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Here are some pics of the $49.00 First Act Guitar
I bought one at Target on clearance for parts, but found it had good bones. I took it apart, leveled and crowned the frets, made a new corian nut, reshaped, planed and veneered/ inlaid the headstock, made a new walnut pick guard with abalone inlay, then set it up nice. I'm very pleased with it - I think it rivals my esp ltd.
The rumor is that Walmart is phasing out their music instrument line.Probably due to low sales. But what do you EXPECT when you hide them in the toy section?
How many people go in Walmart looking for strings etc and never think to look in the TOY dept.Sometimes I wonder if those folks that make a living designing Walmarts set ups are just graduates of kindergarden.
I picked up on a similar deal a couple of years ago at a flea market. It was a Lyon which I think they used to sell before they called it First Act. It had been dropped which left a nasty ding in the body but for $45 I couldn't pass it up because it came with a gig bag, small practice amp, tuner, strings and strap. Screaming deal for all that stuff. I still have it but can't decide if I want to strip that crummy plastic finish off of it or scavenge it for parts. I was thinking about steampunking it after stripping. It would need parts too because it doesn't stay in tune for crap so I thought about putting a locking nut on it. Either that or take the neck off of it and stick it on a CBG. I'm still split on the decision but I'm leaning towards just rebuilding it because I've really outgrown my red Squire II Strat.
I really need a higher end guitar now, I wouldn't mind a Tele or a Gibson even since I have a Strat. I actually had a job offer from PRS a couple of years ago but I couldn't walk away from some vestments coming up at my current IT job. I would dearly love to have an emerald green PRS.
Nice upgrades......I love that pick guard inlay....VERY VERY COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice upgrades......I love that pick guard inlay....VERY VERY COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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