warpedsoul
Well-Known Member
A few of you may have seen a thread asking about setting up a 24.75" scale Schecter Solo 6 in Drop A after I sold my 7 string Schecter C-7. Well, I got too concerned about how it would handle and started looking around for a 25.5". I really wanted a Jim Root Tele that was listed here, but wasn't able to get the funds 
. But I was able to sell a phone and my Epiphone Explorer to get a Schecter Blackjack ATX Avenger in Aged White. I've always liked the Avenger style, and the fact that it came with Blackouts and an Ebony fretboard, well I couldn't pass it up with the price I got it. Plus, I haven't seen many Avengers around from the ATX line, so that is kind of cool.
The guy I bought it from on ebay was a really good guy. Even took it to get it set up in Drop A for me at his local Guitar Center, and shipped it in a gig bag, which I didn't know about, so thats a plus. The only confusion was that I was going to be out of town this weekend, and had asked that he send it to my address in VA if it was going to be delivered on Friday or Saturday, or just wait a day or two so it will arrive at my current place in WV while I'm there, and he agreed. He shipped out on last Tuesday and was told that that it would arrive the following Monday. Great. Except when I checked the tracking on Sunday morning and was told it was delivered on Saturday. UH OH. I have NO ONE that could have gotten it out of the weather for me.
Well I get home about 1 am this morning, and there was a box at my door. I don't know if USPS did this but there was a bag over the box. Which is fine, in theory, but what happened is that water got in the bag in kept it there. I got the box out and water is all over the floor. Luckily, I don't think that water got to the gig bag. The way the guitar was wrapped water didn't get to the guitar even if it got to the bag. I was concerned to see he put tape on the actual finish of the guitar when he wrapped it in bubble wrap, but luckily it didn't take the finish off. I tuned the guitar last night, and tried checking all I could, but it was cold, and I knew I wouldn't get an accurate evaluation until it had adjusted.
Come home today, and it is still in tune. I checked the neck, and it is dead straight. Has a slight buzz on the high strings, but nothing major. Blackouts sound great, and all works as they should. There isn't a ding or scratch on it, so it is basically a brand new guitar. But this thing as a beefy neck, and I'm not sure about that. I guess I'll have to get used to it (unless someone wants to trade). I'm just glad that all worked out in the end . Disaster avoided.
But sorry for the long story. Here are the pics.
. But I was able to sell a phone and my Epiphone Explorer to get a Schecter Blackjack ATX Avenger in Aged White. I've always liked the Avenger style, and the fact that it came with Blackouts and an Ebony fretboard, well I couldn't pass it up with the price I got it. Plus, I haven't seen many Avengers around from the ATX line, so that is kind of cool.The guy I bought it from on ebay was a really good guy. Even took it to get it set up in Drop A for me at his local Guitar Center, and shipped it in a gig bag, which I didn't know about, so thats a plus. The only confusion was that I was going to be out of town this weekend, and had asked that he send it to my address in VA if it was going to be delivered on Friday or Saturday, or just wait a day or two so it will arrive at my current place in WV while I'm there, and he agreed. He shipped out on last Tuesday and was told that that it would arrive the following Monday. Great. Except when I checked the tracking on Sunday morning and was told it was delivered on Saturday. UH OH. I have NO ONE that could have gotten it out of the weather for me.
Well I get home about 1 am this morning, and there was a box at my door. I don't know if USPS did this but there was a bag over the box. Which is fine, in theory, but what happened is that water got in the bag in kept it there. I got the box out and water is all over the floor. Luckily, I don't think that water got to the gig bag. The way the guitar was wrapped water didn't get to the guitar even if it got to the bag. I was concerned to see he put tape on the actual finish of the guitar when he wrapped it in bubble wrap, but luckily it didn't take the finish off. I tuned the guitar last night, and tried checking all I could, but it was cold, and I knew I wouldn't get an accurate evaluation until it had adjusted.
Come home today, and it is still in tune. I checked the neck, and it is dead straight. Has a slight buzz on the high strings, but nothing major. Blackouts sound great, and all works as they should. There isn't a ding or scratch on it, so it is basically a brand new guitar. But this thing as a beefy neck, and I'm not sure about that. I guess I'll have to get used to it (unless someone wants to trade
). I'm just glad that all worked out in the end . Disaster avoided.But sorry for the long story. Here are the pics.
