Arrive Thursday AM smelling like a wino on a 2 week drunk. Case is from an RI, missing handle, seller is sending one, really nice guy in Glendale CA. There was a chrome football shaped plate covering the bad jack hole I cut a pice of plastic to replace it, crude but effective. The plate said Freedom Guitars on it, Sunset Strip shop, so I guess it's lived most of its life in CA. Friday PM, I changed out the chrome tuners for nickel off my Embassy, ditto the bridge. Cleaned the bird with ScratchX, replaced rusted screws, polished the pup with Mother's metal polish. The neck is straight as an arrow, plays great...I knew I bought those gold knobs two weeks ago for a reason.
There was 2" tape residue over the logo and wrapping around the back...wtf? Came off the paint with ScratchX but is fused to the pickguard.