mellowgerman
Senior Member
Hi all you solid/chambered enthusiasts!
I'm glad to say that I just joined the club by picking up my very own 1997 S-100 at a local pawn shop
Normally I wouldn't even have gone near it but this time the curiously low price tag caught my eye.
I'm guessing it was due to a couple quirks that it does have:
1. dings and finish chips here and there
2. the bridge pickup has been switched out (also a seymour duncan humbucker though; sounds excellent)
3. tiny bit of hardly noticable loose binding on the treble side of the fretboard between the nut and the first fret
4. some damage by the input jack from being bumped while plugged in I presume. there is a tiny bit of wood cracking but it is solid and seems to have been fixed. this leaves just two finish cracks that are both less than an inch in size.
Neck pickup, all the wiring, and all the hardware appears to be original and in excellent shape. Very little fret wear.
The main seller for me though, was the way it feels and sounds. Absolute heaven. The most comfortable guitar I have ever played! Can't get enough of this neck.
Long story short, I walked out of the store with this guitar and $650 less on my debit account.
All things considered though (including the non-original, but very nice hardshell case that came with it), I'd say this one was a steal :mrgreen:
I'm glad to say that I just joined the club by picking up my very own 1997 S-100 at a local pawn shop
Normally I wouldn't even have gone near it but this time the curiously low price tag caught my eye.
I'm guessing it was due to a couple quirks that it does have:
1. dings and finish chips here and there
2. the bridge pickup has been switched out (also a seymour duncan humbucker though; sounds excellent)
3. tiny bit of hardly noticable loose binding on the treble side of the fretboard between the nut and the first fret
4. some damage by the input jack from being bumped while plugged in I presume. there is a tiny bit of wood cracking but it is solid and seems to have been fixed. this leaves just two finish cracks that are both less than an inch in size.
Neck pickup, all the wiring, and all the hardware appears to be original and in excellent shape. Very little fret wear.
The main seller for me though, was the way it feels and sounds. Absolute heaven. The most comfortable guitar I have ever played! Can't get enough of this neck.
Long story short, I walked out of the store with this guitar and $650 less on my debit account.
All things considered though (including the non-original, but very nice hardshell case that came with it), I'd say this one was a steal :mrgreen:
