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I suppose there are a few shortscalers familiar with the Old Friends dogs home where they take hideous, stinky old dogs, give them a makeover and find new homes for them. I've realised this is my aesthetic for guitar collecting: not the pristine time capsules, but guitars who've lived so hard they are glad to retire and be cared for.
Thus it was when I was using Zenmarket for a purchase from Japan. I decided to browse their links to Yahoo auctions and saw a 90s MIJ Mustang, not normally the kind of thing I go crazy for, but somehow its terrible condition spoke to me. It was a fair bit cheaper than they go for these days (2010s pricing) so I'm happy to welcome it to rehab. Now I have to wait (and make sure my hep B vaccinations are up to date).










Action is looking a tad high, so fingers crossed I'm not dealing with a broken truss rod.

yeah, that's pretty crusty

Yeah that’s pretty gross. (Causally shoves guitar collection into the closet)

... but I can save it, I swear! <sobs desperately>

i'm pretty onboard with the legitimately relic'd guitars myself now that i've had the bronco for a minute. as long as the thing is functional and just needs superficial (or even light wiring) fixes, why spend another 30% or more to get something that just sat in a closet for decades? i'd rather have something with stories to tell.

dots wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:00 pm i'd rather have something with stories to tell.

Dating app profile.

I bought a “highly experienced” Tele a couple of years ago (was Sonic Blue, now Marlboro Gold) and that set me in the path of righteousness. Maybe this one will be a disaster tho.

MatthewK wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:36 pm I bought a “highly experienced” Tele a couple of years ago (was Sonic Blue, now Marlboro Gold) and that set me in the path of righteousness. Maybe this one will be a disaster tho.

but we'll have fun watching you do it!

(^i wouldn't put that in a dating profile)

Some things are better as surprises

This fucking guy...

Oh i love this. My kinda girl.

Still waiting for them to pack the fckn thing for forwarding! I think they’re pretty busy.
Don’t let you-know-who catch you ogling the pics Pat.

Well, I got kind of reamed on the shipping (their promo applied to every service except UPS which was the only one which would take the larger box of this and a couple other things), but I'm hoping this is now a week or two away ...

I once ordered a guitar pickup from Japan, it seemed to have travelled around the world twice before it appeared here. It took months iirc, though I much further from Japan.

No, it was a fret crowning file back when you could buy it either on Stewmac(expensive shit) or in Japan. The pickup I ordered travelled for months and ended up returning back to Japan(the seller sent me an email).

So I combined it with a bass for shipping, and have now been hit with a $300 import charge for the package.

MatthewK wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 4:12 am So I combined it with a bass for shipping, and have now been hit with a $300 import charge for the package.

yeah, that's pretty spicy.

Well it turns out the photos were a little harsh. But it sure is yellowed!





Rather unique bridge setup ...

But I plugged it in, tried it out, it all works ...