Well I finally received a really nice Esquire from a Relic Builder. It's has the Don Mare sting Ray pickup which really sounds great.
It is one of the nicest sounding Telecasters I have had the chance to play.
The neck is a fine 21 Fret USACG neck with a rosewood fretboard.
What is upsetting to me is that when I opened up the case (it's the New Fender USA case with Airport Latches) I saw this




I am going to give the guy the benefit of the doubt and hope that he did not ship it knowing that it had a cracked headstock.
But.. it looks fishy to me because
1. The placement- How many times have you seen someone screw in the upper tuner and have the wood split? It's a common mistake when you didn't drill a big enough hole.
2. It looks like the crack is "Dirty" inside. Like that when he reliced it.. some of the black relic pixie dust went in there.
What do you guys think?
It is one of the nicest sounding Telecasters I have had the chance to play.
The neck is a fine 21 Fret USACG neck with a rosewood fretboard.
What is upsetting to me is that when I opened up the case (it's the New Fender USA case with Airport Latches) I saw this




I am going to give the guy the benefit of the doubt and hope that he did not ship it knowing that it had a cracked headstock.
But.. it looks fishy to me because
1. The placement- How many times have you seen someone screw in the upper tuner and have the wood split? It's a common mistake when you didn't drill a big enough hole.
2. It looks like the crack is "Dirty" inside. Like that when he reliced it.. some of the black relic pixie dust went in there.
What do you guys think?
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