Super Sonic on the bay.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:12 pm

fuck the auction, but someone could've had the whole thing for $250.

thumbs in our asses, thumbs in our asses.

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:21 pm

wow.. 355. That is ADICKIELUS

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:55 am

That ridiculous fellow is me. After finding the link above in this thread, I inched up from $101 to $355 (about $10 at a time) until I was highest by a couple dollars. So that makes at least two dummies bidding over $350 for it.
I have four Super-Sonics. One in each colour. I wanted one more custom one that I was going to modify anyways, so if it in pieces that is fine. Was going to strip and paint it anyways. The last two that went up on eBay were over $600 in the end. So, from that perspective, $355 isn't so bad at all.
And yes, I've paid less. But I want one more, and $355 is less than $600.
Blue was $299, new in 1998. Black was $400, new in 2005. Silver and white ones I got a year a go, used, for about $500 each on eBay.
And if you think that is still a rip off - I paid $700 CDN for a Vista Venus XII last week.
Oh, and since this is my very first post on shortscale - I should add that I have a 1970 Comp Mustang and a matching 1971 Comp Mustang Bass (blue).

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:11 am

cool beans man

haha well at least someone at shortscale is getting it!

We were p***ed because it was 250 buy it now price before the bidding started.

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:53 am

Somebody else blew it, then. I would have BINed it in a second.
I figure, Fiesta Red...

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:56 am

Fiesta red? sounds cool

we like seeing a guitar go from a pile to a smokin gun! Take pics

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:25 am

If I get it, or another one, the idea is a Fiesta Red Super-Sonic / Esquire. Fill the bridge cavity, put a left-hand tele bridge on it, a BG-1400 pickup.
Or make a new body and use the neck / neckplate. Something.
The ones I have are all modded - Blue has Fat 50s Strat pickups, Silver has P-Rails, Black has one stacked YJM, White has dual Dimarzio HBs. All four have stuttering kill buttons.
I suppose the real problem is if I decide that I need a Daphne Blue one, and a White Blonde one....

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:47 pm

My bid for the Super Sonic was cancelled and now it's listed at a BIN of $355.

What's up with the canceled bid?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Squier-Super ... 4152744553

wadeaminute, here is your second chance at it.

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:26 pm

Yup. That was for me. I got it.
So, five Super-Sonics altogether. Ridiculous. AND, I just bid on another shortscale that I've wanted for a long time, but that one is a secret.
Now I just need a decent luthier here in Winnipeg, Canada.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:30 pm

wadeaminute wrote:Yup. That was for me. I got it.
So, five Super-Sonics altogether. Ridiculous. AND, I just bid on another shortscale that I've wanted for a long time, but that one is a secret.
Now I just need a decent luthier here in Winnipeg, Canada.

So did the seller cancel the original auction for you?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:31 pm

wadeaminute wrote:I should add that I have a 1970 Comp Mustang and a matching 1971 Comp Mustang Bass (blue).

post photies.

dub · Post by **dub** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:20 am

wadeaminute wrote: The ones I have are all modded - Blue has Fat 50s Strat pickups, Silver has P-Rails, Black has one stacked YJM, White has dual Dimarzio HBs. All four have stuttering kill buttons.

post photos.

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:51 am

Photos - I'll definitely try and figure that out soon. They are all hanging on a wall like a guitar store (well, ten of them are). This is only about my fifth post, so I'm brand new here. Photos might take a few days. Maybe this will work for now...

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:54 am

(non short-scales on the wall: 76 LP Custom, 77 Hardtail Strat. 2010 Dick Dale Fender acoustic, Squier tele-thinline (24.75") modded to be an Esquire, and my Ukelele)

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:02 am

wantsasupersonic · Post by **wantsasupersonic** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:32 pm

Very nice! extremely jealous! I like the couple that you modded that have a full pickguards (no control plate). I think thats what I'll be doing with my build until I can get a plate custom made.

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:48 pm

Three of the four have custom pickguards. The blue one just got a white pearl guard, but it has a clear one on it for eleven years. That looks amazing.
The plan for the new one is to fill all of the holes and make it an Esquire without a pickguard in Fiesta Red. Or maybe Filter'Trons.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:05 pm

holy crap, is that white one rob's soapsonic??????

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:19 pm

Nope. Not even aware of Rob's SoapSonic, but I am curious.
It's got two Dimarzio humbuckers (Tone Zone and a PAF), a momentary button, a three way, and two volumes with push / pull pots to split the coils. And white tuning machines. I put more details up on jag-stang.com. Maybe I should do that here, too?

wadeaminute · Post by **wadeaminute** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:21 pm

The silver one has P-Rails: