selling my ltd rl-600 on ebay

[nunofrg]

hey whats up

just letting you guys know that im selling my esp ltd roope latvala signature guitar on ebay. visit the page for more info. i cant get the link dont know why, so go here www.ebay.com and search for "roope latvala esp ltd" and you´ll get the page, its the only one on ebay

any questions please ask!

thanks! =)

 

[(__Joonas__)]

Why are you selling it? Sorry, already got RR24

 

[nunofrg]

even though i like bodom im more into blues stuff now and i dont use it much, besides im looking to buy a gibson les paul or something. but i must say its a wonderful guitar for metal

 

[Delanoir]

Good luck trying to sell it for that price, but I honestly think there's no way you'll get that much for it, for two main reasons.

1. While it is upgraded, the Roope LTD is $899 new (here in the US), and you're asking for even more, plus the additional cost of shipping.

2. Used guitars, even those in practically new condition, generally go for much less than the retail price, usually 50-60% and rarely more. A guitar around $899 new generally goes for about 600. So even upping the price for those upgrades, you're looking at 700 at the most.

Just some friendly advice if you actually do want to sell it.

 

[nunofrg]

Good luck trying to sell it for that price, but I honestly think there's no way you'll get that much for it, for two main reasons.

1. While it is upgraded, the Roope LTD is $899 new (here in the US), and you're asking for even more, plus the additional cost of shipping.

2. Used guitars, even those in practically new condition, generally go for much less than the retail price, usually 50-60% and rarely more. A guitar around $899 new generally goes for about 600. So even upping the price for those upgrades, you're looking at 700 at the most.

Just some friendly advice if you actually do want to sell it.

well anyone that would buy a brand new roope ltd would do the same i did with mine. change the pickup, fix the strap, get the original floyd rose, get a nice good bag for it to transport it, tune it to drop C and all of that cost a LOT. anyone would prefer mine with the upgrades and in this condition than a new (which in condition isnt big difference actually) without the upgrade. but ok i guess its too expensive. i´m lowing the price. in my opinion for anyone that enjoys metal, this is a bargain

 

[Delanoir]

I understand your logic, but I'm just trying to help you out based on the experience I've had selling different guitars and helping friends sell theirs.

Even a $3,000 PRS in almost new condition can rarely go for more than $2,000 when being sold.

 

[udprod]

You might want to upload more pictures on ebay.

 

[nunofrg]

You might want to upload more pictures on ebay.

i guess ur right. i´ll put more right away

 

[eveningninja]

well anyone that would buy a brand new roope ltd would do the same i did with mine. change the pickup, fix the strap, get the original floyd rose, get a nice good bag for it to transport it, tune it to drop C and all of that cost a LOT. anyone would prefer mine with the upgrades and in this condition than a new (which in condition isnt big difference actually) without the upgrade. but ok i guess its too expensive. i´m lowing the price. in my opinion for anyone that enjoys metal, this is a bargain

Tuning it to drop C is definitely expensive.

 

[(__Joonas__)]

Sell it for 600$, like the title RL-600. Or 666$. Or 500$ if you wanna sell it fast. I would imagine it's scary to buy a used guitar in the first place, so despite upgrades that strategy is quite optimistic. Some even consider upgrades a risk in terms of condition.

 

[nunofrg]

Tuning it to drop C is definitely expensive.

well everytime i change tunning (except when is a small difference of tunning) i go to a specialist to do it. i was tuned standard, if i tune it drop c only by getting the strings 1 step down and 6º string 2 step down i would fuck the neck. u need to also revise the angle of the neck, trussroad, tune the harmonics of the guitar and see if the bridge is well high to the strings not hit the frets when not supposed and the bridge is totally horizontal. this cost a setup (40e plus cleaning and new strings) and it isnt anyone that does all of this (i dont). but im perfeccionist and i like the things well done, maybe u just get ur guitar and tune it whatever you want and u dont care if you brake the guitar with time

 

[(__Joonas__)]

^Something related to that, the other of the two screws in the springs of my guitar was more out than the other, shouldn't they be even? The neck's fine but I think I should be careful in the future to not let it roll out of the drilled hole, or is it normal?

 

[Conti]

^Something related to that, the other of the two screws in the springs of my guitar was more out than the other, shouldn't they be even? The neck's fine but I think I should be careful in the future to not let it roll out of the drilled hole, or is it normal?

make them even and adjust them to achieve a parallel bridge angle

 

[eveningninja]

well everytime i change tunning (except when is a small difference of tunning) i go to a specialist to do it. i was tuned standard, if i tune it drop c only by getting the strings 1 step down and 6º string 2 step down i would fuck the neck. u need to also revise the angle of the neck, trussroad, tune the harmonics of the guitar and see if the bridge is well high to the strings not hit the frets when not supposed and the bridge is totally horizontal. this cost a setup (40e plus cleaning and new strings) and it isnt anyone that does all of this (i dont). but im perfeccionist and i like the things well done, maybe u just get ur guitar and tune it whatever you want and u dont care if you brake the guitar with time

It's honestly not that hard to do all of that. Yes I do do that, as do plenty of other people.

I personally have never bought a new guitar, always would rather go with used. But not to pay more for some guitar that someone modified. For the lower price. Good luck I guess.

 

[udprod]

Meh, if just I hadn't bought my LTD 200 recently...

 

[<Arcane>]

well everytime i change tunning (except when is a small difference of tunning) i go to a specialist to do it. i was tuned standard, if i tune it drop c only by getting the strings 1 step down and 6º string 2 step down i would fuck the neck. u need to also revise the angle of the neck, trussroad, tune the harmonics of the guitar and see if the bridge is well high to the strings not hit the frets when not supposed and the bridge is totally horizontal. this cost a setup (40e plus cleaning and new strings) and it isnt anyone that does all of this (i dont).

I can do this for myself 100% perfectly.
New strings = around 12€.
Cleaning material = around 6€ (can be used around 20 times)
Time effort = 20 mins

What I mean is, cleaning a guitar can do every dumbass. Changing strings is easy as hell aswell. All you have to do is to check if your floyd is parallel to your body. The intonation shouldn't be misplaced unless you didn't blow up your floyd into his components but it isn't a problem to fix it. So I bet that every guitar tech can't to it better than me because he's doing the same things.
Tltr - you can do all this stuff by yourself.

 

[Conti]

most guitar techs are the biggest ripoffs ever. Really you can change your own pickups or at least know someone who can do it for you, just a couple wires....

 

[nunofrg]

most guitar techs are the biggest ripoffs ever. Really you can change your own pickups or at least know someone who can do it for you, just a couple wires....

dude for sure yeah, but i dont know how to do the things perfectly so i take the guitar to a super trustfull guy of a music shop. if i cant do it well i prefer some guy that knows do it instead of me risking braking something right? its just common sense

 

[eveningninja]

 

[nunofrg]

btw im up to trades. even if you got an alexi 600 or a jackson rr24.