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DOH!
I just bought that Tele at $84.99, as did @t100d !
Just got mine last night and only looked it over briefly; no glaring issues at first glance.

I did notice these have medium something sized frets - dont know how that compares to Fender or similar, but the Rondo SX strat / tele I have / had were all much larger.
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The monoprice coupon applies to other guitars as well:
You can get this for $129
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Or this for $109
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https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=610455
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=610404
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=610402
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=610454

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There's a B-Stock black Harm up on Rondo for $400. Not a lot of chances to get a new Harm these days. A little bit of orange peel finish on the headstock.
https://www.rondomusic.com/product10842.html
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MD SDOTD
12 PACK D'Addario EXL110 10-46 $34.99
= $2.92/ pack!
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jtcnj wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 12:32 pm MD SDOTD
12 PACK D'Addario EXL110 10-46 $34.99
= $2.92/ pack!
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid
I wish they were 9s. I have enough 10s on hand.
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Gone. I don't need 4 clip on tuners.
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Breedlove Organic collection, all solid wood acoustics for $379-399 (Restock)
Pretty good deal for an all solid wood from a good brand. Not sure what restock means, maybe customer returns?
You can buy through MF and get 8% back in MF rewards, or buy through Guitar Center.

Spruce/mahogany AE $399
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars ... 3002001000

All mahogany $399
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars ... 8002001000

All mahogany natural $379
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars ... 4002001000
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I like cheap pedals. This Dalamo D11 Rat based is $12.03 free shipping. Made an offer and bought two.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/393639054367

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If you're a lefty, and little handy, this is a great deal. Our friend Kurt put up a C-stock Valkyrie. Bridge is set a little too far.
Might be fixable with a wider bridge, or by redrilling bridge position.

$125 + Shipping.
https://www.rondomusic.com/product10918.html

There are also a few sets of Grover 3+3 tuners in nickel or gold for $22. I bought a bunch of those and retrofitted cheaper Chinese guitars - made them at least 40% better. Also lots of lefty 6 in line sets.

https://www.rondomusic.com/Grover_Rotom ... 2-18C.html
https://www.rondomusic.com/product5102.html
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For that price, I would consider buying a harmonica bridge for it.

Fill/redrill is super easy though. I've done it a few times converting lefty to righty or upsizing to USA bushings.

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honyock wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:45 pm For that price, I would consider buying a harmonica bridge for it.

Fill/redrill is super easy though. I've done it a few times converting lefty to righty or upsizing to USA bushings.

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tobijohn wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:07 pm
honyock wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:45 pm For that price, I would consider buying a harmonica bridge for it.

Fill/redrill is super easy though. I've done it a few times converting lefty to righty or upsizing to USA bushings.

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tobijohn wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:07 pm
honyock wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:45 pm For that price, I would consider buying a harmonica bridge for it.

Fill/redrill is super easy though. I've done it a few times converting lefty to righty or upsizing to USA bushings.

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According to the email I got this morning it is ready to ship ;)

It may result in another guitar getting evicted though if it is as nice as my OG short horn Valk I sold previously, my new CV Tele and this will cause a game of musical chairs to ensue. I am officially out of wall hangers and I've got 2 full racks. One is going to have to sit in my office chair when I am not in the room or it gets sent to deep storage in a case and then sold if it doesn't see the light of day for more than a month or two.
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Snagged a set of the Grover chrome tuners.
Wasnt going to buy parts until a certain shipment arrives, but yeah.

Thanks for the tip.
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mighty_duck wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:02 pm Our friend Kurt put up a C-stock Valkyrie. Bridge is set a little too far.
Any chance this is a problem at, or fixable at the nut itself or nut slot?
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jtcnj wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:04 pm
mighty_duck wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:02 pm Our friend Kurt put up a C-stock Valkyrie. Bridge is set a little too far.
Any chance this is a problem at, or fixable at the nut itself or nut slot?
FWIW, another one with the same problem just popped up:

https://www.rondomusic.com/product10918.html
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tobijohn wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:26 pm FWIW, another one with the same problem just popped up:

https://www.rondomusic.com/product10918.html
Didn't last long! Anyone here get it?
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mighty_duck wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:38 pm
tobijohn wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:26 pm FWIW, another one with the same problem just popped up:

https://www.rondomusic.com/product10918.html
Didn't last long! Anyone here get it?
Not me, I thought about it but hoped someone would step up and save me the time and expense.
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jtcnj wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:04 pm
mighty_duck wrote: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:02 pm Our friend Kurt put up a C-stock Valkyrie. Bridge is set a little too far.
Any chance this is a problem at, or fixable at the nut itself or nut slot?
Hard to know with Kurt. His descriptions are often wrong, and we don't know how long he spent analyzing the issue.
But assuming it is a bridge that was drilled out of position, it can only be fixed there. Moving the nut would just solve the intonation issue at the 0th fret.
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IIRC, there were four at most and maybe only two available on that last pre-order so I'm assuming the entire run was bad in that respect...
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mighty_duck wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:38 pm
tobijohn wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:26 pm FWIW, another one with the same problem just popped up:

https://www.rondomusic.com/product10918.html
Didn't last long! Anyone here get it?
Not me. The Valkyrie just never called me.
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BatUtilityBelt wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:41 pm
mighty_duck wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:38 pm
tobijohn wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:26 pm FWIW, another one with the same problem just popped up:

https://www.rondomusic.com/product10918.html
Didn't last long! Anyone here get it?
Not me. The Valkyrie just never called me.
Nor I. Got mine before it was redesigned by Salvador Dali. :D
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tobijohn wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:42 pm
mighty_duck wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:38 pm
tobijohn wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:26 pm FWIW, another one with the same problem just popped up:

https://www.rondomusic.com/product10918.html
Didn't last long! Anyone here get it?
Not me, I thought about it but hoped someone would step up and save me the time and expense.
Another one is up now...
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mighty_duck wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:56 pm
Another one is up now...
The entire lot must have been bad. It's a little scary that all of them were passed by the factory QA. If I were Kurt, it would be "Lucyyyy, you got some splainin' to do"...
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