New Guitar Day Orange Fender Toronado

HNB

Picked this up on GC online. Hopefully it arrives in good condition. Picture looks good.

HNB

I got nervous because sometimes these get sold locally before online gets word and called Connecticut to check on it. They said it is boxed up with case and ready to ship Monday. I should see it Wednesday since I paid the extra $10 for two day shipping. 😀

I wonder what kind of case it is? Would be awesome if it was a Fender one. Probably a Gator one or something though. 😀 A case is a case!

HNB

Just got a call in from Guitar Center they were packing the guitar up to send to me. Unfortunately (but not a surprise to me because I read about this issue) they had sold the case it came in seperately prior to me buying it and didn't have a used case that would fit it. They are sending me a "nice Fender gig bag." Not a huge deal to me because I didn't even know it came with a case until after I paid. I have heard of worse, like them selling new guitars cases with the wrong guitar so Gibby lovers got a COA for a different guitar than the one they bought. (And Gibson makes getting a new one hard I hear.) I also saw some posts of people buying used cases and finding old straps for the gutar it came with and original old hang tags.

In the end I got it because it looks like a cool guitar, not because I wanted a cool case. LOL Still... those Guitar Center guys.

He did tell me that the Toronado is in great shape, so that is good to hear. 😀

HNB

She came today! The finish is excellent. Hardly any scratches. Only issue is it has the oh so famous neck finish crack. Doesn't seem to be at the neck plate, so I am guessing it happened to the poly finish from heat and cooling. I don't think I should be concerned. Thoughts?

DSC05038 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC05041 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC05047 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

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The infamous cracks left and right.

DSC05051 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC05052 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB

Video Demo (With my bad playing. LOL)

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Sounds better in real life. The amplitube track didn't work right, so this is camera audio recording my computer speaker.

paltic

nice demo chris! you should update your guitar family picture. im curious on what's left of your collection

HNB

LOL That takes a couple hours to get them all out. Maybe once my Jag body coming in arrives.

BOSS-DS2

HNB said:
She came today! The finish is excellent. Hardly any scratches. Only issue is it has the oh so famous neck finish crack. Doesn't seem to be at the neck plate, so I am guessing it happened to the poly finish from heat and cooling. I don't think I should be concerned. Thoughts?

DSC05038 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC05041 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC05047 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC05048 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC05049 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC05050 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
The infamous cracks left and right.

DSC05051 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC05052 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

My Jag-Stang has cracks identical to this.I believe your heating and cooling theory is correct. From the humidity, Sometimes my stang's cracks are terrible, Sometimes unnoticable.

Grungelives

Im trying to find one of these mine was lost in 2006 and would love to have it or another identical to the deluxe orange model.

ashleydaniel

Looks beautiful, my cousin have that same in different color.