Something appears to have caught my eye

[Shreddy Mercury]

I've made a few posts the last couple days asking about amps, as I'd like to have a new amp. However, I've also been looking at guitars. I think I just want a new toy, really lol

I live about 20 minutes from where these are made. Guitar Center has a used one in the Hollywood store, but it's pearl white, or so it looks, but appears to have some battle damage on it in the form of some chips around the edges. For a lil over $2000, it should be in better shape. Anywho, here are the 2 that have caught my eye. I REALLY dig the flametop guitar. The quilt has the case candy certificate of authenticity and other papers, but the other being 2 years older may be before they started including that, not sure.

 

[Dale B]

Warrior guitars! They're nice!

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

I've got a friend I grew up next door to and his dad was close friends with Jay and bought a couple instruments from him back in the late late 90s, early 00s, and I got to play his Warrior double cut guitar with a quilt top, ebony, piezo system, etc. It feels small and light and the neck/fretboard is nice and plays great, but I never got to really play it through an amp and really rock on it. His needs some work, it has this shit on the top. His dad, even though he always had nice stuff, loved trying to fix or improve things on his own and his methods and results were often less than savory. His needs a very good wipe down with something to cut the oil or wax or whatever he put on it, or just a wet sand and then a fresh oil job.

 

[LP Freak]

They’re a hard sell on the resale market. No way I’d pay $2k

 

[glpg80]

You better love it because you’ll never likely unload it easily. Edwards or gretsch are pounding out better guitars at half the price. Honestly I’d save up for something a bit more well known.

 

[alund]

I've made a few posts the last couple days asking about amps, as I'd like to have a new amp. However, I've also been looking at guitars. I think I just want a new toy, really lol

I live about 20 minutes from where these are made. Guitar Center has a used one in the Hollywood store, but it's pearl white, or so it looks, but appears to have some battle damage on it in the form of some chips around the edges. For a lil over $2000, it should be in better shape. Anywho, here are the 2 that have caught my eye. I REALLY dig the flametop guitar. The quilt has the case candy certificate of authenticity and other papers, but the other being 2 years older may be before they started including that, not sure.

Beautiful guitar but it better be one that you want coming to the grave with you as LP freak said; hard resale if and when you don’t like it OR you take a loss.

 

[Panhead5]

You better love it because you’ll never likely unload it easily. Edwards or gretsch are pounding out better guitars at half the price. Honestly I’d save up for something a bit more well known.

Solid advice -- half the gear for sale on this forum falls under that.

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

Solid advice -- half the gear for sale on this forum falls under that.

True that. Hell, I've had hard times in the past selling very common gear. Took forever to unload a US Strat before, barely anyone anywhere is interested in my Marshall head, had to trade/sell Mesas in the past at a slight loss, etc. The effort it takes to sell even quality gear these days is WAY more than it was in the past.