Recent content by blncsphr

Oh god.. does sound typical. You got it looking peachy in the end though!! Absolutely loving those brass studs. Just hope the whole experience wasn't more hassle than it was worth, haha. Congrats :-)

Bit of a sad sight really, haha. But yes, if people want to conduct themselves like that it's not my problem! Just glad I probably saved myself a huge headache ;)

Yup... Haha. I think Facebook marketplace is a hard pass for me in general now to be honest! Hope you find a good one for yourself.

Hey everyone, thanks for the above replies!! I've decided to pass on this one for now - however I've got some juicy developments as to how things went down between me and the seller... Turns out he was a total prat!! I'll leave these here for your reading...

Indeed, convincing enough to almost fool me in the end! I can only find one other one listed but it's from America, either way - that would mean shipping costs increase the price. It's listed at £1300-ish (US 1767) I think, plus another $230 to have it flown over here. I believe I also saw one...

Ahhh that all makes sense to be honest.. Doh! Thanks for all that insight though Garrett, funnily enough I just received a message back from customer service confirming that it would have started life as a Platinum Metallic.. This in turn explains the dodgy looking serial number, wiring etc...

Thanks bud :-)

That's really helpful, thanks guys. Definitely makes me feel a little better about it! I'll let some more replies roll in just to hopefully 100% confirm it and then I'll probably take the plunge. Cheers again fellas!

Hey everyone. Was just after some guidance as I've been looking at this 2nd hand 2002 Standard 22 - the guy says that he thinks it could have been sanded down from a platinum sparkle due to the silver paint in the control cavities, but he's not sure. This may be a make or break for me, if it's...