I was in a shop in Denmark St in London yesterday. As I was standing looking at the strats, the propriator put a white/maple USA star on the wall, second hand but pristine. It looked VERY well set-up. Just as I was about to ask to have a closer look and maybe a play. One of the shop assistants, who was taliking to a German sounding potential customer, suggested to him that he take a look! They both vertually pushed me out of the way to get it down.

He played it, the nicest sounding strat I've heard, ever! I thought I'll wait till it puts it back and then I'll try it, and more than likely, buy it!

Unfortuanely I didn't get the chance. The inconsiderate s*d bought it.

Gutted, I certainly WAS!

Oh man, that is just disgraceful! To sell a guitar you were silently admiring - you'd think they were in business to make money: will this greed culture never end?

Adrian, name and shame that shop. We need to be able to avoid shops which might sell guitars. I bet it was Regent Sound. It was, wasn't it? The swines!

- C

You shoulda basil fawlty'd him mate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k7U-_tJVmw

Hope that has you feeling a bit happier.

No offence to any german users.

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Hey

Don't sweat that, they did not know that you might have bought it maybe.... so they took the sure sale...you would have too!

Also, how do you know it was the strat that was so majical? Maybe it was the players technique...where tone starts...in which your technique might not have come across as well on that guitar

Maybe it was the amp that sounded so good, maybe you should look into buying the amp....Where tone is made or broke

There are millions of strats in the world, and despite some differences, they all are built and sound pretty similar if equiped equally...I believe you are putting way to much weight on that guitar... I think you are just angry that they came over and beat you to it. Let it go, life is way to short. Your guitar will find you

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2. ESP KH2 Neck Thru
3. 2008 Am Std Strat in 3 tone sunburst

Ja und es spielt sie nur sehr langsam zu bewegen NANNY NANNY BOO BOO!

I had to say it

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Thomas Jefferson

Wait for the wanker to post here and then give him a good verbal bashing !

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heh that same scenario happened to me a long time ago with a nice Marshall tube combo. Obviously the OP is a bit tongue in cheek, but it is disappointing when you miss a purchase you really want.
I became friends with the guy who bought it, a bit later. I played the amp a lot, he wouldn't sell, but I got his Squier practice amp for free, I still have it, and he still has that combo. I ended up getting a JCM 800 head, and matching cabs, which I wish i still had, but had to sell to pay off student loans

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Thanks for the resposes guys! The icon I put after I hoped would indicate I was being a little tongue-in-cheak.

I don't REALLY blame anyone but myself here, I COULD have grabbed it immediately I saw it, of course; just venting my spleen really. The guy who got it chose a goody, and I wish him well!

And, yes of course I take the point, made above, that 'tone' is in hands of the player.

Also. even if he had not of bought it, I'd have gone away and 'umed & ard' about it for so long, that it would have gone by the time I made my mind up!

And no, I certainly don't have a problem with Germans, I had a girlfriend who was one many years ago!

What is she now?

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Alone.

Cheers - C

I got my first guitar right out from under the nose of my friend. It's a long story, but my Dad was literally writing the check for it when my best friend's Mom called the store and asked to put it on layaway. I knew someone else nearly got it, but I didn't know who it was until my friend saw my guitar and freaked out. "That was the guitar I wanted!!!" Awkward moment, that was.

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Chortle!

I've really no idea Ceri, which shop it was, about half way done the street on the Oxford St 'side'. The chap in the shop (Scottish accent) was actually very helpful.

I went to Denmark St in the first place to check out a tech-workshop to do a set-up for me. Graham some-one-or-other, in a basement under a shop at the far end of the street (from Tottenham court Rd) They were recommended by someone from this site (sorry, forgot who).

I also popped into to Foyles to see try to get hold of a copy of one of Dan Erlewine's books, no luck unfortunatley. But I WAS lucky enough to come away with a Haynes manual on the Fender Strat, and yes I was surprised too, I thought they did books on cars!!

The day wasn't a wash out by any means, I even found time to pop down to the East End to go for a curry in one of my favorite restaurants: the Lahore Kebab House, down the Commercial Rd.

You're quite centrally located, for a good curry, arn't you Ceri!

She was never alone


I had to!

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

Only one place to go for curry mecca
http://www.sugarvine.com/birmingham/search/location_search.asp?town=Balti%20Triangle

Very light on germans round there though.

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What's your problem with Germans? I don't understand why it's relevant the guitar was sold to someone who was 'German sounding' or what that's got to do with the Fawlty Towers sketch or how you think that it wouldn't be offensive to a German to make that connection. The Basil Fawlty sketch was surely written to parody people's inabiltity to get past those stupid prejudices, especially the stupid British obsession with the 'War' and how marvellous we were to win it so righteously.

What's that doing on the Fender forum?