Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
Any idea where people can study up on Guild guitars?
I showed the S-50 local, and as overwhelmingly positive as my true nature is, I knew it wasn't going well with the potential buyer asked me this;
Is it a Thunderbird?
Silly me, why can't I just agree with people.
And then he flipped it around and asked me "if it used to have a kickstand?" as if you couldn't tell that it never did.
Again, I said no, and "the kickstand was never a good idea anyway."
And then before I left he asked me "Is there any way to move the pickup around" towards the neck and towards the bridge he pointed as the middle placement obviously bothered him even though he never plugged it in. I did mention there is a Polara with two pickups, but it's obviously more money.
He put a Snark on on - just say no to Snarks - and because of the tight tuners, he would overtighten, overloosen, over tighten, over loosen. He never played even one decent chord on it.
Me, I can tune the whole thing in less than ten seconds, it basically "snaps" into tune and stays there very well.
I was glad to get it out of there, get it home, wipe his pawprints off of it, and even change the strings he'd touched, I'm funny like that, I don't like people touching my guitars at all.
I handle them by the edges, no fingerprints all over the finish, and I always wipe the back of the neck off before putting it back in the case.
Not that I mind that much, but I am doomed to keep this guitar forever, another case in point for choosing wisely when you buy a guitar.
I showed the S-50 local, and as overwhelmingly positive as my true nature is, I knew it wasn't going well with the potential buyer asked me this;
Is it a Thunderbird?
Silly me, why can't I just agree with people.
And then he flipped it around and asked me "if it used to have a kickstand?" as if you couldn't tell that it never did.
Again, I said no, and "the kickstand was never a good idea anyway."
And then before I left he asked me "Is there any way to move the pickup around" towards the neck and towards the bridge he pointed as the middle placement obviously bothered him even though he never plugged it in. I did mention there is a Polara with two pickups, but it's obviously more money.
He put a Snark on on - just say no to Snarks - and because of the tight tuners, he would overtighten, overloosen, over tighten, over loosen. He never played even one decent chord on it.
Me, I can tune the whole thing in less than ten seconds, it basically "snaps" into tune and stays there very well.
I was glad to get it out of there, get it home, wipe his pawprints off of it, and even change the strings he'd touched, I'm funny like that, I don't like people touching my guitars at all.
I handle them by the edges, no fingerprints all over the finish, and I always wipe the back of the neck off before putting it back in the case.
Not that I mind that much, but I am doomed to keep this guitar forever, another case in point for choosing wisely when you buy a guitar.
