Anyone Ever Buy Several Guitars from GC at Once to Find a Winner?

[skoora]

Been looking at some guitars on GC Used and being that I’m finding you really need to play them in person was considering getting 3 or 4 and hoping for a winner and returning the rest. Anyone ever done this with success.

 

[glpg80]

No I just go into the store to play them first if I can or do a store transfer request.

 

[70 Mach 1]

Nope
I know what i want then just shop who can give me the best deal even if i go used

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

No, you just buy one you like and get used to it all my guitars have all different necks and trems, string through, etc. Just buy the one you think will get you the most chicks and play it.

 

[skoora]

No I just go into the store to play them first if I can or do a store transfer request.

I highly doubt my local will bring in 4 Les Paul’s for me to “try”. A lot of it is neck shape, frets and weight for me. Something that over the phone is impossible. Now if it was a recent year 50’s or 60’s, I’m familiar with them and they’re readily available to play as far as new.
I’m looking more so at previous years like mid 2000’s etc when they had one shape and tended to have decent sized frets, but it’s been too long for me to remember what they were like.
First world problems but the current 50’s neck is bigger than I want and the 60’s neck is thinner than I want and they all have tiny ass frets.

Edit….yeah they would never bring them in for shipping costs alone. Any GC store would just say buy them and return what you don’t like.

 

[DanTravis62]

I haven't bought 3-4 at once, but I bought three of the same model in a row, returning them and getting another

this was in the mid teens when gibson QC was really bad and I didn't want to get stuck with a lemon

so I "abused" their return policy - and i'm very glad I did, as those les paul supremes were all terrible

wouldn't be necessary with gibson now, their QC is quite good, but as long as you actually go through with returning them I don't see this as a bad idea

 

[skoora]

No, you just buy one you like and get used to it all my guitars have all different necks and trems, string through, etc. Just buy the one you think will get you the most chicks and play it.

Key phrase is buy one you like as in it feels and sounds good. Don’t give a shit about a pretty top if the neck is wrong.