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McFly, they were black only MIM Esquires at $ 493 shipped, with a gig bag.
They had surface scratches, so they said.
The savings is not that dramatic, and I have 1, so I stayed put. M A P is $ 669 I think, so perhaps the wise thing is to keep prowling the shops, try the guitar in person and make sure its a light and lively one, and try to get down off the $669 to the extent you can. These MIM Classic 50's Esquires have superb resale value, so buying used is difficult and getting big discounts is real hard. Maybe better to concentrate on getting the nicest playing, lightest, prettiest one and paying near going retail for a new one.
Kudos to Jellecaster. Tell us what you think once she comes in.
Oh, yeah you can retrofit from Ping to Gotoh "kluson", but the ping bore is bigger but not actually 10mm, so you need to ream to 10mm, and install conversion bushings to install the Gotoh "kluson" for optimal performance.
I respectfully disagree with those who find that MIM Fenders are acoustically challenged. I have a lot of both MIA and MIM, yeah I try for the pick of the litter but I also want the best price, and individual guitar may vary but MIA and MIM are all roughly equivalent, acoustically.
Terry McInturff wrote a cool post over at TDP which, in a nutshell, says that acoustically challenged guitars are hemmed in, limited what height and distance they can reach. A guitar that is better acoustically is less fenced in.
Hey, that "resonates" with me.
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