I like the ‘buy to try’ approach. I may have to employ that more often when searching online sales.
Dangoose, I have done exactly the same as you. I waited ages to find a used Sr500l or similar but ended up going for a nos 2014 Sr500l too. It arrived last Saturday and I love the weight and feel of the neck.
Im still a little curious about it though as I’ve noticed that it goes slightly sharp after it’s been sat for an hour or two. I had a look at the nut and to me it didn’t look finished as good as I thought it could have been, I’ve rubbed some graphite under the strings and that’s seemed to help ease it a little.
Im also struggling to get a tone from it that I am completely happy with atm. I’m not sure if that’s because of the new strings, my crappy practice amp or I just have not found the sweet spot yet
other than the above I found the set up out to box to be pretty sweet. How was yours?