No guitar for 3 weeks....ugh
mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom)
meaning to sell/ebay off for a while, including some music equipment (a
Tech21 Trademark 60 I picked up cheap locally and hated at first, but
started to like it right after I put it on ebay...it sold for my
inflated buy it now price).
Anyways, I wound up making a killing on ebay. Enough that I was going to
buy a hollowbody guitar (been playing through my Tele) and replace the
Trademark 60 with a tube amp. But then I figured - heck, I've owned this
Tele for about 10 years now and never had it setup by a pro. Let me get
it setup! So I bring it to a well-known area tech/luthier. I knew the
frets had some indentations towards the first few frets (previous owner
must have liked the open D chord!), but man, when he pulled those
strings back and showed me the rest of the frets under the light I
gulped in horror. They were all flattened out. No crown. I knew the
guitar was tough to play, with high action. But I was kind of hoping
that a level/setup would suffice.
Well, with a $400 estimate and 3 weeks time, my Tele will be refretted.
Seems like a high price but I checked around and most are in the $300 -
$400 range in my area. But 3 weeks is a long damn time to not have a
guitar. So I was all set to buy a guitar when I stumbled upon my dream
amp, an old Princeton Reverb, for way cheap ($350) and in great shape. I
knew I'd never see one at that price again (of course tomorrow I'll walk
into a pawn shop and see one for $75!), so I nabbed it up. It's sitting
here now, looking great, and I have nothing to play through it. The agony!
I may just pull a GregD and order a guitar from zzounds or
musiciansfriend and "audition" it for 29 days : )
Here's some pics of my new amp:
http://electron.tailfeatherz.com/images/Temp/Princeton.html
Incidentally - the broken reverb is now fixed (I think - won't know for
sure until I can play a guitar through it). The reverb driver tube had a
seriously bent pin - so bent there was no way it was inserting properly
into the socket. It's straightened out now.
mark
Starcaster
acquisition... Hope you get to hear it soon!
Cheers-
Roger
mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom)
GregD
wrote in news:evxGf.30514$%i3.22392@trnddc02:
Hey, you get 45 days with MF!
>
> Here's some pics of my new amp:
>
> http://electron.tailfeatherz.com/images/Temp/Princeton.html
>
> Incidentally - the broken reverb is now fixed (I think - won't know
> for sure until I can play a guitar through it). The reverb driver tube
> had a seriously bent pin - so bent there was no way it was inserting
> properly into the socket. It's straightened out now.
>
> mark
Good luck with all your sales. I did that starting right after Christmas
when my last band project went kaput. I sold enough to buy a new guitar
and amp, pay for repairs on my son's car and mine and still have enough
left over for a set of Doug's Plugs.
Greg
kagejs
it!
Josh
Pt
Pt
mark (sixstringtheoryDOTcom)
>
> Hey, you get 45 days with MF!
>
How does that work with shipping? I never shipped a guitar before. Just
pop it in the same box they sent it to me in, and ship it back via UPS
with insurance?
>
> Good luck with all your sales. I did that starting right after Christmas
> when my last band project went kaput. I sold enough to buy a new guitar
> and amp, pay for repairs on my son's car and mine and still have enough
> left over for a set of Doug's Plugs.
Yeah I'm pretty much all done now. If it weren't for the refret costing
me so much I'd have been set with a nice amp and a cheap archtop. Oh
well, at least my Tele should play real nice when I get it back. The
tech told me that the action tension was so bad on it before that I'll
need to relearn how to fret the thing when I get it back or risk
damaging my hands from overpressing!
mark
GregD
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
> Nice. I just picked up a Fender Princeton Chorus for $100. Gotta love
> it!
>
> Josh
>
>
That's an excellent deal!
Greg
GregD
wrote in news:wGzGf.10595$In4.4827@trnddc06:
> GregD wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey, you get 45 days with MF!
>>
>
> How does that work with shipping? I never shipped a guitar before.
> Just pop it in the same box they sent it to me in, and ship it back
> via UPS with insurance?
Exactly. You need to call them and get a return auth number, though,
before you package it up.
>
>>
>> Good luck with all your sales. I did that starting right after
>> Christmas when my last band project went kaput. I sold enough to buy
>> a new guitar and amp, pay for repairs on my son's car and mine and
>> still have enough left over for a set of Doug's Plugs.
>
> Yeah I'm pretty much all done now. If it weren't for the refret
> costing me so much I'd have been set with a nice amp and a cheap
> archtop. Oh well, at least my Tele should play real nice when I get it
> back. The tech told me that the action tension was so bad on it before
> that I'll need to relearn how to fret the thing when I get it back or
> risk damaging my hands from overpressing!
Well, your Tele should play like buttah when you get her back.
Greg
>
> mark
>