Hi cuthbert and welcome to LTG: do you know whether yours is a factory second or not? Buy it retail or on-line? Good luck with yours; you never know, it might be just fine! J
capnjuan said:Hi cuthbert and welcome to LTG: do you know whether yours is a factory second or not? Buy it retail or on-line? Good luck with yours; you never know, it might be just fine! J
capnjuan said:Hi cuthbert and welcome to LTG: do you know whether yours is a factory second or not? Buy it retail or on-line? Good luck with yours; you never know, it might be just fine! J
Hi cuthbert; I can understand your being worried but you'll have to see what the deal is when it arrives. All we have so far is that a couple members have had bad experiences with similar models but that doesn't necessarily mean that every one of them is no good.cuthbert said:... I bought the guitar online, it's one of these printed "used", but no visible blem ... the print seems to be done BEFORE the nitro finish ... I assume they were the last guitars that left the factory ... I am pretty nervous, by the way I'm a foreigner therefore there isn't much I can do with Fender, I just hope that if there is the problem it can be solved with a reset of the neck... BTW I didn't understand EXACTLY what's the deal...high action on the upper register?capnjuan said:Hi cuthbert and welcome to LTG: do you know whether yours is a factory second or not? Buy it retail or on-line? Good luck with yours; you never know, it might be just fine! J
Jeff said:Fender responded to my inquiry today, perhaps there's light. They want me to take it to an authorized Guild facility & send it to Nashville. I have to say I like the sound of this,
Here's the text of their message:
"Hello Jeffrey,
Thanks for writing in. Our repair facility in Nashville, TN would be able to do that kind of work to your guitar. First, we would want to get you in touch with an authorized service center in your area. A full list can be found here: http://www.fender.com/support. Once the guitar is at the service center, have the techs contact our tech support department, and we will make arrangements for the guitar to come back to us. Once the guitar is received and evaluated, we will provide your service center with a price quote and time frame. No work will be done without your approval. Please remember that all shipping and handling charges are the responsibility of the consumer. I hope this will help you out.
Best Regards,
..........
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
Consumer Relations Department........"
[quote="Scratch
+1 Cuthbert. Reports on the non-blemish products have been good. This problem appears isolated to the blemish contemporary series from Tacoma that were released after Fender moved production to New Hartford. No telling how long these guitars sat there before Fender released them...
Jeff said:[Fender sent me back a brand new shiney CV-1C with a good neck, which I subsequently traded for an F-47R at my local Guild shop(already having a CV-2C).]
Fender offers me a similar deal, I'm gonna ask for a new F30.
West R Lee said:I've thought about this one quite a bit as I've noticed so many of these "used" stamps on the headstocks of these things lately.....CV2 just listed tonight.
If the graphite neck block thing was such a good idea, why didn't they build them all that way? D55, JF's....all of them? And why do they not build them now in Connecticut? To me, the only possible answer is that the design must have been a huge blunder and the reason we so so many of these seconds. No offense to any CV owners intended.....just an observation.
http://cgi.ebay.com/GUILD-CV-2C-USA-ac- ... 7C294%3A50
West
Jeff said:Hello Cuthbert, good to have you here.
Lowering the saddle did help quite a bit when I had it done a couple years ago, Fender referred me to Dan at American music, he shaved the saddle & cut custom slots in the bridge to maintain proper angle. Guitar played pretty good for a while. I'm sure I posted a thread back a ways.
Condition has since deterioriated, I decided against posting the story here till Scratch posted his problem.
My guy Brady knows his stuff, smart enough to beg off. Also like to keep things upbeat till I see what Fender says.
West R Lee said:And another:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GUILD-CV-1-CONTEMPO ... 7C294%3A50
And another:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GUILD-CV-2-FLAMED-M ... 7C294%3A50
At least this guy says he'll take 'em back if you don't like'm.
Heck, here's a whole page of 'em.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid ... w=Guild+CV
And you know Jeff, I couldn't agree more, "Thank the Lord for Westerly and Hoboken Guilds", but in all fairness, I'm not sure the problem was with Tacoma, I think it's the dreaded "Patented Neck Block System". I think there were some great guitars with the conventional neck block built there I'm sure.
West
Scratch said:West R Lee said:And another:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GUILD-CV-1-CONTEMPO ... 7C294%3A50
And another:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GUILD-CV-2-FLAMED-M ... 7C294%3A50
At least this guy says he'll take 'em back if you don't like'm.
Heck, here's a whole page of 'em.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid ... w=Guild+CV
And you know Jeff, I couldn't agree more, "Thank the Lord for Westerly and Hoboken Guilds", but in all fairness, I'm not sure the problem was with Tacoma, I think it's the dreaded "Patented Neck Block System". I think there were some great guitars with the conventional neck block built there I'm sure.
West
Yeh... What Westy said...
cuthbert said:Scratch said:West R Lee said:And another:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GUILD-CV-1-CONTEMPO ... 7C294%3A50
And another:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GUILD-CV-2-FLAMED-M ... 7C294%3A50
At least this guy says he'll take 'em back if you don't like'm.
Heck, here's a whole page of 'em.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid ... w=Guild+CV
And you know Jeff, I couldn't agree more, "Thank the Lord for Westerly and Hoboken Guilds", but in all fairness, I'm not sure the problem was with Tacoma, I think it's the dreaded "Patented Neck Block System". I think there were some great guitars with the conventional neck block built there I'm sure.
West
Yeh... What Westy said...
Yes, the patent pending neck block system in composite seems to be a serious issue, but I've also seen some "USED" guitars of the traditional line as well...
Anyway, leaving abroad I know the risks of purchasing guitars online, even if you can send them back, the taxes and shipping costs are paid. So far, I was lucky, but all my ebay instruments were electric guitars...anyway at this point I just have to wait and see.
cuthbert said:These news are pretty scary indeed.
I just bought a CV-2C, and I'm waiting for the delivery...alI can say is that if this thread was in the public area, I wouldn't have bought that guitar... :x