Would you rather…

[metropolis_4]

A local guy hit me up about the Cutlass; proposed a trade for his 2010 Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster.

Thoughts?

Yes, I am constantly doing stuff like this to myself haha.

This was the original ad for it when he bought it:

Fender Custom Shop Custom Blues Stratocaster Lake Placid Blue | Reverb

Fender Custom Shop Custom Blues Stratocaster in Lake Placid BlueSerial Number CZ515180 This guitar is in on trade. It is a 2010 model. It has seen some play over the last 6 years but it is still in nice shape. There are a couple dings and dents on the body but nothing serious. The neck is straigh...

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I don’t know… I’m not a big fan of the Cutlass, but for me Hot Noisless pickups + LSR =

 

[jellodog]

A local guy hit me up about the Cutlass; proposed a trade for his 2010 Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster.

Thoughts?

Yes, I am constantly doing stuff like this to myself haha.

This was the original ad for it when he bought it:

Fender Custom Shop Custom Blues Stratocaster Lake Placid Blue | Reverb

Fender Custom Shop Custom Blues Stratocaster in Lake Placid BlueSerial Number CZ515180 This guitar is in on trade. It is a 2010 model. It has seen some play over the last 6 years but it is still in nice shape. There are a couple dings and dents on the body but nothing serious. The neck is straigh...

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Huh? That ad is from 7 years ago. How can we make judgments on whether or not we think this seems like a decent deal if we can't see the current state of the instrument?

Anyway, of course I'm biased towards the Cutlass as an owner of one, but I personally wouldn't give up a newer guitar like the Cutlass with the stability of the roasted neck for an unseen guitar like the one on offer. What state are the frets in, for a start? Also, if the guy has contacted you for a trade, then surely he already thinks that it's in his interest to do so?

Why choose possibly a bunch of maintenance over "no maintenance" of what you already have?

EDIT: I also agree with @metropolis_4 about those pickups.

 

[wharf rat]

I don’t know… I’m not a big fan of the Cutlass, but for me Hot Noisless pickups + LSR =

Yea that’s kind of what I was thinking. Not really a “traditional” guitar. Plus, those pickups aren’t original, and this guy changed the pickguard. Only knows what else he “tinkered” with.

 

[wharf rat]

Huh? That ad is from 7 years ago. How can we make judgements on wether or not we think this seems like a decent deal if we can't see the current state of the instrument?

Anyway, of course I'm biased towards the Cutlass as an owner of one, but I personally wouldn't give up a newer guitar like the Cutlass with the stability of the roasted neck for an unseen guitar like the one on offer. What state are the frets in, for a start? Also, if the guy has contacted you for a trade, then surely he already thinks that it's in his interest to do so?

Oh no doubt the guitar is no longer in this shape.

I just happened to dig up the ad for reference as I only have his photos of it (not an ad).

I agree with you, though. The Cutlass is likely the better instrument. Just curious as to what other folks thought.

I’m also not a fan of the nut and the pickups.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Thoughts?

Absolutely not!!

Now go get a 7 string Majesty. (Oh sorry. I was talking to myself.)

 

[wharf rat]

Absolutely not!!

Now go get a 7 string Majesty. (Oh sorry. I was talking to myself.)

Haha!

Y’all are bringing me back to reality.

While you may be joking, I was looking at a few JP6’s locally in great shape haha.