Jared Purdy
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Greetings,
I went and checked out a 2013 R9 that I sold six years ago. Miraculously, the want ad that I posted in Kijiji was answered by the very person I sold it to. Turns out he hardly ever played it, and was willing to sell it back to me. He said it was in the same condition that I sold it to him in, which was mint. He has a humidity controlled studio, which is where it's been the entire time, apparently.
Upon first picking it up, and running my hand over the neck and the entire body, back and front, it had a noticeably uncomfortable, sticky feeling to it. It wasn't dusty. I don't recall it being like that when I bought it, or when I sold it. I did a Google search, and it seems that some Les Pauls (maybe other guitars too), over some periods had that affliction. The explanations for it were all over the map, from personal body chemistry, to geographical location (in which case you'd literally have to move!!), to an inherent problem with the specific mix of the nitro that was used at different periods.
Most of the comments that I read seem to indicate that this was an issue on the Traditional model (not my experience when I had one in 2012) and the Standard (can't verify that as I never had one). I don't recall seeing any user feed back regarding this being an issue on Custom Shop models, but I didn't do an exhaustive search.
What would cause this to happen? This guitar is now seven years old, and has seen minimal use in six of its' years. Cheers.
I went and checked out a 2013 R9 that I sold six years ago. Miraculously, the want ad that I posted in Kijiji was answered by the very person I sold it to. Turns out he hardly ever played it, and was willing to sell it back to me. He said it was in the same condition that I sold it to him in, which was mint. He has a humidity controlled studio, which is where it's been the entire time, apparently.
Upon first picking it up, and running my hand over the neck and the entire body, back and front, it had a noticeably uncomfortable, sticky feeling to it. It wasn't dusty. I don't recall it being like that when I bought it, or when I sold it. I did a Google search, and it seems that some Les Pauls (maybe other guitars too), over some periods had that affliction. The explanations for it were all over the map, from personal body chemistry, to geographical location (in which case you'd literally have to move!!), to an inherent problem with the specific mix of the nitro that was used at different periods.
Most of the comments that I read seem to indicate that this was an issue on the Traditional model (not my experience when I had one in 2012) and the Standard (can't verify that as I never had one). I don't recall seeing any user feed back regarding this being an issue on Custom Shop models, but I didn't do an exhaustive search.
What would cause this to happen? This guitar is now seven years old, and has seen minimal use in six of its' years. Cheers.
