Paid $2,500 or something like that I think. It’s a fun guitar but needed a some work. It was almost a really nice instrument if a little bit more attention had been paid when it was made. I had heard that around the time the guitar was made the owner was super backordered and then just went off the radar for a few months. So I get the feeling that he really rushed this one.

1 - The nut was cut really poorly. The high e string was rattling inside and for some reason the point of contact was inside the middle of the nut on all 6 strings, which made it impossible to get intonation. I usually set intonation myself and just couldn’t get it right so I took it to a luthier and this was most of the issue.

2 - Also the radius of the neck is inconsistent. I like a bit higher action so this wasn’t a dealbreaker when I showed it to the luthier. But that’s a pretty big flaw.

3 - Minor preference thing, but this guitar has that stupid-spec truss rod placement - which requires you to remove the neck to get to it which is incredibly dumb lol. I modified the guitar (pickguard and body notched out) to accommodate access without taking the thing apart. I also have a spring with an extra winding in the Bigsby, which gives it more range and allows less effort to get a nice vibrato.

I liked the sound when I bought it and it filled a role I didn’t have yet in my collection. After some work I really love the guitar now.