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I've got something on the way in the mail that I'm extremely excited about. More so than just about any guitar I've acquired in the last couple of years.

First hint: there's one particular OSGer who is forbidden from guessing what it is.

I guess you bought it off this particular OSG member.

Hmm. Vintage Starcaster?

Larry Mal wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:38 pm

I guess you bought it off this particular OSG member.

Hmm. Vintage Starcaster?

Indeed, though it was a trade deal and not a purchase.

I wish I had a vintage Starcaster, but this is decidedly more solid-bodied.

George Harrison Tele??

Maybe he's getting that Bo Diddley back? Hard to think of a more solid-bodied instrument than that.

Telliot wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:23 pm

George Harrison Tele??

Shorter scale.

Larry Mal wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:28 pm

Maybe he's getting that Bo Diddley back? Hard to think of a more solid-bodied instrument than that.

I don't think Maggie is letting that one go. Also, this is a vintage guitar.

Given that it's in the Main Stage section (thus not a non-offset) and you're saying it's "shorter scale", I'm gonna guess it's a 24" scale offset, and it's probably something oddball... Duo-Sonic? Bronco?

Wait, doesn't "Main Stage" mean offsets and "Side Stage" means other guitars?

It's an old Jaguar is my new guess.

GilmourD wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:56 pm

Given that it's in the Main Stage section (thus not a non-offset) and you're saying it's "shorter scale", I'm gonna guess it's a 24" scale offset, and it's probably something oddball... Duo-Sonic? Bronco?

Less oddball than that.

Larry Mal wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:17 pm

Wait, doesn't "Main Stage" mean offsets and "Side Stage" means other guitars?

It's an old Jaguar is my new guess.

It's not a Jaguar, I finally have accepted that I don't need any more of them. Still love mine to bits, but I'm satisfied on that front.

Bass VI.

Larry Mal wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:52 pm

Bass VI.

Shorter scale.

Mustang Bass!

Larry Mal wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:14 pm

Mustang Bass!

Close, just...not a bass!

It's my old '66 Mustang that Steve took care of for a while.



And man, did he ever take care of it. I found it in a pawn shop in Montreal with the finish crudely stripped and glittery nail polish all over the pickguard. I traded it to him a couple of years ago, and he promptly got his tech to refinish it in its original white. Rescued the original pickuard, too.

It has a beautiful flamed maple neck and I've been regretting letting it go ever since I saw how beautifully it cleaned up. It feels great to be getting it back in the fold, and 1000x improved compared to the state I last saw it in:

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

Very nice. Congratulations!