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Originally Posted by toomanyknots
lol  It might of been. My email says that the item was relisted at 8:50 am or so, and sold around 9:30 am. Too fast for me evidently.
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It looks exactly like a crack. Maybe the seller is just not really a guitar player, and doesn't really know what the beginning of a humidity crack looks like... or maybe he was just being dishonest. Although I would take an easily repairable crack any day instead of all the gouge's on the top that you just can't do nothing about. And the scratches in the fret board suck too. I figure you can fix a crack and get it looking at least decent, and a good luthier or repair guy can do a good job of minimizing one usually after cleating it. I think with a couple non-threatening cracks and a bunch of finish scratches all over it, (and of course a straight neck) this would of been a pretty darn good deal, and pretty inexpensive to get it playing and looking nice. Maybe even resell it later on for more than you paid you initially. But the gouges suck. It is hard not to suspect this guitar was not properly humidified when the air was overly dry or it was very hot out, given the care taken of this guitar in the first place, so I think it would of been reasonable to suspect potential humidity damage as well. It was coming from down south, it gets hot down there, just playing it in the sun for a half an hour in 90 degree weather could easily cause a crack, especially when a guitar is new. It has happened to me. The neck being warped would suck the worst I think, but if you knew what you were doing, and could fix any potential problems, than I think this (sound wise) would of been a good deal. The clarita I played was really a great guitar for the price. |
and there were no bids, so i'm guessing a buy it now was set up.
i think the seller may not have known what a crack was, and may have thought a "crack" would be much more drastic.
hopefully fitness1 will weigh in on all of this, he is very knowledgeable about classicals, condition and value, and ebay.