Congrats you guys.
Far as I know, the neck-thru body Strats only come in Red, Black, or White.
Since my previous post, I have accumulated more.
About 3 months ago, I found a black neck-thru Strat on eBay. The bid at the time was only 25 bucks.
Why? Because it had no bridge.
Of course, we know why this is...the original bridge was most likely BROKEN, lol.
Anyway, I put in a few bids....lo and behold I got it for 40 bucks! Plus about 35 for shipping.
It is in remarkable condition other than the missing bridge.
Just a few days later, I was perusing craigslist, and to my surprise I found a neck-thru bass, just like the one above, on sale for 100 bucks! I met the guy, who is a bassist for an up and coming major-label country musician (can't recall the name right now). He bought it in a pawnshop in Indiana for $175 a few years back, and meant to refurbish it, but he says he has 35 basses and just decided to unload it.
The hardware has a coating of rust on it, and the input jack is broken, so my intent is to replace all the hardware and electronics.
Then, just last week, I found another red Strat on eBay. Buy It Now price of 100 bucks. I snatched it up. Dude had already replaced the bridge, but it looks to me as if it is a chrome version of the original black one.....meaning cheap POS.
The chrome plating looks like it is about ready to flake off in some places.
I just tuned it up last night, and will see how it sounds this evening. It plays great. Only thing wrong with it was the locking nut pieces are gone, and the guy replaced the original black pickguard with a white pickguard from a Squier Strat.
Looks kind of cool.
I have decided that in the future though, I am only going to buy black or white ones if I find them for sale. Those are the colors I prefer for my axes. So eventually I will sell the two red ones. This makes 4 Strats and one bass I have now.
Great way to build a quality guitar collection for cheap!