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kafka · 9th October 2008

Personally, I just have no time or money for guitars with issues. And trust me, a guitar that seems only tolerable at first will go unused for years, and will be hard to unload.

People abuse their guitars. Sometimes they break them, and they go to great lengths to hide the faults. Others do just absolutely weird, inexplicable stuff to them. Ever play an otherwise mint Martin where someone decided to shave down the braces themselves? There's a J45 on eBay now where the top was cut for a humbucker. Check it out. It happens.

I played a `53 Epiphone Deluxe Cutaway with a couple of DiMarzio's Super II's in it just this past week. It was totally a homemade job, complete with extra knobs, extra holes and massive brass pickup rings. The only thing that could possibly have made this abuse more complete is if they'd figured out how to install a ProCo Rat in it. I love old Epiphones. Late at night, I have fantasies about pre-Gibson Epiphones. This one, however, did not call to me.

People get it in their heads that they're going to "upgrade" the original design, and then they have that "oh, s**t" moment because the weekend at the college didn't turn out like they'd planned, and then they have to pass it on to the next sucker to avoid being confronted by their own stupidity every time they look at it. I wouldn't waste a minute on a guitar I couldn't inspect first, unless it had a no-questions-asked return policy, and even then, I probably wouldn't bother.

9th October 2008	#14
kafka Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 4,247	Personally, I just have no time or money for guitars with issues. And trust me, a guitar that seems only tolerable at first will go unused for years, and will be hard to unload. People abuse their guitars. Sometimes they break them, and they go to great lengths to hide the faults. Others do just absolutely weird, inexplicable stuff to them. Ever play an otherwise mint Martin where someone decided to shave down the braces themselves? There's a J45 on eBay now where the top was cut for a humbucker. Check it out. It happens. I played a `53 Epiphone Deluxe Cutaway with a couple of DiMarzio's Super II's in it just this past week. It was totally a homemade job, complete with extra knobs, extra holes and massive brass pickup rings. The only thing that could possibly have made this abuse more complete is if they'd figured out how to install a ProCo Rat in it. I love old Epiphones. Late at night, I have fantasies about pre-Gibson Epiphones. This one, however, did not call to me. People get it in their heads that they're going to "upgrade" the original design, and then they have that "oh, s*t" moment because the weekend at the college didn't turn out like they'd planned, and then they have to pass it on to the next sucker to avoid being confronted by their own stupidity every time they look at it. I wouldn't waste a minute on a guitar I couldn't inspect first, unless it had a no-questions-asked return policy, and even then, I probably wouldn't bother. __________________ - It looks just like a Telefunken U47 - with leather. You'll love it ...* - Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny. - It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.