I just got home from buying a 2001 MIM Strat off of craigslist. It belonged to a teenage girl, I guess someone gave it to her to learn and she was giving up on it. It has some damage, more damage than I thought. I met her in her church parking lot after service, and it was dark and the guitar color was dark. So I didn't see it had big cracks in the back and neck pocket, but I think it's just in the paint
I only paid $20 so I'm not too worried about the money part. Neck is in decent shape, has some black marks on the back, but frets are good and it's straight. I wish I would of found this guitar when I was looking to paint a guitar.
here's some pics as I got it. I havent cleaned it up any, it's missing some knobs, but I have some of those around.

Let me know what you think about the cracks. I didn't need this guitar, so I'm probably going to throw it on ebay.

how can you go wrong for 20 bucks? The pickguard costs twice that - nice find.

I had a strat and a musicmaster that was flood damaged and had similar cracks. It looks to me like it may have gotten wet... I'll try and post pics later.

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Strat and frustrated teens do not mix well. It must have hit the wall/floor a few times. But hey, she's got more than $20 left in her, so you win.

Congrats ... nice find

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Hello JasonSD,

Good score,
That $20'll come back a few times over.

Cheers.

Yeah hopefully. I took it all apart and cleaned it. It was really dirty, especially the bridge. Looks a lot better now, put some knobs on I had laying around, put some lemon oil on the fretboard, put a trem cover on, took some pickguard plastic off some screws and put some new strings on. Just can't do anything about the cracks.

I threw it up on ebay tonight.

Hello JasonSD,

$165.51 + $40 for shipping
You did very well.

Cheers.

Yeah not too bad. I also sold the Telecaster I bought for $90, plus $20 for a new pickup for $250.00.

I have a new craigslist buy I picked up yesterday, but I'm keeping it. It's a 2005 American Standard body that's fully loaded, was just missing the neck. I guess the guy who owned it was trying to adjust the truss rod himself and keep turning and turning until he here a pop inside the neck. Duh!

It's a beautiful sunburst, really nice grain, no dings or scratches. I put the Lace Sensor pickups in it with a black pickguard I bought today and I'm going to use the american standard pickups in the guitar I'm painting.
I'll post some pics when I get a chance.

Right now I have a 93 neck on it, but I need to have a nut put on.

Here's some pics of the 2005 Sunburst Strat