DeanoMagic
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G’day everyone.
I am sorry that my first post is a problem. I will remain factual. Please do the same. The seller has been OK, but something is just not sitting right with me, so I am just wanting to confirm or deny some facts, not bash the seller.
I live in Brisbane Queensland AU and recently bought an Epiphone Explorer from the USA on ebay. It arrived with several undisclosed defects and I am also trying to verify some claims made in the add and after I received it. I’ll number them for convenience.
Sorry that is so much. Please help with 1, 2 and 3 as you can and thanks in advance for that. I have written to Epiphone, but have not heard back. I understand that they would not want to. That’s cool. Just mentioning it to save you from suggesting I write to them.
Cheers,
Dean
I am sorry that my first post is a problem. I will remain factual. Please do the same. The seller has been OK, but something is just not sitting right with me, so I am just wanting to confirm or deny some facts, not bash the seller.
I live in Brisbane Queensland AU and recently bought an Epiphone Explorer from the USA on ebay. It arrived with several undisclosed defects and I am also trying to verify some claims made in the add and after I received it. I’ll number them for convenience.
- The seller claims that it has been to a refurbisher because the stamp on the head stock says “Two Thousand and Fifteen” in words and “2016” in numbers and that this is the only flaw. Otherwise it is “mint, as new condition”. I have now seen two reviews on line where the guitars have the same thing. I now think that this is the case with all of them and that this is not a real reason to send the guitar to a refurbisher. Can anyone tell me something about this?
- There is quite a deep ding in the back of the head stock between the high E tuner and the end of it. I asked the seller if this is a ding. He said no, it’s a stamp to say that it has been to a refurbisher. I can tell you now I have it that this is a ding, an excavation is what it looks like. It is thumb nail sized and one quarter to one third the width of the wood deep. Can anyone tell me if this means it’s been to a refurbisher or not?
- There is a new serial number on the headstock. I am told that this is a normal part of refurbishment and that it covers the original serial number. I can’t see an original serial number there on other examples in reviews on line. It sits between the apparently dodgy date stamp and the most unfortunate dingage on the rear of the head.
Sorry that is so much. Please help with 1, 2 and 3 as you can and thanks in advance for that. I have written to Epiphone, but have not heard back. I understand that they would not want to. That’s cool. Just mentioning it to save you from suggesting I write to them.
Cheers,
Dean