Re: SDUG ULTIMATE AXE - Category 7; Pawn Shop Prize!
Okay, ebay counts?
Excellent.
So, it's the week before my birthday, and I've been following this guitar on ebay. But I forget to bid on it, and the auction ends.
So, I email the seller, and ask if they're going to put it back up for auction, as I'd meant to bid, but just lost track of it. They don't answer me, but I notice it's back up.
For $1. That's Friday, I think.
Monday's a holiday (and my birthday, by happenstance). Saturday, I'd bought a Gretsch to celebrate (with my loverly wife's permission).
Tuesday morning, before heading into work, I check in on ebay. And the guitar's still there.
For $11. And the auction ends in 5 or 6 hours.
I know it's worth more than that. But, I also know that my loverly wife will skin me alive if I buy another guitar without checking with her first.
So I put in a lowball bid. $75.
5 -6 hours later, I receive notification that I've won. $71 and someodd cents. Plus $40 for shipping.
So I got this:
For $111 and someodd cents.
The pictures don't really do it justice - there's some subtle flame going on in the top.
But it *is* a factory second. And you can't tell if you're more than 5 feet away from it.
P.S. The stock pickups in it had no balls, so I put in the EMG HZs I got from someone on here in trade.