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I didn't know there was such a big business selling refurbished guitars. Like it.

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I remember going to the Fender factory a couple years ago. You’d be surprised at how many guitars never see the light of day.

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I went to the Gibson factory in Memphis and they had a reasonable pile there too, which they were proud to show off on the factory tour, from the perspective that they would never be sold. It felt a little like they were showing off, that they would never allow seconds in the market, but of course at their price range, they can't afford to have 'bad' instruments.

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In totally unrelated news, over the past few months I’ve been learning Italian. Maybe I can make a side newsletter for our European friends. 😂

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It'd be a good exercise, but writing in other languages is very different to conversational language. Some of the AIs are very good at translation though, so it could be worth a try.....

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That was exactly how it was at Fender too! I’m sure there’s a ton of players that would benefit from a guitar that was simply sprayed wrong, etc

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That's the problem though right? Imagine an awesome playing guitar with a terrible paint job for half price. I'd probably buy it as a collector's item and could potentially sell it for more than one that came out perfect.

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