BMU wrote:
I like it.
I've done stupid s*t like this to one of my Prestiges. Same reason as I'd do it to that PRS: it looked boring. Except mine looks like it was attacked by a demented chainsaw murderer. (You it's only an Ibanez? I say that's only a PRS.)
There was 2% method to the madness: no sane customs agent will try to bill me thinking that guitar was bought new overseas.
i buy what you're saying to a certain extent. if what's happened there hasn't affected tone or playability, or (as is possible with the neck sanding) has done a little to improve it, then sure, it's your money, your guitar, your choice - go for it. but i just think it's a waste of money.
and i actually, physically cringed more than once. not because it's a prs. because someone forked out some serious dough for that thing (it may not be a top-end prs, but they don't exactly go cheap at the middle end, either), and then paid a professional who, by his own admission actually, physically cringed more than a little doing what he did to make that guitar look the way it did in the end - customer satisfaction or not.
if you're doing it to achieve a certain effect (like making it look like it's been attacked by a demented chainsaw murderer), and you're doing it yourself, hey, knock yourself out.
but this is a professional, phd-level waste, mostly because it achieves nothing in particular - it's not even a decent job. doesn't even look like it's been attacked by a demented chainsaw-wielding zombie.
dh
