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yes yes yes, c'est moi. how y'all been?

yesterday I went to the Goodwill website and was scanning through guitars like the addict I am...and I saw an SX Strat for not much money. I bid $41 and won it.
I mean, it's not like I needed it....because I already have SEVEN Strats, and one of them is an SX Hawk....but I just couldn't resist. I have three SX's and love them all. The Hawk, a Liquid, and a hollow-body EG7.

So....yeah...I sorta screwed up. I'm supposed to be DOWNSIZING my collection, not growing it.

looking forward to seeing what this baby looks like in person.

And you wrote a song without even trying.

Peskypesky's back and he scored an SX Strat
On the Goodwill site yesterday.
It was $41, which is worth a holler,
And we all know that Texan can play.

This Strat is great, it will be number eight,
Looks as fresh as a Springtime boquet.
Though it's really quite absurd, he should be culling the herd,
Instead of posting a New Guitar Day.


Good of you to drop in, and happy NGD.

It's got that Euro beak (or at least that's what I think of when I see those)

Looks like it could be a steal, good bones at the very least.

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Great score for $41 and good to see you here.

toomanycats wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:51 am And you wrote a song without even trying.

Peskypesky's back and he scored an SX Strat
On the Goodwill site yesterday.
It was $41, which is worth a holler,
And we all know that Texan can play.

This Strat is great, it will be number eight,
Looks as fresh as a Springtime boquet.
Though it's really quite absurd, he should be culling the herd,
Instead of posting a New Guitar Day.


Good of you to drop in, and happy NGD.

haha! We can always count on TooManyCats for some wordsmithing.

Oh, by the way, I also got a cat! After almost 2 years of interaction (feeding, petting) I have finally "domesticated" the feral cat that I found living in my mother's backyard. She now is doing something I never dreamed she would do: she jumps up on the couch and cuddles with me and purrs and snoozes.

Welcome back Mr P - great score on the Strat and the cat.

uwmcscott wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 11:14 pm Welcome back Mr P - great score on the Strat and the cat.

OMG, sounds like a good title for a book, or a poem, or a song... or SOMEthing!

The Strat and the Cat!

Congrats on the score pesky!

peskypesky wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 11:47 am

toomanycats wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:51 am And you wrote a song without even trying.

Peskypesky's back and he scored an SX Strat
On the Goodwill site yesterday.
It was $41, which is worth a holler,
And we all know that Texan can play.

This Strat is great, it will be number eight,
Looks as fresh as a Springtime boquet.
Though it's really quite absurd, he should be culling the herd,
Instead of posting a New Guitar Day.


Good of you to drop in, and happy NGD.

haha! We can always count on TooManyCats for some wordsmithing.

Oh, by the way, I also got a cat! After almost 2 years of interaction (feeding, petting) I have finally "domesticated" the feral cat that I found living in my mother's backyard. She now is doing something I never dreamed she would do: she jumps up on the couch and cuddles with me and purrs and snoozes.

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Finally some pussy after leaving NYC..congrats

Nice score. However, I can beat that by $1. There's a lefty SX strat in my hood for $40. If it wasn't black....

Brendan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:39 pm Nice score. However, I can beat that by $1. There's a lefty SX strat in my hood for $40. If it wasn't black....

get a can of spraypaint

Brendan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:39 pm Nice score. However, I can beat that by $1. There's a lefty SX strat in my hood for $40. If it wasn't black....

You could always refinish it. Juat sayin'

Brendan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:39 pm Nice score. However, I can beat that by $1. There's a lefty SX strat in my hood for $40. If it wasn't black....

everyones got room for a black strat. Jimi's last known photo's were with his black strat, in a garden.

Black strats are a great blank slate.

Any pickguard color pretty much works, any hardware color/finish works, racing stripes are easily added, etc.

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I actually tried to buy it after I posted that. Gone. The color would have been less troublesome if I didn't already have a black strat.

Brendan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:45 pm I actually tried to buy it after I posted that. Gone. The color would have been less troublesome if I didn't already have a black strat.

I remember, now. With the Fatpup pickups? If so, which model?

Partscaster wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 7:00 am

I remember, now. With the Fatpup pickups? If so, which model?

I have a Black 70's CV strat that's been somewhat Gilmour-ized. Indonesia is the new Korea.

Brendan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:08 pm ...Indonesia is the new Korea.

Based on the build quality of the last several MII Harley Bentons I've bought, I would agree...

tobijohn wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:35 pm

Brendan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:39 pm Nice score. However, I can beat that by $1. There's a lefty SX strat in my hood for $40. If it wasn't black....

You could always refinish it. Juat sayin'

I'd rather just buy them painted these days. On that note, I've got a new tele body coming....

tobijohn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:12 pm

Brendan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:08 pm ...Indonesia is the new Korea.

Based on the build quality of the last several MII Harley Bentons I've bought, I would agree...

I still can't get over my TE-90. PIckups are perfect for me. I'm interested in that baritone Mosrite-style model, but I REALLY don't like sunburst. I might get over that though.

Brendan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:15 pm ...I'm interested in that baritone Mosrite-style model, but I REALLY don't like sunburst. I might get over that though.

See, that could have been the second one...

I have officially not purchased a guitar in a whole year now! But I keep getting tempted to try a Harley Benton Fusion.

doc-knapp wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 11:45 pm I have officially not purchased a guitar in a whole year now! But I keep getting tempted to try a Harley Benton Fusion.

I'm having a hard time believing it myself, but I think so far this year, I've only bought one guitar (an AL-3125 this past May from @Brendan). Granted, there aren't too many left on my bucket list but regardless, the used lefty market seems to have dried up, not even that many ridicuously overpriced ones out there...

tobijohn wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 3:14 am

doc-knapp wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 11:45 pm I have officially not purchased a guitar in a whole year now! But I keep getting tempted to try a Harley Benton Fusion.

I'm having a hard time believing it myself, but I think so far this year, I've only bought one guitar (an AL-3125 this past May from @Brendan). Granted, there aren't too many left on my bucket list but regardless, the used lefty market seems to have dried up, not even that many ridicuously overpriced ones out there...

I still look for oddballs like the DiPinto Galaxy and the few I've seen are over a grand. That's nuts. Guitar Center used has all Agile LP's at $450-ish. I'm not sure those are moving. Few deals.
I've been eyeballing this and threw a bid at it. Seller accepted.


Alder, double-bound, maple top, 3.75lbs. Going to try a mini-humbucker in the neck.

Brendan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:53 pm
...I've been eyeballing this and threw a bid at it. Seller accepted.


Alder, double-bound, maple top, 3.75lbs. Going to try a mini-humbucker in the neck.

Do you have a particular one in mind?