Stratafied
Dr. Stratster
Looking at used equipment at guitar center. They have items listed as either, in excellent condition or great condition. So what is better?
What’s better, great or excellent ?
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elduderinoTF
Sweatin' Bullets
Really it's only what you think it is. It's your money that's spent after all.
Do not go by GC's descriptions. Contact the store and ask for someone to look at it firsthand. If you ask nicely and appear serious, they can even send you some better pics because we all know their website pics are horrible to begin with.
If you see a guitar you’re interested in… call the shop it’s listed at. Have someone pull it and look it over with you on the phone. Then negotiate the price down. They will negotiate. That is if you like what you hear.
The descriptions mean nothing.
The descriptions mean nothing.
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Resident Pinball Enthusiast
amstratnut
Peace thru Music.
Excellent!
Guy Incognito
Most Honored Senior Member
ThreeChordWonder
Senior Stratmaster
Would you buy a used car just from online pictures and the "only used by my dearly departed grandma to drive to church on Sundays" description in the ad?
You would think that the geniuses at GC would employ something like a 1-to-5 scale to describe their evaluation of an instruments condition.
e.g.
You #10 ( or 5 ) means you stink
and
You #1 means you're tops.
e.g.
You #10 ( or 5 ) means you stink
and
You #1 means you're tops.
Excellent to me means close to mint. I would expect a 100% functional instrument.
To me "great" has a wider range. You can have a great guitar that needs a fret job, or has big dings in it.
To me "great" has a wider range. You can have a great guitar that needs a fret job, or has big dings in it.
I feel like I’ve purchased 4 used from GC. One was amazing, a Clapton strat, and could have been a keeper. Wasn’t into it. The others were dogs. I returned all 4 and made a mental note… never again. Oh well.
It does offer an option to save money and there is a return policy and you can play before you pay if you have it shipped to a store near you.
For here on out GC will refer to "Grifter Center".
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Definition of GRIFTER
to obtain (money or property) illicitly (as in a confidence game); to acquire money or property illicitly… See the full definition
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