Do Amazon not rate the finish on Gretsch basses?

[petecarlton]

I was just comparing prices on a Gretsch G5440LSB hollow-body in a beautiful burnt orange  (£885 at Thomann; £1059 at Amazon), when I scrolled down the Amazon page to find this:

 

 

Why do they think you'll need a paint roller tray to go with this guitar?  Just asking!

 

 

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 15, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[Nicko]

Clearly Amazon share my view that the burnt orange is hideous?

[Crawford13]

An extremely overpriced roller try at that. 

[Maude]

Is the roller tray good for metal? 

[Nail Soup]

Roller tray? Well, Jaco Pastorious managed without one 😉!

[yorks5stringer]

That roller tray looks like a mini stack to my eyes....

[Newfoundfreedom]

Is the tray any good for metallic paint?

[petecarlton]

1 hour ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

Is the tray any good for metallic paint?

Metallica paint, perhaps!

[Bunion]

They’re great for putting down instead of your hat, people can toss coins into them at gigs

[dannybuoy]

Maybe people are using those trays as cheap pedalboards?!

[SteveXFR]

On 03/09/2021 at 09:27, petecarlton said:

Metallica paint, perhaps!

 

So it's ok until you use black paint then it'll never be quite as good again?

[petecarlton]

5 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

So it's ok until you use black paint then it'll never be quite as good again?

But then you'll get 52 other roller-makers to copy parts of your original product and improve on your original effort.