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Truthfully sometimes when I pick it up normally out of the stand it just make a loud bang. I don't even see it happen, but I know it's hitting that hard plastic tip. What a terrible design. For now I super glued the foam to the tip, and will get a couple of new stands as soon as I can. I can't believe a name brand stand like that would be so awful! |
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I really thought everyone would be like quit your whining baby, it's just a few scratches. But everyone on here has been really cool about it. I guess guitar enthusiasts all feel a lot of affection towards their guitars and can relate when they get needlessly damaged, in this case by a reckless name brand stand manufacturer.
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Actually I just got a new Alvarez ad 70. Truthfully they are both great guitars, but being that I like folk, old time, and old country I think the AD70 really has the sound I'm looking for. But I have 2 two year old twin tyrants, and I practice a lot less, because I never take the guitars out when they are around. They've done everything to my epiphone pro-1 classical. They've dragged it on the floor, they've stood on it, they've played tug a war with it. Weirdly even though it's a cedar top, there's not one gouge on it, only very superficial scratches in the lacquer. Maybe it's time to turn the 6s into a beater.
I know Willy Nelson plays only his 50 year old guitar that is falling apart and has a huge hole in the sound board. At what point does getting dinged up, scratched up, and gouged up affect the desirability of the guitar? I saw a used Guild D25 going for about $500 here in Tel Aviv. I was tempted, but it has two big gouges on the sound board from the pics. I don't know if it has any other issues, but assuming it is just the gouges on the sound board, could it be a good deal? I mean a good deal, rather than saving for about 2 years for a new D40. https://www.yad2.co.il/products/all?...=image-gallery |
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Feel for you on the ding.
I wouldn't hesitate to buy something (even roached), if it had killer tone. If it played well, I would consider that gravy. Not sure about price in Tel Aviv. I recently sold a pretty impressive, minty/played '78 Guild D-35 with hsc for $500 tho. The market here, not wanting to meet a lot of shredders, and an avatar who needed dental surgery prompted what I thought was a blowout price. Still took awhile for it to sell. Guild's imo don't often fly off the shelves like some do. (Things like a D-28, or a GS Mini, at a blowout price, seem to take flight in short order.)
I'm partial to cedar, but found they do ding much easier, and pretty hard to keep mint. If the D-25 was a great guitar, with a couple nasty gouges, I would watch & put in an offer that I was happy with, once it had been available for a bit. If I got it for a great price, I would enjoy the crap out of it, and call it "Scar". I'm a Larrivée disciple, so my guitars stay out. Not like cases aren't capable of doing their own brand of damage. An eleven year-old, a CFM 640 steal me first blue case, and a mint 1988 D-28p filled me in. Feel a little better? All the best. Oh! And congrat's on the AD70. Sweet. I'm a big Yairi fan. Last edited by Blind Dog; 05-26-2019 at 07:43 AM. Reason: ngd |
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why do you never use a guitar stand?
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I'm not actually in the market for another guitar as I just got an AD 70 and don't expect to buy another guitar for sometime, cept maybe an alvarez rd26 or other cheap lam to let my kids beat on. I just really want a guild. Oh well. What is a steal me first case? How did it damage your guitar? You still enjoy playing it? I would just get aggravated every time I saw it. What is a larrivee disciple? |
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I really baby the guitar. I only ever picked it up gently not in hast or carelessly. The plastic tip is really hard and actually has a relatively sharp edge when not covered by the foam. It bangs really loud when picking the guitar up normally. It's just a horrible design. I can't believe this is a name brand stand supplier |
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