I own an Oscar Schmidt OE-30 semi-hollow body guitar with a tobacco sunburst finish. I bought it new, but it had damage on the lower bout near the f hole, the edge was crunched a bit, cracking the wood slightly. I bought it cheap and it plays fine and always has. The one thing I have never really been fond of is the color.
The tobacco sunburst is indeed a beautiful finish, and my OE-30 is still in beautiful condition. But I'm not in love with the color. I have always wanted a red semi-hollow body, or black, white or natural finish. And you see red, black and white ones on eBay, but I'm not willing to pay $200-plus to replace my damaged-but-mint-to-me guitar with one of the color I like -- until last night.
There was an auction for a used OE-30 in Cherry Red that was going to end in a few hours. Opening bid was $100, so I entered a bid of $121, believing it would be a bargain at that price. When I got home last night, I was shocked that my $121 bid won the auction! Bargain, eh?? Oh?? What's this??
The one detail I missed was the seller's shipping and handling price. Usually its $25 or $30 tops for domestic shipping on any guitar ... this guy was asking $50 to ship it! Yikes! Suddenly my guitar becomes a $171 guitar ... still a fair price, but about $20 more than I anticipated, even with shipping.
I'm kinda kicking myself now, but a deal is a deal.
Speaking of my OE-30, I was playing it last night and this morning, and after playing my Squier Strat, I realize now that there's more setup work to do on the OE-30. I need to get the intonation better, which just means taking more time to get it zeroed in. I haven't really done much to dial-in the string height either. All in due time ... depending on if I decide to sell it or keep it, lol.
Gotta run ... rock on!
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