First off, thanks for having me. I’m a drummer who likes to pretend to play guitar. I’ve owned several SE models over the last 10 years or so. Just picked up a brand new SE McCarty Singlecut Standard in Vintage Cherry. Beautiful guitar. Worst factory setup I’ve personally seen out of the box. Action isn’t bad but there is some fret buzzing along the first few frets. And intonation was way off. I had to back the A string saddle all the way off to get it pretty close.
The tuners are absolute crap. Tons of slop in 2 or 3 of them. I’d like to replace them with better ones (don’t even care if they are locking or not), but I’d like to keep the cream or ivory look. Will the core or S2 tuning machine drop right in? Seems that the SEs are different? Also, I’d like to change the black pickup rings to cream or ivory. Any recommendations?
I guess I can’t complain too much. Local music store sold it to me for the old SE 245 prices. Thanks!
The tuners are absolute crap. Tons of slop in 2 or 3 of them. I’d like to replace them with better ones (don’t even care if they are locking or not), but I’d like to keep the cream or ivory look. Will the core or S2 tuning machine drop right in? Seems that the SEs are different? Also, I’d like to change the black pickup rings to cream or ivory. Any recommendations?
I guess I can’t complain too much. Local music store sold it to me for the old SE 245 prices. Thanks!
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