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You can understand why potential buyers have a reluctance to buy a guitar with a damaged neck, even if done well etc - Yet let's assume you own the guitar, drop it, break the neck and have it repaired, do you now sell it as total junk and a write off, or keep it as it is not an issue - Many will say the latter, but still not indulge in buying such a guitar, even at the right price, so a bit of a conflict IMO
Agree that honesty still needs to be revealed at all times on such guitars when selling
If I had the cash, I'd have it in a heartbeat, I've had a few guitars with breaks in the past and apart from 1 which couriers completely fucked up 2nd time around all the others have been great, strong guitars.
Its unfortunate that the majority of people looking to buy these late 80's PRS are collectors who want every little piece intact etc and will turn their nose up as such pieces because it won't fetch the money on Antiques Roadshow.....
Most gigging musicians like myself see them as tools and use them as such.
Good Luck with selling it.
I have also found the email from the original seller offering it to me in 2012 for £1300. I must admit I was tempted back then. I believe it sold for that figure.
I'd seen a guitar advertised on here that had no mention of a headstock break in the description. I missed out on the sale on here but quickly tracked down the new owner who had a bit of buyer's remorse and was willing to let it go for what he paid for it. I went to see the guitar and immediately clocked the break in the headstock.
It's a decent repair with no stability issues, just a bit untidy in the finish with a small ridge where the break was and a couple of gaps between the headstock and headstock binding. He said that he 'thought they were all like that' and that the previous seller hadn't mentioned it to him either.
I did wonder if the buyer's remorse was due to the break and him wanting to shift it again quickly but the price was reasonable even with the break so I took it on. It's an 80s MIJ LP so who knows when the damage could have taken place, but in the space of three owners, two had not been willing to disclose the damage when selling.
Of course the whole story may be a load of bollocks. Including the bit about the V being better.
https://youtu.be/ZcDNjeBbgDY
if someone purchased on eBay and found out about the break after, would that be grounds to return it under eBay’s buyer protection?