SG John
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Monday night my father passed away from a mix of Alzheimer's/Dementia, a weird form of blood cancer, and kidney failure.
While I was dealing with stuff in emails, I thought I would finally buy a Variac. I have needed one for quite a while as my household current is usually between 126 VAC and 135 VAC. Right now, it's 135. I really want to keep all my amps running at 110 VAC like they were designed to operate at. It was also a 20 amp version, with two outputs. I figured it would be a good multi-use unit for my workshop.
After that, I guess I had a beer too many, and bought myself a new SG Special in "Vintage Sparkling Burgundy" finish.
The SG was shipped to my parents house, and the Variac to mine. I didn't want the wife to see the SG. I'm too broke to be buying stuff right now.
Anyway, the styrofoam inside the Variac box was destroyed. As well as the Variac. The intenals had bounced around enough to damage the value plate under the indicator knob, as well as the knob. I don't dare plug it in.
Then when I got home with the SG tonight, I noticed two sets of deep scratches in the neck.
So, claims out with both parties involved. Wanted the Variac as a practical X-mess gift to myself. The SG, more of wanting something of a remembrance to my father. Also, saw one of these in person in London back in September, and fell in love with the finish. Have wanted one ever since. Because it's a limited run, I thought it might be a good investment purchase. So much for Gibson's improved quality control. This left the factory like this. I may see if they'll credit me some cash, and sell it to me as a "Blemish Model", and then try to polish out the scratches. I'll wait until they contact me.
While I was dealing with stuff in emails, I thought I would finally buy a Variac. I have needed one for quite a while as my household current is usually between 126 VAC and 135 VAC. Right now, it's 135. I really want to keep all my amps running at 110 VAC like they were designed to operate at. It was also a 20 amp version, with two outputs. I figured it would be a good multi-use unit for my workshop.
After that, I guess I had a beer too many, and bought myself a new SG Special in "Vintage Sparkling Burgundy" finish.
The SG was shipped to my parents house, and the Variac to mine. I didn't want the wife to see the SG. I'm too broke to be buying stuff right now.
Anyway, the styrofoam inside the Variac box was destroyed. As well as the Variac. The intenals had bounced around enough to damage the value plate under the indicator knob, as well as the knob. I don't dare plug it in.
Then when I got home with the SG tonight, I noticed two sets of deep scratches in the neck.
So, claims out with both parties involved. Wanted the Variac as a practical X-mess gift to myself. The SG, more of wanting something of a remembrance to my father. Also, saw one of these in person in London back in September, and fell in love with the finish. Have wanted one ever since. Because it's a limited run, I thought it might be a good investment purchase. So much for Gibson's improved quality control. This left the factory like this. I may see if they'll credit me some cash, and sell it to me as a "Blemish Model", and then try to polish out the scratches. I'll wait until they contact me.
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