SOLD B&G Little Sister Crossroads with B&G case - £999 bargain

Treewig1

B&G Little Sister Crossroads non-cutaway tobacco burst

Mahogany body with a Solid Figured Maple top and a tobacco burst finish. 
One-piece African Mahogany soft V neck with a Tusq nut and 42.8mm nut width. 
Scale length 24.75", radius 12".  Fret 1 Thickness: 0.89" (22.6mm), Fret 10 Thickness: 0.96" (24.3mm)
Fingerboard is Katalox (also known as Mexican Royal Ebony) which is used by Martin and Gibson now and looks like East Indian Rosewood.
P90 pickups with solid brass covers, controlled by a Master Volume and Master Tone pots and a three-way pickup selector switch.
The non cutaway has a thicker body (at 2”) than the cutaway to “project a warmer acoustic tone” (according to B&G).
Padded B&G gig bag with neck protector etc.
The Crossroads is a more "accessible" (ie not so pricey) version of the Little Sister Private Build line, which is manufactured in Asia.  Beautifully designed and made and in excellent condition.
Comes with the excellent B&G branded gig bag.

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merlin

@JerkMoans ;

JerkMoans

merlin said:

@JerkMoans ;

Gorgeous. Thank you for thinking of me. But they’re like buses, these B&G’s: my own finally showed up yesterday.

Treewig1

Thank you @merlin and @JerkMoans .  They are lovely guitars.  I just decided to keep the guitar I intended to sell when I got this!  

Treewig1

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Treewig1

Price drop because I’m REALLY keen to buy something else this weekend...

donner

WOW! That's a real bargain...
Thanks to the FB I'm sorted, since I bought my example in September 2018 – still loving it!
These guitars are soo good and this price is a steal:
Have a free bump!

This might help to understand, why:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrddCn74LI8

Treewig1

Thanks @donner.  I thinks it’s a bargain at that price too!  Lovely guitar but there is something I must buy and it’s last in first out in my music room...

lovestrat74

All those ads on YouTube really sell these guitars!

JerkMoans

FWIW as a former owner of a B&G Private Build and current owner of a Crossroads I cannot recommend these highly enough.  At this price this is a bargain: almost tempted myself!

donner

lovestrat74 said:

All those ads on YouTube really sell these guitars!

That's what they're made for. But they also make you see & hear something.

lovestrat74

donner said:

lovestrat74 said:

All those ads on YouTube really sell these guitars!

That's what they're made for. But they also make you see & hear something.

My point was that they are great ads and they make you want one. I see fender ads all the time but they dont make me want one

donner

lovestrat74 said:

donner said:

lovestrat74 said:

All those ads on YouTube really sell these guitars!

That's what they're made for. But they also make you see & hear something.

My point was that they are great ads and they make you want one. I see fender ads all the time but they dont make me want one

Ah, I understand! That was the reason I posted the vid. Went through the same experience, before ;-)

TADodger

JerkMoans said:

FWIW as a former owner of a B&G Private Build and current owner of a Crossroads I cannot recommend these highly enough.  At this price this is a bargain: almost tempted myself!

Got to echo this. As a recent owner of a Crossroads, I thought no that  it is a great guitar at the retail price, so this is great value.

@Treewig1, does it have a solid brass bridge?

Treewig1

Hi @TADodger .  Yes, I believe it does have a solid brass bridge (but not the upgrade bridge that B&G sell on their website).  I’ll check and confirm tonight...

TADodger

The bridge on mine is marked underneath as solid brass. I knew that the tailpiece is brass, but the bridge is described as ABR and there is an option to upgrade to gold plated solid brass, so I assumed the standard one was some other gold plated material (nickel?).

I found out when I bought a bell brass bridge to swap out the original and had removed it from the guitar!!

That said, Musicstore.de do a solid brass ABR, by ABM, for about 80 quid, so much cheaper than to £120 that B&G want.