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My experience and it's not massive:
I've wanted to refret every vintage guitar I've had. They were low to start with (I hate vintage frets) and they've worn over time.
Pots can be crackly - easy fix of course, but a broken one doesn't help the value and any soldering work doesn't help the value either.
I've had a refinished tele where the refin was pretty shit by today's standards.
Pickups can wear out of course and need a rewind, thus killing the value.
Frankly the chances of getting one that is actually as advertised are between slim and fuck all. I'm sure if Fender made 2,000 62 Strats, there are currently 5,000 out there!
I'd much rather a quality new instrument without those issues and put into that context, a masterbuilt Fender (which I don't think are any better than "normal" CS in my experience) doesn't seem quite as daft, especially a second hand one, which can equally appreciate in price.
Agree on newer instruments. I know it's expected to fire shots at Gibson particularly (and not arguing they don't deserve a lot of it either) but when push comes to shove I've had some good modern day instruments out of them. I love my R9 and my SG from their custom shop and also really rated a 2016 Les Paul Traditional I sold to @rlw a while back. Equally on the Fender side I've had good guitars and as much as anything any time there has been a question for me on a modern built one it's been answered more than well enough with a good set up or adaptation.
Appreciate you're getting a warranty and someone telling you what parts are original or not. But seems a lot of money to pay for not knowing if something is original or not.
photographs of him playing gigs with it across several decades, and receipts for little bits of work done.
Unless it’s that level of disclosure. I wouldn’t trust any dealer. It’s too easy to fake stuff. Particularly Fenders.
That bit of raw Alder that gets milled down and put through a thicknesser to make a Strat Body starts the journey at the cost of about £70 as a seasoned and selected section free of Timber shake and fault lines,stones, serious imperfection.
Lets say it has Doubled in price to £140 (a huge 100 % )........how does this translate to a £1800 Fender Custom Shop increase ?
Of course,labour,logistics etc have increased post Covid/ Brexit etc but it comes from the USA ....a £350 increase maybe but almost £2k ?????
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.