Prepare yourself for massive jealousy...

[Bob123]

First thing. Im a MASSIVE MASSIVE MASSIVE MASSIVE EVH FAN! HUGE.

TL/DR at the bottom! Good story for guitar buying though

So... I had a long week of working, I got home early today, took a nap. Wife woke me up and told me to get out of the house and get some fresh air...

... so I needed picks, so I was like "lets go to guitar center".


I pull up in the parking lot, and this guy is pulling this awesome looking EVH striped hardshell case out of his janky car. I thought "thats AWESOME!". Anyway, I walk inside with this guy, he goes straight to the counter. I walk to the used guitar section and there was this sweet bowling ball strat (rare, exciting!) and I was lookin it over. I notice this guy pull out this music man axis looking guitar (I LOVE axis guitars, I've owned a few of them). I put the strat down and go look at it... its a freakin EBMM EVH MODEL in red quilt!!!

I hear them talking about selling it... and I hear the manager tell him the price he will buy and sell it for... I started SHAKING AND GRINNING.

So... the SECOND this guy leaves I buy it. Its on two week police hold. I will let the pictures do the rest of the story!!! PREPARE TO GET JEALOUS.


The front
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/941/20130402172656.jpg

The headstock
http://imageshack.us/a/img268/782/20130402172711.jpg

The Back
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2086/20130402172729.jpg



Brace yourselves when you open this one....

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3371/20130402173039.jpg

 

[DrKev]

You b****rd!

 

[Stevie]

the gods were looking down on you that day!

 

[dave1812]

That Manager obviously had no Idea, what he was lookin at! I feel kinda sorry for the dude who sold it, but you're one lucky b****rd

 

[Origin]

Oh, wow. What a steal..puts every deal I've ever gotten to shame. That, and your timing couldn't have been better haha. Congrats! Definitely one of the nicest EVHs I've ever seen.

 

[Johnny Alien]

There has got to be something up right? Why would someone sell a guitar like that for that low of money to Guitar Center unless they had no idea what it was worth either. Great deal but something just seems wrong.

 

[ozzyrules]

And I thought I got a great deal on mine. Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tollywood]

Good timing...but if g.c. sold it for $400, what'd they pay the seller? $250? Poor guy.

 

[SteelCity]

Why would someone sell a guitar like that for that low of money to Guitar Center unless they had no idea what it was worth either.

In the internet age I tend to agree, but I've seen desperate people do very stupid things. I'm more in shock that GC let it go for a song and a dance.

And for the record I'm jealous. Very.

 

[lessthanone]

wow, thats freaking crazy!

 

[Johnny Alien]

That's really what I find odd about this. Usually Guitar Center will check ebay or at least other used guitars in their system and they have a few of these at regular value to compare to. On top of that the seller would have to let this go for about $250 and you would think they would know a EVH signature of that quality would be worth more than a Squier. The seller could not possibly have known anything about the guitar or any guitars in general really. Massive score though.

 

[guitardan]

I'm guessing the guy ripped it off from someone and didn't care what he got for it....
But, glad to hear you got a killer deal on it.....

 

[Metropolis777]

That just doesn't make any sense that GC would sell it at that price. If anything, they usually overvalue their used stuff. Hell, I've sold them guitars for more than I paid for them because they overvalue stuff so much.

 

[Johnny Alien]

What doesn't add up is that the guitar had a striped up case, a 5150 sticker under the bridge and the big metal loops for strap locks. Obviously the owner was a huge EVH fan who modded the guitar to be just like Eddie's. Someone like that you think would be hip to the values of guitars like that. I am not trying to rain on a parade BTW I think it's great that deals can be had out there and am quite jealous.

 

[Jack FFR1846]

I've noticed that if you pretty much buy a guitar within minutes of it coming in the door, many music stores will let them go for under market. I bought a tele from a hole-in-the-wall music shop for less than craigslist prices years ago and have another guitar on police hold at a guitar center right now. Best one was a guy pulling a guitar out of the trunk of his car to trade it in and I offered to help move the crap around in his car to get it out. I commented on how nice it was, he threw me a price and I bought it right there.

 

[Astrofreq]

How is that even possible? Oh yeah.....miracle all the way.

 

[Benji Peterson]

Have CS run that serial number to see if the story gets even better!

 

[Dr.Strangenote]

nice score! too good to be true?!

 

[joe web]

great story and nice guitar!
and the price for it is awesome!!!!

btw. if you ever want to sell it, i´ll take it for 500.-

 

[DevRock]

Holy ****.....