About a week and a half ago I purchased a Tele copy that needed parts for 50 bucks on a local Craigslist. As luck would have it, I had all the parts, put her together, quick cleanup, setup and fret polish and I advertised this great looking, nice playing Springstien wanna be. The response was pretty impressive. The most persistent, was a guy with what he said was a Squier strat to trade. He came over and it was actually a Fender Mexican Strat, possibly a parts guitar, but it played great so I made the trade. He hated the way it looked...I fell in love with the way it looked. You be the judge
Not so bad an acquisition for 50 bucks, no?
It really is a great player, I'm thinking of doing a major upgrade on the guts. CTS pots, CRL switch, Truetone Pickups, etc. I have to decide if it's a keeper before I make the leap.
it needed a fret level and a deep clean...all done and it plays frigging great and sounds beautiful. All this for 7 bucks of parts and some strings. For anyone who wants to do their own fret leveling on the cheap, I HIGHLY recommend The Thomas-Ginex Fret leveling kit. About 20 bucks on eBay, easy, and suprisingly good results. Here's the Seagull, she ain't pretty but she plays and sounds amazing for 7 bucks of guitar!!!
