I posted awhile back in the PSA section about an SC1 being parted out on Ebay. It bothered me so much that I took a chance and made a reasonable deal with the seller for the entire guitar. The guitar arrived yesterday in its original case.
I have to say that parting this out was criminal to say the least. The guitar is in very, very good condition. I have some suspicions about the "player" wear on the back of the neck but all in all its a true survivor and mostly unmolested. I have to repair a tuner as well as replace 2 missing bridge screws and when I get it assembled and play it a bit I'll fire out a tone report.
Surprisingly this is the first SC1 I have had the pleasure to fondle. So here are some good sized pics of the beast. Aged white nitro on maple "mustang" style body, large dot neck with early G&L stamped enclosed tuners, nice frets, clean hardware and 1 volume, 1 tone control!
Enjoy......
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
Outstanding! I'm glad you saved it from being parted out! I bought an '85 Invader last year that was sitting in a store on consignment. The neck was in great shape and all the electronics were in good working order, but someone had butchered it with a bad paint job and replaced the graph tech string locks with some bizarre contraption that kinda looked like a Kahler replica locking nut. I bought it just to save it and bring it back to life. And I'm glad I did, I got a great guitar for a great price! I don't mod or refinish just to do it, I now look for old G&L's that need a little TLC. I gained a lot of respect for the G&L workmanship by repairing that guitar.
That's a great guitar. I don't know how much more someone can expect to get for such a rare guitar when parted out but you did the world a favor by keeping it together.
