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Post by shreder75 on Feb 5, 2006 13:32:20 GMT -5
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Post by Hacksaw on Feb 5, 2006 14:36:36 GMT -5
Cool.. I like natural wood.. looks great to me.
So this brings up a interesting question..I would like to know what you guys think, since its shipping from Hawwwwwaaaaaiiiiii!! .
Should you relieve the string tension a bit before shipping?? I hear most guitar necks get broken from the help of the tension on the strings. about 120 lbs tension! Mouse trap effect.
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Post by shreder75 on Feb 5, 2006 15:00:56 GMT -5
lol..yeah, not exactly right around the corner  but I got my petrucci offa ebay...wasn't from around the corner either..someplace in the midwest...and when that came it was perfectly in tune! I was shocked to say the least =D I'm not sweatin' it too much cause he's sold alot of other high end esp's and has had nothing but positive feedback..so it should be a good deal..can't wait! |
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Post by Hacksaw on Feb 5, 2006 15:39:26 GMT -5
lol..yeah, not exactly right around the corner but I got my petrucci offa ebay...wasn't from around the corner either..someplace in the midwest...and when that came it was perfectly in tune! I was shocked to say the least =D I'm not sweatin' it too much cause he's sold alot of other high end esp's and has had nothing but positive feedback..so it should be a good deal..can't wait! Coolness! I havent bough a guitar off ebay,, ( probably the only thing I havent bought from there! LOL) I have sold a few guitars on ebay and have always left it in tune and packed well with no problems.. but I read horror stories which I must presume they didnt pack well?? (No case?) I did have one friend who bought a guitar on ebay and recived it with a broken head stock.. it wasnt packed the greatest care. but having the strings backed off might have only dented it up a bit ?? thats where I started reading about shipping guitars.. and the neck break shipping problems.. seems to be a 50/50 vote on the string issue. Do the Mansels and or other guitars shipped to dealers in tune? |
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Post by shreder75 on Feb 5, 2006 15:41:32 GMT -5
lol..yeah, not exactly right around the corner but I got my petrucci offa ebay...wasn't from around the corner either..someplace in the midwest...and when that came it was perfectly in tune! I was shocked to say the least =D I'm not sweatin' it too much cause he's sold alot of other high end esp's and has had nothing but positive feedback..so it should be a good deal..can't wait! Coolness! I havent bough a guitar off ebay,, ( probably the only thing I havent bought from there! LOL) I have sold a few guitars on ebay and have always left it in tune and packed well with no problems.. but I read horror stories which I must presume they didnt pack well?? (No case?) I did have one friend who bought a guitar on ebay and recived it with a broken head stock.. it wasnt packed the greatest care. but having the strings backed off might have only dented it up a bit ?? thats where I started reading about shipping guitars.. and the neck break shipping problems.. seems to be a 50/50 vote on the string issue. Do the Mansels and or other guitars shipped to dealers in tune? I think as long as you take care when you pack things you can ship anything anywhere..lol...I also sold a guitar on evilbay and shipped it to like ohio or something and the dude said it was in perfect order when he got it.. i can imagine what would happen if you shipped it WITHOUT a case though! that's just askin' for trouble! |
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Post by VomHalen on Feb 6, 2006 8:26:47 GMT -5
i've sold and bought many $$$$$ guitars off of ebay...never had a problem...except for the one i bought from tracii guns...a-hole
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Post by shreder75 on Feb 6, 2006 9:21:35 GMT -5
i've sold and bought many $$$$$ guitars off of ebay...never had a problem...except for the one i bought from tracii guns...a-hole you bought a guitar from tracii guns??? I always wonder why these rock stars sell their crap on ebay or the net...all that money must've gone up his nose at some point =D what happened with the sale? |
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Post by VomHalen on Feb 6, 2006 9:58:41 GMT -5
i've sold and bought many $$$$$ guitars off of ebay...never had a problem...except for the one i bought from tracii guns...a-hole you bought a guitar from tracii guns??? I always wonder why these rock stars sell their crap on ebay or the net...all that money must've gone up his nose at some point =D what happened with the sale? so i bought a jackson randy rhoads V from tracii guns off of ebay...for like $1200...still have it, i'll take some pics of it... great looking guitar...he was selling alot of stuff..had like an ebay store kinda deal...pictured with all his stuff, etc. anyway... so i buy this V from tracii...he tells me that he doesn't have a guitar case for it but he'll send it in a keyboard case but fully protected, i'm like, whatever...no big deal... around that time i was also ordering some large poster frames from another place online... tracii sends me the tracking number so i'm tracking it...it's supposed to get here in a day or 2...i have all my stuff sent to a mailboxes etc store that my friend runs...i go there about twice a week to pick stuff up during my lunch break... well fedex is telling me that the guitar is supposed to get there tomorrow...but i end up going to my buddy's store anyway just to talk and hang for a bit...when i show up he tells me that there's a package for me...i figure it's the poster frames because the V isn't supposed to arrive until tomorrow... he brings out this package and goes, "jim, i've been in the parcel business for years you know that...i've never seen a package so porly packed than this..." it was a package with a TV box wrapped around it...kinda like how you'd wrap a christmas present, but with a TV box instead of wrapping...no packing filler to absorb jolts or anything...i'm like. "eh, no big deal it's these poster frames i ordered...$25..." i throw it in the back of the car and leave... when i get home i don't even open it right away... eventually, i'm like, let me see these frames, i rip off the tv box and see that there's a keyboard case underneath...it now hits me that this is the V that's supposed to get here tomorrow...it's early... i open up the case and what do i see?...the headstock is completely off the guitar...there's 2 pieces....the headstock....and the rest of the guitar...the headstock is COMPLETELY off the guitar... i freak out...i email tracii and tell him the guitar is completely fooked and that his packing was horrible...he wants me to send him pics, so i do...he then tells me that i have to deal with UPS...i tell him that i don't have time to deal with this crap...he sent it, and he has to deal with it, i'll send him the guitar back... this goes back and forth for a few days...in the meantime i show it to my buddy that's a great guitar tech (roadied for anthrax/pantera/zakk) etc... he says that he can fix it and not to worry... i calm down a little...he's like, "let me see the case it came in"...i show him the case... he puts the guitar in the case and puts the headstock back on the guitar like a jigsaw puzzle...we now notice that there's no way the guitar would fit in there WHOLE...there was about 4 inches sticking out the end of the case...it now hits us that the guitar was broken by tracii so that he could fit it in the case... i email tracii about this, of course he denies everything and i'm stuck with a busted guitar...my buddy ended up fixing it but i never got any money back from tracii...a-hole...he broke the guitar so that it would fit in the keyboard case, and then sent it to me...there was no way the guitar would've fit if it wasn't broken... |
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Post by shreder75 on Feb 6, 2006 10:03:51 GMT -5
dude, that's gotta be the worst ebay experience I've ever heard...
what a corksucker...
by the way, LA GUNS SUCKED!!!
lol...
man, what a horror story
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Post by VomHalen on Feb 6, 2006 10:05:59 GMT -5
dude, that's gotta be the worst ebay experience I've ever heard... what a corksucker... by the way, LA GUNS SUCKED!!! lol... man, what a horror story yeah, then my buddy was backstage with zakk at ozzfest that year and told me that he told zakk that story and zakk was like, what an a-hole, i'm spreading the word...so, i had some restitution in a way, but.... |
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Post by shreder75 on Feb 6, 2006 10:09:11 GMT -5
dude, that's cool as hell...
zakk seems utterly cool as hell (no matter whether one likes his playing or not..as we've discovered on this very board, he's not for everyone..lol)
but I bet you he'd have the thing packed nicely! lol
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Post by VomHalen on Feb 6, 2006 10:12:22 GMT -5
dude, that's cool as hell... zakk seems utterly cool as hell (no matter whether one likes his playing or not..as we've discovered on this very board, he's not for everyone..lol) but I bet you he'd have the thing packed nicely! lol i just about passed out when we realized that the guitar wouldn't fit in the case whole....lol |
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Post by VomHalen on Feb 6, 2006 10:15:21 GMT -5
dude, that's cool as hell... zakk seems utterly cool as hell (no matter whether one likes his playing or not..as we've discovered on this very board, he's not for everyone..lol) but I bet you he'd have the thing packed nicely! lol i just about passed out when we realized that the guitar wouldn't fit in the case whole....lol in an email to tracii i wrote something like, "now i know why you were thrown out of guns n roses you shady btch"...lol.....good times.... he wrote in an email to me "i don't have time to deal with this...i'm starting a band with nikki sixx and we're going to start touring" ( i guess this was brides of destruction)...i responded, "you better send me some money you name dropping has been piece of sh!t"....ah....yes, good times indeed.... |
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Post by shreder75 on Feb 6, 2006 10:27:11 GMT -5
LMAO...oooo..brides of destruction...crap! ahh, the hell with him....
I mean, lookin' back on it, I guess you get a chuckle that he intentionally broke the headstock off to fit it (what a lazy azz) but man, at the time I bet you were seeing red!
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Post by tree on Feb 6, 2006 23:09:23 GMT -5
i've sold and bought many $$$$$ guitars off of ebay...never had a problem...except for the one i bought from tracii guns...a-hole you bought a guitar from tracii guns??? I always wonder why these rock stars sell their crap on ebay or the net...all that money must've gone up his nose at some point =D what happened with the sale? I have met,worked, or toured with quite a few artist...and 90% of them are just as broke as we are....Some still owe me money...lol Tree |
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but I got my petrucci offa ebay...wasn't from around the corner either..someplace in the midwest...and when that came it was perfectly in tune! I was shocked to say the least =D
