Deal-breakers when buying a guitar.

[Jeff Scott]

Originally Posted by David MacNeill

...My fear with signature models is that living artists are only human — what if they turn into creeps? Better to wait a bit until their legend is solidified.

Do you mean like, rigor mortis solidified?

[David MacNeill]

Originally Posted by Jeff Scott

Do you mean like, rigor mortis solidified?

Or decomposing.

[Tony Burns]

Depends -if the electronics can come out without any holes or trap door ports -
thats Ok in my book - Even cutaways are OK .
Alot of the stuff i use to think was a deal breaker , is off the table -
what would be a deal breaker is anything that permanently alters an original guitar ( holes , volume knobs ) -that drops its value on the used market ---
thou Taylors with electronics are OK for the most part- becasue their common and sell new like that.

[Charmed Life Picks]

I don't like to diss any brands, but the wimpy headstock on Seagull guitars would prevent me from buying one, no matter HOW good it was. What WERE they thinking?:

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[David MacNeill]

Originally Posted by Charmed Life Picks

What WERE they thinking?

I used to sell them at GC and people loved them. Good guitars for the $$$.

[jwayne]

Aesthetic wise: anything with an autograph on the front. (Tommy Emmanuel, I'm talking to YOU!)

[TBman]

If a guitar doesn't have a setup that allows me to play it so I can evaluate it, I pass. I probably missed a guitar or two that was good, but I'll get over it

[Athens]

Originally Posted by Charmed Life Picks

I don't like to diss any brands, but the wimpy headstock on Seagull guitars would prevent me from buying one, no matter HOW good it was. What WERE they thinking?:

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It allows the strings to run straight to the tuning post rather than being pulled to the side a bit as with other designs.

A minor point, but some feel it's better not to have that side pressure through the nut.

[M19]

Originally Posted by drplayer

Assuming of course that I like the guitar in all other respects, deal breakers for me would be:

• Nut width less than 1-3/4
• String-spacing at the saddle less than 2-1/4
• Full sized dreads
• Trap door electronics
• Special/unusual inlays (i.e. Martin's Seth Avett signature model)
• Colored guitars, other than traditional sunbursts and maybe black

To that I'll add sapwood and runout.