First published at 13:32 UTC on May 15th, 2020.
Sadly, this gorgeous Casino Coupé, is a lemon guitar!
I was wondering WHY it had a compensated nut in the 1st place, and even after a set up and restring could still not get it fully intonated!
Turns out some1 @ Epiphone in Corona Country, must ha…
MORE
Sadly, this gorgeous Casino Coupé, is a lemon guitar!
I was wondering WHY it had a compensated nut in the 1st place, and even after a set up and restring could still not get it fully intonated!
Turns out some1 @ Epiphone in Corona Country, must have reset 1 of the routing machines and several fret boards were slotted incorrectly! INSTEAD of discarding the inaccurately cut slots, they were used anyway! (Near enough, good enough! NOT!)
Once the frets were in, it was TOO late! Sadly, the guitar PASSED QC!
Shame, because the rest of it is beautiful! BUT, Neal, my luthier told me to flip it. And not to waste money fixing it! It still plays ok, and is fine if played on its own! It is still good enough for a beginner or home player!
So I will take a hit on it and sell it for $200 less than I paid!
In all my years of buying & selling guitars and basses, (many that were cheapies!) I never had 1 that was fretted incorrectly! On a few $100 guitar, I could understand it, even though it is still unacceptable!
But for a $1200 guitar, this is TOTALLY unacceptable!
I will contact the AU distributor and let them know that there are some models out there with inaccurate fret placement!
Video ©2020 DMS Productions!
This video is not intended for minors under COPPA guidelines!
LESS