Dude,
This post has no significant meaning. Most of it is me ranting and whining about coming back home empty handed – without the black Les Paul Custom and what I went through for the past two hours.
I have to describe that LP again. Most notably, there is not even the slightest feeling that I was holding something made out of wood. Gosh… it was almost like one of those cheap acoustic guitars (with multi colours).
The guy who served me was probably the boss (this was at the HQ, they have a stand alone shop with plenty of Thai made acoustics). He said the design of the Custom is much slimmer than that of the Standard – which he felt was much better as the Standard tend to cause backache. Priced at RM1299, he also stressed that the Grover tuners was “very solid”. Here’s what turned me off further:
- There was this “L-Shape” gap between the nut and the neck. At first I thought it was crack but it was quite symmetrical on both sides of the neck. Wonder why they had to cut a “L” to fit the nut….
- Action was like my Yamaha Classical (ok, this can be fixed with some set-up)
- white binding did not join well at tip of headstock.
- Distance between all four control knobs seems out. If you look from far, it’s as if they are all over the place.
- Serial numbers are just numbers without any alphabets.
- No wood feeling.
- And the #1 thing – the weight
Sad dude… had to let it go. The shop offered installment….
Still trying to let it go.
Ok, let’s move to the Boss BR-800.
I call Roland Asia Pacific (RAP) earlier this afternoon and was informed it will cost me RM 1999 to get it. Now here comes the best part:
Me: Thanks, so that is RM 2000
RAP: Yeah
Me: Do you have ex-stock in your showroom
RAP: (long pause) yeah I do have it in my showroom.
Me: Ok, that’s great.
RAP: But you need to purchase it from our dealers
Me: Huh? Like….. who’s your dealer?
RAP: Where are you based in?
Me: PJ
RAP: You can go to (the Big Shop), (where you got your AXL) and (the shop near our “studio”, beside the chee chong fun kari besar….)
Me: Ok thanks…(hang up and had a good one minute of South Park moment – those staring at the TV screen and blinking ones…..)
If RAP was established to go to end users, why ask the customer to get from dealers?
I don’t understand……
Ok… thought I should give it up as well.
I still have the Marshall Carbon Fibre Series. So went to Marshall
Don’t understand what was the significance of the series other that the carbon fibre housing. Didn’t bother to think about it further because after the Zakk ad (which is a damn cool ad), came all the overview. Looks impressive but I was immediately turned off. It’s a digital amp – programmable and all that stuff.
That was it. I am done with Marshall
Sigh… at the end of the day, I guess I will probably settle for that Ibanez Artist (24 frets LP shape) or the Classic Vibe 60s’.
Alternatively, I can rely on the “Now Everybody Can Fly (and Let-Us-Rip-You-Off-with-all-The-Hidden-Extras)” airline for a RM 0.10 promo, fly to Jakarta
And get a proper Indian amp there.
“That’s an electric guitar… It’s an Epiphone” Those words greeted me when I requested for the Les Paul to be taken down for me to have a look.
You gotta be kidding. I played in SB Influence and I wrote Dev’s Boogie. Of course I know what an electric guitar look like.
Sigh………
