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    Bribing Santa

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    6 hours ago, SteveFord said:

    In exchange for a six pack of beer and a corn dog he brought me a Bug Eyed Monster.

    A Triumph, just not one from the 70s.

    You know you're getting old when you put the baffle in the muffler because the damned thing's too loud...

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    That’s badass 

    NGD, don't judge me, LOL

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    6 hours ago, ksdaddy said:

    I just bought a bright lime green Squier Esquire for $139 shipped. Pretty amazing guitar for the money. I get what you’re saying about typically needing to spend a good amount of time polishing the frets but I find it to be hit or miss. I won’t need to do much to this one but a Squier Jazzmaster I bought last year had frets that were not only razor sharp but looked like they had been sanded with 240 grit. Luck of the draw. G51W53m.jpg

    I like the color of this one too, I guess I’m tired of all the standard colors of guitars these days.

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    NGD, don't judge me, LOL

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    11 hours ago, Sheepdog1969 said:

    I have never owned a Stratocaster. The only "Fender" I have is a tiny Starcaster Strat, which a friend bought for my daughter when she was born. She never wanted to learn to play, so she gave it to me. Despite it being "set-up" and somewhat playable, it is more of a curiosity and rarely gets touched. I do own a '96 US made G&L Legacy HSS, which plays great and is "Strat-esque".  But, even with it's coil-split switch for the bridge Seymour Duncan Humbucker, it fails to produce the complete single coil tone that a SSS strat can. Don't get me wrong, the neck and middle SD single coils meet and exceed all my tonal expectations, and the Humbucker truly delivers in the double coil mode, (and is adequate in the single coil mode.).  However, I eventually wanted a SSS Fender strat, which would provide it's unique tonal offering, that was absent in my current collection. 

    My daughter turned 18 on Dec. 1st, and being a good dad with a great daughter, I spent a good bit of money on her big day. She is also heading off to the University of Alabama's Aerospace Engineering school next fall, and her tuition/housing costs (which I will be paying) are beginning now.  With Christmas fast approaching, the last thing I was considering was buying another guitar. That was until Fender sent me an offer on a Limited Edition Squier Sonic Stratocaster HT for $126.00 + tax and free shipping. Yup, nothing is more tempting than a urine yellow, poplar bodied, ceramic single coiled, hardtail, base model Squier "Strat", manufactured with parts and labor costs below $126.00 US per unit. But hey, it does say Fender on the headstock, albeit in tiny print below the large "Squier" logo. It was in my hands 3 days after I inexplicably clicked the "submit order" button.

    After 4+ hours of filing/polishing every fret end, 2 hours of action and intonation adjustments, 1 hour of pickup height adjustments, and 30 minutes removing the factory "9's" and restringing it with Ernie Ball "Fat Bottoms, Skinny Tops", I had a guitar that played great and sounded pretty good, (as long as I left the bridge p/u out of the mix).  I just ordered a loaded pickguard with new Fender Tex-Mex single coils, for just over what the guitar cost, and I plan to have them in before the New Year.

    https://www.fender.com/en-US/squier-series/squier-sonic/?prefn1=refinement-color&prefv1=Yellow&start=0&sz=12

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    Cool color, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen another guitar colored like that.

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