Anyone done the sweetwater buy before you play with their pro setup?

Yeah looking to when they get back in stock, just had always heard good things about them but never ordered from em and figured many here had and if they could set it up out the box even better. Oh idk as far as the other way around, it could be maybe you mail it back but for that I'd just do it or take it somewhere for something I didn't feel comfortable doing. That would make sense though. Thanks Aug

I love Sweetwater, they treat me like a king, but I think the extra $$ for their pro setup is not a great value. In that every brand new Sweetwater guitar that has crossed my bench having that treatment, I could always set up the guitar even better. It's like their techs just made sure the guitar met its individual manufacturer's setup sheet specs (which are ALWAYS higher that what an actual "pro setup" creates) and shot the guitar out the door.

I personally think it's kind of like those point-of-purchase underbody rust protection sealers car salesmen pitch you at that point of sale. It's a way for them to sell you peace of mind more than anything, and reduce the likelihood of dissatisfaction with the purchase.

Also ... I'm not going to pay extra to have a brand new guitar (that is still trying to figure out its not pieces of trees) to be set up in the upper Midwest, only to have the truss rod go haywire upon arriving in the Deep Gulf South thanks to our higher temps and MUCH higher humidity.

You are better off spending that setup money with a good tech that is local to you AFTER the guitar gets to you and acclimates to itself and its new environs.

This thread is very hard to decipher and follow.

I'm not talking about any specific manufacturer, I'm talking about the extra add-on services Sweetwater sells on the back end. AKA What the thread title and this quote led me to believe OP was posting about ... am I reading this wrong?

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just had always heard good things about them but never ordered from em and figured many here had and if they could set it up out the box even better.

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I still say unless you don't have a good tech wherever you live, don't pay Sweetwater to do this. Minimal ROI at best.

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If I need a PLEK on a brand new guitar, I think maybe I’m not buying the right guitar.

Used guitar, yeah, go for it, it will greatly improve the playability.

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The guitar he has his eye on, is already PLEked, before it even comes to Sweetwater.
It shouldn't need anything other than slight tweaking of the truss rod maybe. Probably not even that.

PLEK?

Off topic, just a rant. I've had a few different reps over the years, my current one is by far the worst one I've had. I ordered a Katana awhile back. It came with a cracked plastic corner cap. I emailed him and asked if he could just send me a cap. He never bothered to reply. All of my other reps have been great. This isn't the only issue I've had with him.

Chris Leonard is the one you want