Once again, I forgot to subscribe to my own topic...
I saw my aunt yesterday, and she said the asking price was $150. Big investment, so unless it was an SG or something, I was going to respectfully decline.
I arrive today, and my aunt says the boss is asking $50. I said I'd take a look.
What awaited was 2 guitars, an acoustic, and an electric. The acoustic (in hard case) is a Washburn. It's a lovely red, has ruined strings, and was once an electric acoustic, but the input jack and controls have been removed, leaving just the exposed holes where the components used to be. I declined to buy it, but the boss just wants rid of it, so he said I can take it, and do what I will. I might take it on Friday, and look at adding some controls and restoring it.
The electric has its ups and downs. The ups are that it seems to be very close to brand new. The strings are still smooth and shiny, and the plastic film is still on the pickguard. Overall very clean. The downside is that the guitar is very cheap. The brand is Karrera (I've never heard of them), it's a strat copy, well, check it out below...
The frets are very sharp, the action is ridiculously high, and the pickups are extremely weak and have no personality at all. The body is interesting. The top is laminated (I think that's the word) with a very dark, chocolate-coloured wood, while the body itself looks like pine. Maybe it's plywood. In any event, the guitar is super-light. I weighed it at the post office, and it was about 2.6kgs. No shielding paint, and there is a small hole in the wood inside the vibrato route. I stuck a chopstick into the hole, and it's about an inch deep. It's possible that the body is not even solid.
I handed over the $50 for it, thinking - given that it is almost brand new - I could sell it at a profit. But it's definitely not a keeper, and definitely not a project.
As for that Washburn...
