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Post by LeoThunder on Sept 11, 2019 8:28:00 GMT
Color can be an issue. The SC 450 plus honey bursts tend to look like the cherry burst. That's why I picked Lemon drop. I must have watched a hundred Youtube videos. My SC-450 Plus Vintage Burst turned out orange. They're not all like this. Mine is a super limited special run that will be worth its weight in dried carrots one day Watching videos doesn't help as much as we'd like. The lighting and cameras will vary from one Youtuber to the next and the next batch of guitars can be different anyway. I like to say that's why I buy them used instead but ebay pictures cannot be trusted for colour either. This shows the guitar I saw on ebay, how it really looks in front of me now and what the product picture of it was:
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Post by cosvad on Sept 11, 2019 17:09:55 GMT
Actual jatoba fretboard
Thomann picture
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Post by LeoThunder on Sept 11, 2019 17:52:19 GMT
That Jatoba picture looks like it has too much light. I tweaked it for the body and pick-up frames to look more like the real thing. I don't get the same red but it's probably closer and shows how much lighter Jatoba can get. I think it looks quite good on the Ocean Flame variant. Someone just posted an unboxing and it looks like this:
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Post by cosvad on Sept 11, 2019 19:40:32 GMT
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Post by LeoThunder on Sept 11, 2019 19:53:50 GMT
It seems the blue one comes with more sunlight I think I'm getting used to that colour combination too, and that flame looks better than on the product picture. I'm a little tempted by the blue one, though.
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Post by cosvad on Sept 12, 2019 2:37:09 GMT
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chubbles
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Post by chubbles on Sept 13, 2019 5:48:20 GMT
I have a weakness for blue flame/burst. Gorgeous!
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Post by cosvad on Sept 15, 2019 9:21:37 GMT
Thomas quality control Minor issue with the flamed maple Humbuckers aligned with the strings, but frame is deformed Push/pull ok Give me the blue one Slight concave neck Tuners ok
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