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NCo · September 2023

In my search for a fiesta red Stratocaster, I drove 5 hours today to pickup up a Vintera 50's Road Worn which is a month old and played really well.

Got home, took a break, went back to the guitar and all of a sudden a feeling of meh crept up on me. The Fiesta looks faded, and this is totally irrational, but I am completely over it. I knew what the colour was, saw it in pictures and when I arrived, and thought I was ok with it lol.

My initial plan was to play it a bit and then decide if I want to swap out the neck for a Rosewood one, but now I just want to sell it.

Has anyone else had such a change of heart on a new guitar?

Sporky · September 2023

I had it on the drive home once!

CavemanGrogg · September 2023

Almost every time I've been gifted a guitar.

mgaw · September 2023

My wedding day was the same kind of thing

theatreanchor · September 2023

No. I try not to buy blind!

DrCornelius · September 2023

mgaw said:

My wedding day was the same kind of thing

But she is over that initial disappointment and loves you now Mark right ?

ScreamingDave · September 2023

Yeah. Epiphone Les Paul Custom. Liked it in the shop and at home. Got it out of the case at rehearsal, played one song, hated it. Sold it soon after.

skullfunkerry · September 2023

Bought a Gibson SG Menace from my friend a few years ago because he needed the money and I fancied a new toy. Played it at his house, liked it, at my house, liked it… took it to a gig and hated it, it felt like a toy. I swapped to my backup guitar after one song and sold it to the other guitarist in the band before the next rehearsal. It looked a lot better on him than it did on me, to be fair.

LionAquaLooper · September 2023

Depends how much you paid for it and if you could have gotten a same spec model from a different manufacturer.

In my experience the tendency to regret a purchase is definitely related to how expensive it was. The more expensive it is, the higher my expectation, the more probable that the gear won't live up it. Hence why I'm meh about my expensive US strats because I know I can get very close to it with a Squier, MIM, or even Jet. But I love my cheap Squier Thinline Tele because I know the US Fender version costs at least 6x more

swiller · September 2023

its a good excuse to go down the change everything on it rabbit hole, refinish etc and waste even more money to come to the same conclusion over a few months. That my friend is fretboarding.

mgaw · September 2023

DrCornelius said:

mgaw said:

My wedding day was the same kind of thing

But she is over that initial disappointment and loves you now Mark right ?

No idea @DrCornelius she is still here 18 years in despite everything

NCo · September 2023

LionAquaLooper said:

Depends how much you paid for it and if you could have gotten a same spec model from a different manufacturer.

In my experience the tendency to regret a purchase is definitely related to how expensive it was. The more expensive it is, the higher my expectation, the more probable that the gear won't live up it. Hence why I'm meh about my expensive US strats because I know I can get very close to it with a Squier, MIM, or even Jet. But I love my cheap Squier Thinline Tele because I know the US Fender version costs at least 6x more

Not an expensive buy, and I'm sure I could get most if not all of the £550 I paid for it.

Mainly the colour, seems my heart is set on a more red/orange fiesta red.

NCo · September 2023

swiller said:

its a good excuse to go down the change everything on it rabbit hole, refinish etc and waste even more money to come to the same conclusion over a few months. That my friend is fretboarding.

Yep, as I said the plan to swap out the neck for a Rosewood one and get a 3ply 11 hole guard to complete the look, but sheesh.

Let's see how I feel about it tomorrow.

imalrightjack · September 2023

It happens with nearly everything guitar I own - I can always find a fault to allow me to sell it.

Majorscale · September 2023

I have the same thing with shell pink… always think it looks great in photos, but in the flesh (to me) it’s a very “meh” colour.

Been down that rabbit hole twice, sold both!!

Jonathangus · September 2023

Fiesta Red is best with rosewood and a mint green scratchplate, IMO.

NCo · September 2023

Jonathangus said:

Fiesta Red is best with rosewood and a mint green scratchplate, IMO.

I agree, bought it to change the cosmetics, but apparently there are way too many shades of fiesta, and this one is meh.

Philly_Q · September 2023

Show us a picture so we can give an informed opinion.

fretfinder · September 2023

Pics, we want pics!

Paul_C · September 2023

Of the ten Telecasters I bought in a "bit" of a splurge, I've never been completely overjoyed with the Japanese one that's not the Blue Flower one, which is in a tinted clear finish. It's the tintedness of it that's what really bothers me, it plays and sounds great.

I don't hate it by any means, but it's only still here because I haven't had the energy to try and move it on

NCo · September 2023

The top picture was taken in low light and seems a lot more red than it is.
Bottom also doesn't capture how pink it is.

Weird, I'll try again tomorrow with proper lighting, but trust me it is a lor lighter.

https://imgur.com/a/hMOU4fe

Sassafras · September 2023

No.

SPECTRUM001 · September 2023

If it plays and sounds ok, I would give it more time. Whenever I have had cosmetic doubts, they have eventually disappeared.

I once got a very helpful ‘are you gonna play it or look at it’ reply on a similar dilemma (60 miles to the gallon !) - which is just rubbish.

You gotta love your guitar and want to pick it up.

For what it’s worth, looks great to me…

Yorkie · September 2023

Nope, but I’ve gone from dislike to like in the time it took me to realise I didn’t have anything else to play for at least a month.

Jon

Sporky · September 2023

To misquote the great Goji, how a guitar looks is by far the most important thing, because everything else is easier to change.

Fishboy7 · September 2023

Very nice. I do prefer Fiesta Red on a 60s style Strat to be honest though.

GoFish · September 2023

NCo said:

Mainly the colour, seems my heart is set on a more red/orange fiesta red.

If it's the wrong shade of a colour AND you bought it specifically for that colour, there's not much you can do

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I love pink and shell pink - but cannot stand it when the pigment has too little red and comes out looking like cured pigskin. Yuck. Whereas Sonic Blue mustn't be too blue (for me). So I get where you're coming from , I think.

EDIT: Seen the picture, that is quite a dark Fiesta. In t' old days you could just wait for the clearcoat to yellow but I do see what you mean. It's a perfectly cromulent colour but it doesn't look like the splashy fiesta red you've described.

sev112 · September 2023

mgaw said:

My wedding day was the same kind of thing

Did she not look like what she did in Fiesta then?

guitarmangler · September 2023

Yes. A couple of times from internet purchases. A Greco tele and a steinberger gl. Both were sold with a few days of getting them.

fretmeister · September 2023

Sporky said:

To misquote the great Goji, how a guitar looks is by far the most important thing, because everything else is easier to change.

I still argue with him about that.

Philly_Q · September 2023

Hmmm, I don't know what I think seeing the pictures. Not crazy about it, but then I've never been a fan of Fiesta Red anyway.

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