And a Merry Christmas to me, too.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:36 am

Seriously, I want a good excuse to return this. My wife bought it for me for Christmas. Bridge PU doesn't work. And one thing baffles me, bridge is all the way down, as low as it can go. Neck seems straight. Intonation is good. Just never seen a bridge that low. Something's weird. Doesn't appear to have had a neck reset. I have three days to do a refund. It's a '65.

kiramdear · Post by **kiramdear** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:46 am

If you feel that it has issues beyond your willingness to deal with, by all means return it. That bridge would have me nervous, too. It's a beauty, but like so many of the old timers may need some work if it is to remain a good player. Welcome to Vintageland!

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:12 am

Well, now I have a '65 (360), '66 (360/12) and '67 (4005). I am blessed.

8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:20 am

Congrats on the Christmas gift

... hope the deal works out to your satisfaction.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:50 am

In light of my car accident and my father's stroke, guitars seems like a rather trivial pursuit at this point.

JakeK · Post by **JakeK** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:09 am

Try posting it in Paul W's corner of the forum. I'd go to him for more advice on how to deal with this.

All the same, it's a looker, Jerry! I am sorry to hear about your recent adversities, too. It will all work itself out in the end. How bad was the car wreck?

8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:13 am

shamustwin wrote:In light of my car accident and my father's stroke, guitars seems like a rather trivial pursuit at this point.

Oh, wow, Jerry. Sorry to hear about the car accident and your Dad's health.
All the best wishes for a full recovery for both of you.

Ivan3000 · Post by **Ivan3000** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:23 pm

Sorry to hear about that, Jerry.

That has some van ghents on it...Nice!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:28 pm

8mileshigher wrote:
shamustwin wrote:In light of my car accident and my father's stroke, guitars seems like a rather trivial pursuit at this point.
Oh, wow, Jerry. Sorry to hear about the car accident and your Dad's health.
All the best wishes for a full recovery for both of you.

Same here. Best wishes to you and your father. Congrats on the guitar anyway. I hope you'll enjoy it.

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