My first vintage guitar. I totally didn't need the guitar but the guy that was selling it needed to pay the rent for the month. I don't like hearing that someone had to sell something like this to pay the rent even if it works in my favour but at least it's in a good home. I thought about selling it over the years because I could still get a good buck for it considering its poor condition.  Currently, I'm in It's Not For Sale mode.

It plays fine now but it sure didn't when I got it. And do I like the "Baseball Bat" neck?  Not in particular.  It doesn't make you play any better or worse.  It is what it is. The pictures are new but it looks like the day I bought it. This is why I hmm'd and hawed about buying it. It's pretty beat up. I was coerced into buying it and for the wrong reasons. I mentioned the rent thing but I also looked at it as an investment which is pretty cold but it certainly isn't a player and I couldn't take it out to a gig anyways.

How bad was the condition when I bought it?  There's been a headstock repair and I had to replace the tuners. The story was that it was left up against a heater and that's why one of the buttons (low E) was missing so I had to replace the tuners (they're in the case still). You have no idea how hard it was a finding three on a tree tuner set back in 2011.  The frets were so low that it put me off playing it again until I took it in for a refret years later.  I've tried various wraparound bridges and was never satisfied so the original one is back on.  I did manage to record the song Special Delivery with it back in 2011, and I found an instrumental that I used it on called Paid The Rent. Other than that, it sits in the closet unless I'm showing it to friends.