Hugh -> RE: Guitar string height... requesting pictures (Oct. 30 2006 8:29:30)
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Price is fine for what it is, exactly £249.23 delivered to the door. Its a great wee guitar for that kind of money. It makes a difference if you are like me and not afraid to work on the neck a bit, and get it more playable so to speak. I've changed the saddle and nut to bone, and it has really made quite a difference to the sound quality. Everytime I've changed the strings, I've worked on the frets, getting them smoothed down a bit. It just about as good as it will get now. If you can do this work yourself, it brings the instrument up to a par with far more costly guitars. I did it with my Yamaha classical years ago. It cost me around £400 at the time, and when I'd finished with it, It played and sounded better than some guitars over £1000 that I tried out in the guitar stores in Glasgow. A lot of folk dont realise that when you buy a factory made guitar, the finishing quality leaves a lot to be desired. I was in Sound Control once looking at some guitars to pass the time.I picked up this Les Paul Custom, and the finished quality was atrocious for what the cost was. It was in the £1500 cost bracket, which for that kind of money, I would expect much much better. I'd have had to spend a lot of time and work on that instrument to get it to a fast rock playing capability. The only thing I'd say, which I think it was you Jb that mentioned before, is that if you go down the same road as me, you almost certainly invalidate your warranty on the instrument. So, if you're not sure about what you're doing, dont touch it.
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