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