I've been jonesing for a US-made Patriot and a Foundation with Super Ferrites for a while now...
I pulled off a rare Shell station no-play purchase yesterday in Wake Forest.
This Foundation had been neglected pretty bad, but after few hours of disassembling, steel wool, cleaning, some light re-soldering, a new set of strings and I'm a pretty happy camper. Much to my surprise, I got it intonated pretty easily after some TLC (the bridge & saddles were a real mess).
I also got the original Peavey HSC with it, which ironically, is in fantastic shape.
Not my first choice of colors, but I'm thrilled with the sound -
before:
after some work: