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12-14-2018, 06:53 AM
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How to ask to try out someone's guitar?
I’ve been thinking about asking here if anyone here has a certain guitar in a reasonable driving distance of where I live so I could try it out and see if I like it enough to order a custom version of it (shorter scale neck).
What would be the best way to do this? Meet in a library? Go to their home? Other thoughts? This guitar is not in stores in the U.S.A. Thanks.
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#2
12-14-2018, 07:08 AM
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Based on your Location ID I say good luck.
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12-14-2018, 07:22 AM
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My thoughts:
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12-14-2018, 07:24 AM
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Thanks Steve for your helpful ideas.
Slothead, reasonable for me could be 3 hours or possibly more.
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down, “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. —John Lennon
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#5
12-14-2018, 08:17 AM
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I think here at the AGF a simple “does anyone have an XXX I could try? I live kind of close to YYY” would get some good responses. And I’d invite owners of the guitar in question to weigh in with opinions of the instrument. A lot of helpful folks in this part of the quadrant! Last edited by Slothead56; 12-14-2018 at 08:18 AM. Reason: Punctuation police
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12-14-2018, 09:25 AM
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I am usually happy to let folks try my guitars. I sometimes want to see their guitar first to make sure it isn't thrashed from wild flat picking. And it always helps if you aren't wearing a bunch of metallic jewelry or a heavy leather jacket with studs and zippers. In other words, treat my guitar nicely and you can try it. I enjoy hearing my guitars from out front once in a while.
I'm nowhere near you in upstate NY, so cannot help directly. But the "does anyone have yyy" thread idea is probably your best bet.
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12-14-2018, 11:18 AM
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Now you have me curious. Which brand is it? If it's a Furch or Avalon Fretted Buffalo has them in stock.
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12-14-2018, 11:37 AM
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I'd start the thread in General -
______ guitar in ______ (your state) in the title line Simple as that. It could progress from there.
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12-14-2018, 04:40 PM
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 Thanks Earl. Yeah, can you imagine someone coming to check out a guitar Quote:
TBman--It's an Emerald X10! Fitness1-- I like the simplicity of your suggestion: Quote:
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Ripdotcom--what you wrote probably has happened too! Quote:
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12-14-2018, 05:00 PM
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Emerald just came out with the new X10 in March I believe. They ship about 16 guitars a week. (last week's 22 guitars was an exception) Most are X20s or the new X7. I also see far more X30s than 10s. I am guessing there are fewer than two dozen total of the new X10 in the states. Most of these are, of course, in Phoenix already.
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12-14-2018, 05:50 PM
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I recently did this for an AGF member looking to try out an Emerald X20, one of which I am delighted to own.
He found me through the Carbon Fiber sub-forum here, and I was happy to welcome him to my home after I checked him out his postings here, and his LinkedIn profile. His offer to bring along a CA Cargo and a Martin 2-17 convinced me that he was OK  We had a very nice meetup, and he has since ordered his own X20. I have another such visit lined up with another AGFer in the next few weeks.
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12-14-2018, 07:04 PM
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"Mistaking silence for weakness and contempt for fear is the final, fatal error of a fool" - Sicilian proverb (paraphrased)
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12-14-2018, 07:36 PM
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A post asking about an X10 in the carbon fiber room might get results. We only have an X7 classic, X20, X20-12, and now an X30 - so we cannot help you. The one X10 that I got to play in Phoenix recently was nice. And it is a bit of drive from NY to ID, much longer than your three hour window. But not very far by starship, and you don't even have to engage the warp drive.
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