Budget P alike being sold in charity shops - daughter treat

[Highlander]

I was down in Devon this weekend and my buddy and I have a habit of trawling the chazzers (as my bud calls the charity shops) - anyway, I walked into one called Sue Ryder and there was this P copy being sold for £89.99 and reduced to £59.99 - I gave Roshina a call and told her it was pale blue (wot, sea-foam?), no pale blue... yep, she was interested, anyway... now, the setup was iffy but the neck was of interest to me - D profile, like my PC and the fretless neck I put on my Jazz (for which my daughter is still not fully forgiving me for)... oh yeah, they had broken the padlock key and sold her to me for £54.99 ($90.71)
Set her up and tried running through my MAG300 and the sound is pretty good - happy daughter...





The head is oddly shaped but she looks and plays well for the money, sound is pretty good, strings feel easily playable, finish is reasonable - an odd bit is the cut-through on the scratchplate, but as it is an "R" and my daughter's name is Roshina...

Made in China - not stripped to check construction - neck is similar to maple with a rosewood board; skunk-stripe on the back...

Other than that, not much else known - the shop's website does not appear to show the instruments... also saw Strat copies but a quick search found reference to an LP guitar...

[dadagoboi]

Nice score, Kenny!  Headstock is sort of like a Reverend.  9 screw scratchplate is something I haven't seen.  I'd add another screw or 2 to keep the jack from tearing out and breaking it.  It's possibly from the same factory as SX, tuners look to be exactly the ones they are using now.

[godofthunder]

 Lucky daughter! Nice find. My daughter is bugging me for a fretless.

[exiledarchangel]

People like you sir are making us low-budgeteers proud! Nice buy!

[Chris P.]

Great! And I love the colour!

[Highlander]

Cheers for the tip, Carlo...

Forgot to add, came with a strap, a lead and the two required Allen wrenches... (edit - forgot the gig bag too)

I think she's pleased with this beastie...

Scott... the fact that I went fretless with my Jazz is why she was displeased with me, and as Charlotte plays upright, it's only a natural progression...

Exiled... We're not far behind you...  

[PhilT]

You're lucky to get that Ken, most shops are out of stock.

It has pedigree

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4628843.Guitarist_helps_shops_hit_right_note/

They will in time become highly rare and collectable.    Meanwhile, a hugely popular modding platform for the connoisseur....

http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=120281  (43 page thread, but lots of pics).

[Highlander]