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Howdy all,
Well I heard this was the place to talk Guild, so here I am!
I've got a unique "problem", if you can call it that. It's like this... if you ordered a Porsche with a manual transmission, would you be satisfied to show up and find an automatic??
Well I feel like that's what happened to me on a recent craigslist purchase. For a month or so I'd been corresponding with a gentleman about a JF30 jumbo that was exactly what I wanted. Sunburst, Westerly... gorgeous! Long story short, I made a mini vacation out of the ordeal because it was some distance away, and unfortunately I couldn't meet the seller due to our schedules, so it was waiting in the hotel when I got there.
I opened it up and.... it was an acoustic-electric. Now, many wouldn't see this as that bad of a thing, but I literally had no idea that it had a pickup in it. Otherwise it's an awesome guitar, but I don't need a pickup and I don't want a pickup. Please, reference the aforementioned analogy.
So anyways, I'm curious if the A/E's fetch more money than a straight acoustic. I paid $750, and it's a '97 I believe. A few dings here and there but otherwise solid. I'd like to sell it and get exactly what I want. (it was a big purchase for me... recent college grad)
Anyways, here's the hail mary.... anyone out there with a Westerly built antique sunburst JF30 6-string with NO pickup who wants to trade straight-up??
Thanks guys!
Well I heard this was the place to talk Guild, so here I am!
I've got a unique "problem", if you can call it that. It's like this... if you ordered a Porsche with a manual transmission, would you be satisfied to show up and find an automatic??
Well I feel like that's what happened to me on a recent craigslist purchase. For a month or so I'd been corresponding with a gentleman about a JF30 jumbo that was exactly what I wanted. Sunburst, Westerly... gorgeous! Long story short, I made a mini vacation out of the ordeal because it was some distance away, and unfortunately I couldn't meet the seller due to our schedules, so it was waiting in the hotel when I got there.
I opened it up and.... it was an acoustic-electric. Now, many wouldn't see this as that bad of a thing, but I literally had no idea that it had a pickup in it. Otherwise it's an awesome guitar, but I don't need a pickup and I don't want a pickup. Please, reference the aforementioned analogy.
So anyways, I'm curious if the A/E's fetch more money than a straight acoustic. I paid $750, and it's a '97 I believe. A few dings here and there but otherwise solid. I'd like to sell it and get exactly what I want. (it was a big purchase for me... recent college grad)
Anyways, here's the hail mary.... anyone out there with a Westerly built antique sunburst JF30 6-string with NO pickup who wants to trade straight-up??
Thanks guys!