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It was listed along side 2 others that have the expected inlays. Apparently this one is the only one left in that color now. I ordered one of the others :-)

I was looking at St. Vincent in Tobacco Burst at Sweetwater and I noticed something odd.

One of them has different fretboard inlays (standard dots).

See here:

Ernie Ball Music Man St....

Awesome! GearFest kicks butt.

I am having trouble finding bass strings that have the proper length, too. There needs to be a taper that is after the nut but before the tuners. Even "short-scale" bass strings I have found so far...

I purchased the #2628 string set for my Ibanez RG9. The strings are not long enough. Apparently the strings must be made for a ~26" 9-string (of which I have never seen).

Is there a suggestion for...

I use a Line 6 Helix in 4-cable mode. I use it primarily for effects and as a MIDI interface to switch the settings in my Mesa Boogie JP2C amp. I have had some issues with tone loss and such, but...

Nice. That would have been my color choice had I not opted to go with the Artisan.

My last NGD (at least for a while)...

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Stunning as expected, albeit slightly more pedestrian than my previous two one-off and/or extremely rare finds :-)

Can't wait to play it!

So much awesome.

I'm not sure what it is, but I really love the St V design. Not really my cup of tea from a playing point of view (the neck is huge for me), but damn is it sexy.

Here are a couple more:

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A little better lighting, but not the best.

Had a little bit of time to play it when I got home.

Wow.

I was expecting there to be some signs of handling, it having been on display. There really isn't, though. It is easily the nicest...

Yes, instead of the laser-etched maple, it has a koa insert.

I would think they would have to redesign the tooling to make it any different.

-Randy

Super awesome.

Here it is!

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I don't have great lighting right now, so it is a bit dark.

This is the one-off from the NAMM show that was listed in the blog.

The color is officially listed as "Island...

I wonder if there is anything internal that someone in-store could look up. Might not hurt to contact your local store and see if they can find anything out.

No... I think I'll have the 6 first. The 7 is actually a replacement, so I have to wait for the shipping back and forth. Hopefully have them both by the end of next week! :-)

After playing it a while, I can say that I love it.

Through a guitar amp, it sounds and feels like the bottom end of a 9-string guitar. It is especially nice through my Mesa Boogie JP2C with the...

Very nice.

I like the top. It is beautiful.

Do you mean it is obviously used? Or did they maybe open it to inspect it?

I've never bought a big-ticket instrument at Musician's friend. Only Sweetwater and Guitar Center.

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Yes, I contacted them directly. I caught it right before they had it up and advertised. Since they are only a single location, I lucked out. I imagine it is going to be difficult to track down the GC...

I was able to snag the Koa Majesty!

I am super excited.

-Randy

He even nailed Trump's untruthfulness, as my name has everything to do with the crackers :-)

Yep, we're all good.

As strange luck would have it, I am ending up with one more guitar than I originally planned on buying. Exchanging this one with the dealer for a 7-string, as that is all they...

Nice.

BTW, I am aware that I am posting this in the guitar forum even though it is a "bass."

I really consider it a sub-baritone guitar, though. EB Lists it on their guitar page too :-)

-Randy