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Indeed my Santana retro was several hundred dollars cheaper than your averate retro 10 top typically is. I realized I forgot to mention that they listed it as the wrong type of Santana.... a Santana II. Which, honestly, probably should be more expensive given that it has a brazilian rosewood fretboard, but can go for cheaper.

Giveaways are the year, no S2 in the serial, using Kluson style tuners: https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/PRS/Used-2009-PRS-S2-Starla-VINTAGE-MAHOGANY-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar-122337338.gc The pickups will be USA made rather than their import pickups (G&B?). It's somewhat underpriced but having just bought a '74 LPC Custom and a Santana 10 Top I'm not feeling like picking this up. I personally feel like Bigsby's need a Vibramate and a Reverend Spring to improve the sound, feel, and extent the travel a bit further to get the best out of them. I believe the carve might be slightly different but I hardly study those details and it's hard to make it out from low quality pics online.

I've soured a bit on Lovepedal. It's really hard to get support on your pedal from him if it doesn't work. I would know. The other thing is he at least once shut down his business due to personal issues and went completely dark for a long period of time. People who had stuff with him for repair were basically SOL. IDK if he found a way to make it up to them offer. Basically, I'm saying if you buy something from him treat it as being without any kind of warranty or support. It's less a complaint about the quality of the product. Also, I've had something like 7 different zendrives before that shut down. One sounds exactly like an original, and the rest all sound different. It's confusing AF but I kept the one that basically looks and sounds identical. I also still have an OD11 which is basically a Tim with one wrong value according to a dude on TDPRI who analyzes such things. 11gauge I think.

MONO offers a Limited Lifetime Warranty covering their guitar cases against defects in materials and manufacturing for the practical lifespan of the product. However, it does not cover standard wear and tear, cosmetic issues, or airline baggage damage Both companies consider zippers to me war and tear. I'm not really trying to defend either company, as I have stuff from both and love the Mono gig bag that came with my Harmony comet. It's just that I see it for what it is.

@Dave ScepterUnfortunately you can find people complaining about zippers on the Mono's that now cost $300 also. I would say, zippers are often repairable.

One of these sold on Reverb for like $500 a few weeks ago. Plus taxes and shipping, but I know these are high quality for something going so cheap.

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid I got an Anderson at a Pawn Shop so I was definitely planning on buying a high quality gig bag. I'm tempted to buy two. I'd slightly prefer black.

Sold this guitar, a Revv Generator 120, and a player grade Anderson all within 3 days. Still got a Valkenburg DH from that guy I'd like to sell. Nothing wrong with Valkenburg, but I have a lot of SSS strats.

@The_Cali_Kid and he sold it back to me along with two other guitars and an amp. His Corvette engine block cracked. He decided to get a new Corvette. I've now guitar a few guitars and amp to sell.

I bought a mint Anderson from their Federal location about two weeks ago. It's stupidly good.

Sold it back to the person who sold it to me. Made some cash on it but nothing to brag about. I'd bet money that he'll sell it again at some point but he hates shipping, reverb, etc. I will say that it's a good guitar. I personally prefer more modern specs to vintage specs.

Reverb just took down my listing. LOL. I guess I'll have to relist without headstock pics.

Relisted without headstock photos: https://reverb.com/item/96828066-gvcg-s-style-2026-olympic-white I've been lazy and I'm using the pics from when it sold to the person I bought it from last month. I mention trades, but I much much prefer selling and just offer it if anyone has been dying to pick these up for years but doesn't have the spare cash. I've bought a Baker B3 Wood, this, an Anderson, a Valkenburg dh, and a PRS Custom 22 in the last few weeks. I'll likely list all and aim to sell two and keep whatever people don't pick up. This '65 Olympic White S model marks the return of Greenwich Village Custom Guitars. Jonathan Wilson spent the last decade producing records for Father John Misty and Jackson Browne or touring as lead guitarist for Roger Waters. This is the first new GVCG S model he has offered in ten years. The build starts with a lightweight Alder body that brings the total weight to 7 lbs 6 oz. It is finished in 100% nitrocellulose lacquer with light aging and subtle checking throughout. The neck is a gorgeous dark Rosewood on Maple with a vintage C profile, 7.25” radius, and vintage spec frets. Inside, the guitar features a set of 2006 Abigail Ybarra hand-wound pickups. The electronics include a vintage tone cap, CTS pots, and a CRL 5-way switch. It comes equipped with a vintage style tremolo and ships in an Orange Lined Reissue case.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1694531378223789/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks I don't play bass, I'm too busy with work and family stuff to pick that up. Thought I'd see if anyone else is interested.

Just arrived. I played it last night through an ASM-12 I got used as part of a package deal. It's not as good as something like a first generation Helix, but at roughly $115 when that rebate kicks in it's impressive for the price.

Thanks. Bought it. I took advantage of a capital one offer that's supposed to give you an additional $50 rebate at some point. I don't even know how that works but if it does that's awesom.e Googled how that offer works. Supposedly I get a gift card, not rewards, and it's 60-90 days after I make the purchase. It doesn't really say what kind of gift card. It'll probably show up in 3 months and I'll be wondering WTF it was from.

Yes, only the red one is being discontinued and blown out. I think Sweetwater was getting rid of these 4-5 months ago.

I think I mentioned that PAS was blowing out J Rockett pedals but this one wasn't included earlier. One thing it's taught me is that the diodes may sound somewhat different but not enough for me to buy into the magic diodes in the original Klons. Also, one of the diode options is the same as the Jeff Archer that now costs a small fortune so if you wanted a Jeff and couldn't afford one, this might be the one to get. I already got Sweetwater to match the Rockway Archer price and got that one. But I love EQ so it's not really surprising that it's my favorite take on the Klon/KTR. Fun fact, Rockett originally build the KTR. They had a business disagreement that didn't go well and they've made an absurd # of takes on the circuit since then. Having played an Archer next to a real Klon it was very close.

Can you tell me more about this?

So the people who say you shouldn't get charged tariffs if you reimport USA made goods are technically correct. But I've absolutely heard of people getting charged (maybe the paperwork wasn't in order) and then having to go throught the effort to get their money back.

I'm slightly confused by the ask/comment. You can get to a point where it has very little gain easily. In that case it would work much like an EQ. But it's slightly less transparent. I've heard some reviews that this is noisy, but I find it's less noisy than the average EQ pedal with my strat.

I bought the Rockway Archer. My personal take is it's the best Archer out there, but I love the versatility adding good EQ options to pedals give so most of my favorite pedals have at least 3 band EQ. If you set it flat it's basically a stock Klon KTR (Rockett helped design and build the KTR but had a disagreement with Bill). As someone who has a Tumnus Deluxe, a Sericon, and who has actually tried a real Klon, this is the best yet for my tastes. This is the PAS link in case you want to call Sweetwater to match: https://www.proaudiostar.com/j-rockett-audio-designs-rockaway-archer.html

There used to be deals. But I had one that arrived broken and couldn't get support from him. That was the end of me buying from him.

@Disturber My experience in that shop has been kind of off putting. They aren't entirely honest and don't do their best work. If it was just one event, I'd probably have let it go by now. The fact that I look this guitar up from time to time is mostly to chuckle at how stubborn they are. I only stop by when I'm in the area which is about once or twice a year these days. Webster Groves is home to the best book store for 100s of miles The Novel Neighbor and a niche folk music store that's the best of it's type until you get to Chicago or Nashville (if you're driving North and South respectively). That folk music store is called Music Folk and is probably 100m or so (300 ft?) down the same road. In fact, I love that area and many of the small businesses it supports, which makes it more ironic to me that I have a moderate level of dislike for this particular place. But that's what happens when their tech screws up a basic setup on your guitar, doesn't make it right, asks you if you can afford an expensive guitar, and you catch a few other retail employees in small lies that make you feel the business is untrustworthy. It's never worth lying just to make a few bucks.

Well now we're into 2026 and it's still there. I'm guess it's been 8.5 years since I first saw this guitar. It's one of the nicer tops I've seen on a Hamer.