If you were ever wondering what the inside of a guitar looks like after a cat has peed on it and the owner of the guitar didn't promptly clean it up, here it is...
Backstory: I was at the antique mall yesterday when I ran across a nice looking 2005 Squier Standard Strat in walnut satin for a very low price, even lower since the 'house' fee usually gets waved for dealer-to-dealer transactions. The seller did say it had "electronics problems". I also noticed a lot of the hardware was rusted, not uncommon with garage sale finds of neglected and abused guitars. I didn't really notice the smell until later, perhaps it had been Febreezed good before it went on sale.
When I pulled off the pickguard, which involved drilling out 2 screws where tops had rusted off, the smell hit me and I noticed the extensive electronics damage. I also noticed that the bridge was probably ruined too because of rust. Fortunately, I have the parts to fix it up except for a new trem assembly that I ordered off eBay.
Morale of the story: When buying guitars at storage unit sales, estate sales/auctions, antique malls and such it's always buyer beware. Often the sellers aren't guitar players at all or, at best, casual guitarists and may not know about problems or realize the extent of them. They want to move merchandise since flipping it quickly is the name of the game.
Here's a shot of the guitar before I started working on it...
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Oddly enough I'd never wondered what the result of a cat peeing on a guitar may be.
You'll need to retrain your parrot,instead of saying "pieces of eight" he'll now have warn you of stray cats
In addition to the macaw we have 3 cats, 2 dogs and a rabbit. We've always had quite a zoo and I've known about the feline tendency to view guitar cases as both lounging areas and impromptu litter boxes for some time.
;-o
I have played very very fine strat copies that cost less than £40. I couldn't tell the difference. That tells me that strats are just well set up £40 guitars with a name on them. - that's just a matter of opinion, but so is my assumption on a strat bridge pin setup.. So messy. Strats make great presents for 40 year old air guitar players to worship in the corner. Even Hendrix knew they should be burned.
The pickups were one of the attractive things about this guitar. They're Alnico with 6 round magnets, not the typical cheap Chinese ceramic bar magnet with pot metal slugs.
At any rate, I'll have a nice test platform for pickups and electronics experiments now.
that was awesome!
You bought a guitar with cat scratch fever. : )
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