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Topic: Question about a quirk of my PSG before selling it |
Ed Kornegay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2020 6:24 am |
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OK, it may be more than a quirk. This Carter Starter is twisted. The end plates don't line up, they are rotated. It spirals. It is bad enough that all four legs won't touch the floor, unless one of the adjustments is all the way in and the other is all the way out.
I have had it for a few years, but just started in earnest again. I'm a novice, but I just graduated to a new GFI (from Billy Cooper). After 3 weeks, I know how a good PSG should feel.
The only way I discovered it was the leg adjustment, and it still wasn't obvious what was going on. The cabinet is fine, no separation, cracks or delamination. You have to get at one end and sight along the strings to see it directly.
I went back to the Starter with the few skills I have learned on the GFI, and it plays fine. It stays in tune. You can't notice anything amiss. That makes sense to me, because there is no fretboard and no vertical string movement. As the bar slides along the strings it will rotate slightly, but if the nut-changer distances are right it should tune up. That's my guess, and it seems to be true.
I was planning on $400 for the PSG, steel and pedal. That's what I paid a few years ago, and didn't catch this "quirk" until I set it up a second time. I'll make it clear to any potential buyers. I may even let it go and let the buyer try it and decide if it's something to keep. I can get the money then. But is it even sale-worthy? How do I evaluate that? Is it firewood? A parts donor?
Thanks
Ed K |
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Larry Jamieson
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Walton, NY USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2020 7:31 am
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| If it plays OK and stays in tune, it is a good starter guitar for somebody on a budget and worth your selling price. You are and honest seller to make the buyer aware of the hitch before the sale. |
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Dennis Montgomery
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Western Washington
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Jimmie Hudson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2020 2:09 pm Re: Question about a quirk of my PSG before selling it
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| Ed Kornegay wrote: |
OK, it may be more than a quirk. This Carter Starter is twisted. The end plates don't line up, they are rotated. It spirals. It is bad enough that all four legs won't touch the floor, unless one of the adjustments is all the way in and the other is all the way out.
I have had it for a few years, but just started in earnest again. I'm a novice, but I just graduated to a new GFI (from Billy Cooper). After 3 weeks, I know how a good PSG should feel.
The only way I discovered it was the leg adjustment, and it still wasn't obvious what was going on. The cabinet is fine, no separation, cracks or delamination. You have to get at one end and sight along the strings to see it directly.
I went back to the Starter with the few skills I have learned on the GFI, and it plays fine. It stays in tune. You can't notice anything amiss. That makes sense to me, because there is no fretboard and no vertical string movement. As the bar slides along the strings it will rotate slightly, but if the nut-changer distances are right it should tune up. That's my guess, and it seems to be true.
I was planning on $400 for the PSG, steel and pedal. That's what I paid a few years ago, and didn't catch this "quirk" until I set it up a second time. I'll make it clear to any potential buyers. I may even let it go and let the buyer try it and decide if it's something to keep. I can get the money then. But is it even sale-worthy? How do I evaluate that? Is it firewood? A parts donor?
Thanks
Ed K |
I will give you $400.00 for the carter starter. No questions as is. |
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Ed Kornegay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2020 5:41 pm
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Sold to Jimmie Hudson for salvage.
There is no telling how long this instrument will stay playable. My buyer would get a PSG and then be frustrated not only because it is diabolically difficult, but also because it just doesn't work right, which would make it impossible to learn. What a drag.
Thanks for the input.
Ed |
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