Le sigh.
First off I sold 2 guitars I hadnt touched in months, and paid a little for this from Andertons.
Yummy mummy...
But alas. I played the store display model, liked it and like many of us then took home a new boxed one.. in my case sight unseen as it were. Amateur hour.
Got home and discovered a couple chips in the old fretboard.
So is it a problem?
Its a birdseye maple fretboard and it looks to me like a crater where a knot once lived?
Except just below the big chip, you can see a smaller one, which doesnt look like something natural.. so bit confused by it.
Cardboard Box it came in hasnt a dent in sight, but it 100% didnt happen on the way home anyway.
Its noticeable when the light catches it, but playability wise, its not somewhere I can feel whilst playing..
I'm currently thinking I'm not actually too fussed about it.. Providing I get a little partial refund if I keep it! (i've emailed Andertons already).
But if its going to cause issues down the line I'll get it swapped. I didnt know if the wood being exposed or what not would lead to problems, or the fact its near-ish a fret..
The big ones obvious, the smaller chip is almost directly below it after the fret.
But it does have kinda sexy side dots...
The only easy day, was yesterday...
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andertons will change it in a heart beat!.
Disappointing from Ibanez...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
True though.
Cool, I'll speak to them tomo see if they'll arrange a collection and deliver a new one... so can't be arsed to spend saturday on the m25 again haha!
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I agree that you should send it back though. Andersons will sort that out for you.
But true lesson learned next time the boxed ones being checked and played too!
Andertons requested the pics so will see when they come back to me.
Tbh i'm thinking I'll box it up tonight and leave at 8am to get there for when they open and exchange it.. hopefully I wont hit so much traffic coming back.
I’ve always insisted they take it out of the box for a look at the actual guitar and then I’ll just take it in the case/gigbag
bad luck though. Would def return.
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