matthew_co
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- Jul 20, 2021
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Hi everyone; first time poster here. So I recently purchased a gorgeous Wood Library McCarty 594.
Overall the guitar looks and plays great. My one issue is with the inlay work, which of course doesn’t affect the playability in any way. I hate to say it, but it looks…sloppy, and for a $5k guitar I expect even the cosmetic details to be absolutely perfect. One of the inlays actually looks like it has burn spots on it, and almost all of the bird inlays are out of line with their outlines. Granted, you do have to be looking pretty closely to notice these things but still.
To be completely transparent, this is the first guitar of this quality/price that I’ve ever owned, so I’m not sure if this is to be expected from outlined inlays like this. For those of you who own PRS models with similar outlined inlays, did you notice the same thing or was every inlay absolutely perfect? Am I overreacting? My gut tells me that for 5k these inlays should all be perfectly lined up but I’d like to know if this is a common thing. Thanks!
What looks like a burned inlay on fret 5:
https://ibb.co/HzBLjnb
the guitar:
https://ibb.co/mqnNNJm
example of perfect inlay on 3rd fret:
https://ibb.co/NLp9qBH
remaining inlays with small gaps between the birds and the outlines:
https://ibb.co/JyHJMgh
https://ibb.co/41TPcfx
Overall the guitar looks and plays great. My one issue is with the inlay work, which of course doesn’t affect the playability in any way. I hate to say it, but it looks…sloppy, and for a $5k guitar I expect even the cosmetic details to be absolutely perfect. One of the inlays actually looks like it has burn spots on it, and almost all of the bird inlays are out of line with their outlines. Granted, you do have to be looking pretty closely to notice these things but still.
To be completely transparent, this is the first guitar of this quality/price that I’ve ever owned, so I’m not sure if this is to be expected from outlined inlays like this. For those of you who own PRS models with similar outlined inlays, did you notice the same thing or was every inlay absolutely perfect? Am I overreacting? My gut tells me that for 5k these inlays should all be perfectly lined up but I’d like to know if this is a common thing. Thanks!
What looks like a burned inlay on fret 5:
https://ibb.co/HzBLjnb
the guitar:
https://ibb.co/mqnNNJm
example of perfect inlay on 3rd fret:
https://ibb.co/NLp9qBH
remaining inlays with small gaps between the birds and the outlines:
https://ibb.co/JyHJMgh
https://ibb.co/41TPcfx