I not only build guitars but I also collect them. I love Strats and Teles. One of my favorite things to do is rescue broken or abused guitars. Once you take a guitar apart, fix it and put it back together it becomes truly yours and a connection is made.
Recently, I have been casually scrolling through the Seattle Goodwill eBay store. Goodwill is like a thrift store here in the States. Seattle has quite a few musicians and many instruments make it to the Goodwill. The store always has nice old instruments, a lot of off-brand stuff, and occasionally an inexpensive rare gem.
When I saw this on eBay, I knew no one would want it. I knew it could be brought back to life. I was even prepared to unglue the fretboard and replace the truss rod if it was seized up. Thankfully it wasn’t.
I choose to keep everything original. I didn’t even replace the plastic nut or the ceramic pickups. The only thing I added was a few missing screws and an extra tremolo spring. Other than that, it’s an all original 2004 Standard Series Strat.
This vid is about 13 minutes of me just cleaning set to some slow, ambient, chill-wave. Sit back watch me clean and then stay for the improvised demo at the end.
Take it easy.
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Seattle Goodwill eBay Store: If you ever see a strat pop up there, let me know.
https://www.ebay.com/str/seattlegoodwill/Musical-Instruments/_i.html?_storecat=1640545017
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