Members badpenguin Posted April 3, 2021 Members Share Posted April 3, 2021 Hey all. Short story long, I went to a local pawn shop, and as walking in, saw one of the sales people take a guitar from the cart and hang it on the wall. Of course I had to check it out. Ok, a smaller then normal Iceman copy, 24 frets, 6 inline reverse headstock, EMG's GOTAH tuners, bone nut, and what looked to be a purpleheart fretboard. Ok, had me at purpleheart. Body is a flame top, with mahogany/flame maple back, and a 5 piece flame maple/mahogany/walnut(?) neck. Even tuned down to H, I could still hear and feel the resonance of the guitar. And the action was impressive. THEN I saw the price tag.... The word affordable doesn't do it justice. Even Mrs. Penguin, who has an attitude of "What, another one?" was impressed, and said it had to come home with us, BEFORE looking at the price tag! I took it to the counter where the gentleman there looked at it, looked at the price tag, then looked a again just went... "Damn, why didn't I see this walk in?" Needless to say, it has found a new home. I took the neck off, hoping to find a makers mark and found "DR 091106(or 8 ) and the body just with the DR imprinted. She's a beast! on the heavier side, about 9 1/2 pounds, the pickups, which ARE real EMG's ( I thought perhaps Chinese copies) sound nice. And this from someone who normally hates EMGs. A nice solid bridge, and intonation is spot on up to the 24th fret. If anyone knows of a maker "DR" please let me know, ok? Enjoy! Oh, and the "Affordable" aspect? With tax, $96.00!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted April 3, 2021 Members Share Posted April 3, 2021 Wow. Wonder if that price was a mistake Good eye and a bit lucky too Congratulations on the find of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted April 3, 2021 Members Share Posted April 3, 2021 2 hours ago, badpenguin said: Hey all. Short story long, I went to a local pawn shop, and as walking in, saw one of the sales people take a guitar from the cart and hang it on the wall. Of course I had to check it out. Ok, a smaller then normal Iceman copy, 24 frets, 6 inline reverse headstock, EMG's GOTAH tuners, bone nut, and what looked to be a purpleheart fretboard. Ok, had me at purpleheart. Body is a flame top, with mahogany/flame maple back, and a 5 piece flame maple/mahogany/walnut(?) neck. Even tuned down to H, I could still hear and feel the resonance of the guitar. And the action was impressive. THEN I saw the price tag.... The word affordable doesn't do it justice. Even Mrs. Penguin, who has an attitude of "What, another one?" was impressed, and said it had to come home with us, BEFORE looking at the price tag! I took it to the counter where the gentleman there looked at it, looked at the price tag, then looked a again just went... "Damn, why didn't I see this walk in?" Needless to say, it has found a new home. I took the neck off, hoping to find a makers mark and found "DR 091106(or 8 ) and the body just with the DR imprinted. She's a beast! on the heavier side, about 9 1/2 pounds, the pickups, which ARE real EMG's ( I thought perhaps Chinese copies) sound nice. And this from someone who normally hates EMGs. A nice solid bridge, and intonation is spot on up to the 24th fret. If anyone knows of a maker "DR" please let me know, ok? Enjoy! Oh, and the "Affordable" aspect? With tax, $96.00!!! Check this one out https://reverb.com/item/3255307-dillion-v-series-electric-guitar-with-emg-s similar perhaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted April 3, 2021 Members Share Posted April 3, 2021 Very nice. I think you more than got your money's worth. Congratulations and Happy New (Cheap) Guitar Day. 1 hour ago, gardo said: Wow. Wonder if that price was a mistake It's possible. I bought my "good" acoustic from a local shop and their web site had the price ending in "25." But when I got there I discovered that the price on the hang tag ended in "95." They agreed to split the difference at "50" and I called it a win. Not as big a bargain as badpenguin's but still a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted April 4, 2021 Moderators Share Posted April 4, 2021 Nice score, BP! The p-ups alone are worth more than you paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted April 6, 2021 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 4/4/2021 at 7:23 AM, daddymack said: Nice score, BP! The p-ups alone are worth more than you paid. Thank you one and all! And yes daddy, those EMGS are worth it. Too bad I don't like them. I tried to like them, but they lack that "growl", that certain something that as a mostly clean, with a bit dirt now and again player, I just can't live with them. So I will rip everything out, the circuit boards, pots etc, and put them up on feebay. If any one here is interested, feel free to PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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