Black one (and strap) showed up Tuesday. White one showed up Wednesday. Both delivered to Guitar Center.
Went up there today and grabbed the strap, had them process the return on the black one, and then had a chat with the guitar tech about setting up the white one. He quoted $80, and said it included intonation, bridge leveling (or something), neck tension (or something), and a couple other things. Said he’d have it done by Friday afternoon, so I left it there. He trashed talked it a bit, and was gonna attempt to talk me into doing fret work (he said they were too sharp sticking off the edge of the fingerboard)…and I quickly reminded him I’d paid $249 for it, and he could do the basic stuff and be done with it. 😎
Can’t remember if I mentioned it in this thread (and it wasn’t important enough to scroll back and check), or if it was somewhere else…but my son offered to teach me how to play. I thought that could serve three good purposes:
1. Spend time together
2. See if him teaching me ends up teaching him some stuff along the way
3. I get to learn something I’ve always wanted to know how to do, but never attempted
So…I browsed the BST and 70 minutes from sending the first “you still have this?” PM to exchanging funds for a guitar, I came home with this Yamaha.
Figured I’d rather learn on an acoustic. And if we end up switching to electric at some point, I guess I’d just have to buy a second amp. Or play one through the stereo and one through his amp.