davismanLV
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It's difficult when you've never dealt with one of these guitars before, you know? So we played and played and then Chris gave us the clue to intonating the floating bridge. 3 videos later and with expert direction from you amazing forum guys, we came to the same conclusion. This guitar just sucks. We changed the action height, reintonated the bridge. I tried it in open tunings and standard and honestly it was so difficult to play. Here's the deal, it was out of tune on almost every fret, always. Then we went through the whole process again and then you had to be so careful not to fret too hard or it would sharp, but if you didn't fret hard enough you got buzz and then we went through the whole thing again. Start to finish. Either this guitar SUCKED or we're just not cut out for a non-flat top steel string guitar. Never had a problem with a guitar like this before. So after a week of neither of us enjoying it..... it went back.
Maybe this was just a bit beyond our range, but .... I'm not sure as I've never played an archtop before. So it was time to part with a PHYSICALLY beautiful guitar but... just not what we'd imagined and ..... it's gone.
Musician's Friend is ALWAYS amazing to deal with. It's good to know they'd have taken my blue Breedlove back in a minute..... like THAT would ever happen!! That guitar is going nowhere, but it's good to know they're super cool.
Now..... there's got to be another guitar out there....... LOL!!
Just kidding friends, don't tempt me.
Much love, TIV!! :encouragement::encouragement:
Maybe this was just a bit beyond our range, but .... I'm not sure as I've never played an archtop before. So it was time to part with a PHYSICALLY beautiful guitar but... just not what we'd imagined and ..... it's gone.
Musician's Friend is ALWAYS amazing to deal with. It's good to know they'd have taken my blue Breedlove back in a minute..... like THAT would ever happen!! That guitar is going nowhere, but it's good to know they're super cool.
Now..... there's got to be another guitar out there....... LOL!!
Just kidding friends, don't tempt me.
Much love, TIV!! :encouragement::encouragement: