Picked up a Duo-Sonic
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:55 pm
Went guitar hunting yesterday and on the eighth pawn shop I came across this Duo Sonic hanging amongst standard pawn shop fare. Plugged it in and everything worked. The ham-fisted prior owner took the opportunity to mangle the head by removing the Squier logo and the serial on the back of the head. He/she really put some muscle into the back of the head with a circular sander and took quite a bit of material out of the back.
So the head mauling is unfortunate and it also has a sizable ding with wood showing, but on the plus side, the guitar looks and plays really nicely. It's also missing it's tone knob. I really love the neck- it is a really nice piece of wood with gorgeous pattern. The back of the body has zero buckle rash, and judging from the pick guard, I'd say it's rarely if ever been played. I've played quite a bit of Fenders and Squiers, and this is possible the nicest neck I've seen.
I pointed out the serial number issue to the shop manager and he gave me a deep discount. By Florida law, they should not have even taken the guitar in without one. I'm glad they did though.
I've read that to get these to play really well that everything from the pickups to the bridge to the electrics need to be switched out on these- is that a consensus? I'm going to leave it alone and play the hell out of it for now. Really liking the find.
So the head mauling is unfortunate and it also has a sizable ding with wood showing, but on the plus side, the guitar looks and plays really nicely. It's also missing it's tone knob. I really love the neck- it is a really nice piece of wood with gorgeous pattern. The back of the body has zero buckle rash, and judging from the pick guard, I'd say it's rarely if ever been played. I've played quite a bit of Fenders and Squiers, and this is possible the nicest neck I've seen.
I pointed out the serial number issue to the shop manager and he gave me a deep discount. By Florida law, they should not have even taken the guitar in without one. I'm glad they did though.
I've read that to get these to play really well that everything from the pickups to the bridge to the electrics need to be switched out on these- is that a consensus? I'm going to leave it alone and play the hell out of it for now. Really liking the find.