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That is fantastic! What a great experience it must have been. Bummer about Springsteen -- maybe your grandson will play for him one day.

I don't think you need to be concerned about them refunding your money.

Elliots keep the guitar noticeably more in-tune versus other capos? I suppose I have what you'd call a "decent" capo -- not an Elliot -- and although it doesn't throw the guitar out-of-whack I suppose it could be better. That's a lot of money though. Maybe I'll try to borrow one and take a...

More and more familiar names keep joining -- it's great to see!

Given its value factor, would you have returned the guitar if it had been in mint condition?

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That's the worst feeling! Being excited about a new guitar only to find that it's not as new as you'd expected. Sorry to hear about the hassle. CME is known for their customer support so I'm sure this will end happily, even if not as quickly as you'd hoped. I know that they typically inspect their g...

This is the first I've heard of t-bars getting the axe. Maybe the demand wasn't there. I actually preferred the sound of that model, and it's the one I bought, but I understand how it might scare some people to be without a truss rod.

Congrats! I agree, it's one of the prettiest. I had the same model, same color, and it was a tremendous guitar. Enjoy!

Indeed, I tried hard to push the old forum back into existence because there's a wealth of info there, but after many months of waiting for a sign of resurrection the old place just didn't seem like an option any longer. A lot of assistance was offered, including full funding and technical backend f...