Accuracy,you say? hmm interesting concept..
Epiphone........ Caution!!.
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# 1
Scanning thru that list and seeing the listed faults, technically these are not 2nds, these are defects that should be sent back to the factory, maybe they have been and someone is running some kind of scam. 2nds normally are only cosmetic, a real 2nd is so good you can't tell whats wrong with it, and a real 2nd is usally stamped on the back of the headstock, into the wood.
# 2
From what I've seen of 2nds on US ebay and such,you're dead right..it's just that few if any of my aquaintances,or even an ex Reviews Editor of Guitarist (apparently) have ever *seen* an Epi marked as a second which was issued as a UK guitar,whether by label or as you said,seems R****** the UK importer,could be cutting a deal with factories just to label/tag them,allegedly...we won't really get to know ...
For my ha'penny the scratch/dents guitars should have been given to large dealers as volume "loss leaders",etc and the warped neck ones should have been stripped and the necks burned or hung up as "how not to" in the factory that made them.
The fact that a large UK ebay Gib/Epi "dealer" suddenly has new stocks,2 days after this was printed... is surely coincidental(Hah!).
Seems funny also that Fender don't seem to offer seconds ...not lately..
For my ha'penny the scratch/dents guitars should have been given to large dealers as volume "loss leaders",etc and the warped neck ones should have been stripped and the necks burned or hung up as "how not to" in the factory that made them.
The fact that a large UK ebay Gib/Epi "dealer" suddenly has new stocks,2 days after this was printed... is surely coincidental(Hah!).
Seems funny also that Fender don't seem to offer seconds ...not lately..
Accuracy,you say? hmm interesting concept..
# 3
All those references to twisted necks puts me in mind of a suitable fate for whoever lets these abominations out of the factory! :mad:
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