My Pastor Gave me an amp!!!!

**thesteve** · 11-01-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ABPOS

Wow, that is pretty interesting. The one I may look at today is anything but vintage though. It's only 2 years old, so... I probably wont ask to do that.

Something I always try to make sure I know before hand (either by contacting the seller or just by knowing in my head) is what serial number range the instrument should be in. For example, if a guy is calling a MIM Telecaster a 2005 model and it has a MN5x serial number, then I know by looking at it that it's actually a 1995 and the seller didn't do his research. That gives me some room to haggle since the guitar is a decade older than he/she advertised it as being.

Of course, when it comes to other brands (Gibson/Epiphone) I don't know their serial conventions as well.

Stratopastor · 11-01-2010, 12:56 PM

aaaagh.... I missed out the magic word "no" which shifts the meaning somewhat. I have NO regrets about not getting a MIA Strat. Duh. Sorry.

ABPOS · 11-01-2010, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Stratopastor

aaaagh.... I missed out the magic word "no" which shifts the meaning somewhat. I have NO regrets about not getting a MIA Strat. Duh. Sorry.

Aaah, that's good to know. I don't know if it's just me, but I've been playing different models, and I don't find myself saying "OH MY, THIs american made feels so much better". It may be built better, but I don't know if I can tell the difference. I'm going to comment in the guitar forum what happened today.