Members Glenn F Posted October 18, 2019 Members Share Posted October 18, 2019 Mod, Please remove. Thanks, Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Sorry to hear you’ve got a cold Glenn... hope you feel better, and HNGD... I look forward to seeing the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted October 18, 2019 Members Share Posted October 18, 2019 Congratulations . .. . again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 19, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2019 Nothing to see here...dum de dum.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 19, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2019 no problemo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted October 19, 2019 Members Share Posted October 19, 2019 Congratulations and Happy New Guitar Day. 👍 That's a lovely instrument. I wasn't familiar with BSG until you posted about them in the other thread. I wish I could get my hands on one of their dreads or maybe a jumbo. Anyway, I hope this one scratches your itch and that you're feeling better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted October 19, 2019 Members Share Posted October 19, 2019 OM 10 CF Mahagony Top: Cedar Back and sides: Mahagony Fingerboard and bridgge : Indian rosewood Neck: Mahagony Head style: Slotted head style Scale lenght: 650 mm Binding: Flamed maple Rosette: Fishbone Top purfling: 3ply Fingerboard purfling: 3ply If they pass the same scrutiny they laboriously applied to their site I'm sure Yamaha has nothing to worry about. Glenn, give them a shout and tell them to pay their editor. Okay, live and let live. I think I'm done with wood guitars, though, so I'll hawk them just to be a good sport. If one floats by me before an Emerald X30 I'll give it a try. Edit to add: "muminga"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 19, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2019 gone gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted October 20, 2019 Members Share Posted October 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Idunno said: OM 10 CF Mahagony Top: Cedar Back and sides: Mahagony Fingerboard and bridgge : Indian rosewood Neck: Mahagony Head style: Slotted head style Scale lenght: 650 mm Binding: Flamed maple Rosette: Fishbone Top purfling: 3ply Fingerboard purfling: 3ply If they pass the same scrutiny they laboriously applied to their site I'm sure Yamaha has nothing to worry about. Glenn, give them a shout and tell them to pay their editor. Okay, live and let live. I think I'm done with wood guitars, though, so I'll hawk them just to be a good sport. If one floats by me before an Emerald X30 I'll give it a try. Edit to add: "muminga"? Given that the site is done by someone whose native language clearly isn't English, that they cater to a European market, and that they're a small operation, I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt. If this were perpetrated by a large multi billion dollar company like Yamaha then I'd be inclined to say they have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 20, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 20, 2019 Dee Dee Dum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitnoob Posted October 26, 2019 Members Share Posted October 26, 2019 Noooooooo! Tell the story, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted October 26, 2019 Members Share Posted October 26, 2019 This is certainly a strange forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 26, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 26, 2019 Nah. Well, a little. A Martin 000-17SM showed up at the shop, and I decided to go for it. I'm going to have to sell my Taylor 320 for it, though. Should be here Monday or Tuesday. The BSG is a very nice guitar. It just didn't stand out in any way in comparison to my other acoustics, whereas the Martin likely will. I've wanted a Martin 12 fret slotted headstock git for a while. Everything I've read about this model has been overwhelmingly positive. So that's the story. I expect the shop will start blocking my emails and calls soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted October 26, 2019 Members Share Posted October 26, 2019 Good luck, Glenn. My favourite steel string acoustic is my Recording King ROS-16 000 12 fret - so perhaps the Martin will be the one for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 26, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 26, 2019 Thanks. I had one of those. Impressive guitar for the money. Played a gig with it in 2015. I couldn't get used to the V neck, though. This whole process has served to remind me how I hate the whole process. I've had to drag 4 guitars to a UPS collection point (we don't have a car), which hasn't been easy as I have trouble walking these days due to chronic gout in my feet. My wife has had enough, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 26, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 26, 2019 14 hours ago, gitnoob said: Noooooooo! Tell the story, please. you know, it's occasionally difficult for me to spot sarcasm online... 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted October 26, 2019 Members Share Posted October 26, 2019 Sorry to hear about the BSG but I hope the Martin fills that void for you. Play it in good health. My first halfway decent guitar was an Alvarez 12 fret. Congratulations and Happy New Guitar Day. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 26, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 26, 2019 Thanks. Scheduled to arrive Monday. I've been disappointed with Martins, on occasion, but since this guitar has been bought, sold, inspected and setup by pros, is classified as 'near mint,' I think the probability of me sending it back is slim. I frigging hope so. I'm too old for this insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted October 27, 2019 Members Share Posted October 27, 2019 17 hours ago, Glenn F said: Thanks. Scheduled to arrive Monday. I've been disappointed with Martins, on occasion, but since this guitar has been bought, sold, inspected and setup by pros, is classified as 'near mint,' I think the probability of me sending it back is slim. I frigging hope so. I'm too old for this insanity. Oooooooooooh! That's tempting fate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 27, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 27, 2019 Funny. I forgot about it all weekend, until a couple of hours ago. Then it hit me: I HAVE A MARTIN COMING TOMORROW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted October 27, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2019 seems I've heard that somewhere around here recently... I realize this may sound cheeky, but rather than put yourself through all this, why not actually, physically, in the real world, find a guitar, play it, buy it and be done with all the guessing, second guessing, ordering on a whim, disappointment, and having to send it back because it wasn't up to your expectations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted October 27, 2019 Members Share Posted October 27, 2019 50 minutes ago, daddymack said: seems I've heard that somewhere around here recently... I realize this may sound cheeky, but rather than put yourself through all this, why not actually, physically, in the real world, find a guitar, play it, buy it and be done with all the guessing, second guessing, ordering on a whim, disappointment, and having to send it back because it wasn't up to your expectations? It actually sounds more prudent than cheeky in my book. Custom guitars are a risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Glenn F Posted October 27, 2019 Author Members Share Posted October 27, 2019 Quite simply this: 1) the local shops are at best unethical, and worst, outright crooks. Simple. I tried to develop relationships with them, but was lied to, treated like a new customer everytime I went back and 2) buying in a shop gives no right of return here. Buying online automatically gives me the right to return a guitar without having to even provide a reason within a reasonable time frame. So, this is inconvenient and annoying, but it is the safest way for me to get the guitar I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted October 28, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 28, 2019 Not one honest shop? In the entire vicinity? No returns? good lord man...where are you? The Ukraine?😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitnoob Posted October 28, 2019 Members Share Posted October 28, 2019 Not to jinx you or anything, but the 000-17SM is a guaranteed winner. You will love it. You will keep it. Really. It's your destiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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