I bought this in 1978 for $350.
It's gorgeous!
I had always been embarrassed by the color. I was a long haired heavy rock playing dude, and that color was not cool.
It’s lived in the case for decades only coming out for recording. About a year ago I got a new amp and was trying different guitars at rehearsal and my band mates said how much they liked the color. It was weird, here I was keeping it away for decades and now people are telling me it’s cool. Life’s weird. I also bought an Olympic White Stratocaster from the same guy, same day. He sold me both for $700. I played the white one but the blue one stayed home. You can really see the wear and tear on the white one.
Ah yes my namesake :)
Beauty!
Now that is a username!
I like the crackling in the paint finish, but that fretboard needs a bit of love. Give it a clean up and some lemon oil
Don't use actual lemon oil, it'll dry the fretboard out. Use linseed oil or something that's commercially produced for guitar fretboards. Although if you have something labeled "lemon oil", there's a good chance it's just linseed oil with a lemon scent
Seafoam green has always been fire. I don't care what anyone else says.
