R8 Peach Deal

hyperben

pmbomb said:

hyperben said:

Ok so the second R8 arrived. It was described by GG as "figured top washed cherry". Even though it was a lucky dip I thought what the hell, it's a figured top R8 for £2499 - what can go wrong!? Much to my surprise when I opened the box it was the plainest of plain tops. I contacted GG about it and after a few hours they got back to me and told me that it is still a figured top even though it is plain... Am I completely misunderstanding what a figured top is or are they spinning me a load of ****?

you bought 2, when demand is through the roof and some people stretching their budgets are being turned down?

limited sympathy.

send it back if not happy, write it off to karma with good grace.

I’m not after sympathy. I just want to know if I’m misunderstanding what figured top means or not. By the sound of things it was misadvertised.

Panama_Jack666

hyperben said:

“Figured top” R8 

https://imgur.com/gallery/iYL6DoS

Yeah, very similar to mine - although I was hoping for plain top so it's sort of worked out for me! 

14 day return policy so maybe think it over. I very much doubt they would dispute it! 

Fifty9

Adamski said:

Here’s mine, can’t believe I’ve gotta wait a week to pick her up! 

Fantastic!

WezV

hyperben said:

“Figured top” R8 

https://imgur.com/gallery/iYL6DoS

Nope.  Nice, but not figured in any way.  It doesn’t even have strong grain lines.

gringopig

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Jonathanthomas83

I've started a poll via a VERY quick google form...should take you two seconds to answer. Cheers!

https://goo.gl/forms/MOU6B7r72cYYJzYz1

hyperben

Thanks everyone, it’s going back tomorrow 

Brize

hyperben said:

I’m not after sympathy. I just want to know if I’m misunderstanding what figured top means or not. By the sound of things it was misadvertised.

It was - they're bullshiting you. Personally, though, I think it looks fantastic.

Legionreturns

Jonathanthomas83 said:

I've started a poll via a VERY quick google form...should take you two seconds to answer. Cheers!

https://goo.gl/forms/MOU6B7r72cYYJzYz1

Done. Good idea 

hyperben

It is a pretty R8 for sure, but for £2499 I need to be 100%. There’ll be another washed cherry for sale at GG shortly. 

gringopig

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WezV

There are many things that can occur in wood and be called figure, not just flame. Plain maple is called that because it lacks any of those features.

it terms of structural applications, plain maple needs to be free of any figure.  The grain deviations create a weakness that could cause it to fail.  Thankfully that’s not an issue for guitar tops and we can have the stuff with figure.  In fact it was likely used on old violins because it was rejected  for every other application.

plain maple can be very pretty, but that does not make it figured.  

Legionreturns

Perhaps they thought "figured" was the opposite of "disfigured"?  

roberty

Fifty9 said:

Adamski said:

Here’s mine, can’t believe I’ve gotta wait a week to pick her up! 

Fantastic!

That's a '59 right? They're so beautiful I could almost cry

LuttiS

Adamski said:

Here’s mine, can’t believe I’ve gotta wait a week to pick her up! 

Hmm.. now here's my issue...  I'm not disputing that it's not a super pretty guitar (it is).. but that big ole line down the centre really irks me. Seen it on lots of them.. is it just the way the light is shining? Would it look more even straight on? 

*Before I'm accused of being the green beast - I don't like Les Pauls.. but I do appreciate a pretty guitar. That is a pretty guitar, but personally I can't see past that unmatched centre line. Still, bet it will feel/sound amazing

WezV

LuttiS said:

Adamski said:

Here’s mine, can’t believe I’ve gotta wait a week to pick her up! 

Hmm.. now here's my issue...  I'm not disputing that it's not a super pretty guitar (it is).. but that big ole line down the centre really irks me. Seen it on lots of them.. is it just the way the light is shining? Would it look more even straight on? 

*Before I'm accused of being the green beast - I don't like Les Pauls.. but I do appreciate a pretty guitar. That is a pretty guitar, but personally I can't see past that unmatched centre line. Still, bet it will feel/sound amazing

It’s a hologram created by nature, it will change as you move it around.  

If you have more end grain facing you it looks dark, more side grain looks light.   

SteveF

Not sure you’d get away without a line unless you did a one piece top. Don’t think I’ve seen any figured 1 piece maple topS

WezV

SteveF said:

Not sure you’d get away without a line unless you did a one piece top. Don’t think I’ve seen any figured 1 piece maple topS

They exist.  You still find the figure varies a lot from viewing angle, but no hard join line.  

I actually prefer them with the join as you rarely see as consistent figure on a one piece, at least not the sort of figure that looks good on Gibson’s

Twinfan

Gibson haven't done figured one piece LPs as far as I'm aware, but PRS have made the odd one or two guitars with them 

SteveF

WezV said:

SteveF said:

Not sure you’d get away without a line unless you did a one piece top. Don’t think I’ve seen any figured 1 piece maple topS

They exist.  You still find the figure varies a lot from viewing angle, but no hard join line.  

I actually prefer them with the join as you rarely see as consistent figure on a one piece, at least not the sort of figure that looks good on Gibson’s

Agreed, I like the symmetry. Preferably bookmatched.