Sniped a Sniper and won a Graffiti Yellow Fender Cyclone
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:21 pm
I don't know why but this is one of the first guitars that I had wanted when my interest in guitars was reawakened in 2004: a Fender Cyclone in Graffitti Yellow. I don't remember what they sold for then,maybe $499 at MF? Anyway,I never got around to buying one and then they were gone.Replaced by the Cyclone II.
Well over the next five years I would look for one on ebay but most I saw were Candy Apple Red or Black or Sunburst,every other color but Graffitti Yellow. Then this past week I while searching Ebay for some of the guitars on my "want list" I saw this Cyclone and it was being auctioned by a store 10 miles from my house.
Now,just a couple of days before I saw this ad,I had bought one guitar(a J.Mascis Jazzmaster) and made a commitment to a friend to purchase another(1956 Fender Duo-Sonic).So I said to my self "do you really need to spend another $300+ on this guitar?" The more I tried to convince myself that I did not need it,and that I should save the money for the other guitar that I hadn't even paid for yet,the more futile It became.
As I watched the minutes till the close of this auction tick down I decided to go for.I made a decision to use Esnipe as it is very effective for getting your bid in before the auction closes without leaving time for another bidder to react.So I open the Esnipe page, put in my bid and get a message saying "Auction closes in 1:55 minutes,Bids must be placed at least 2 minutes before an auction closes".
Oh crap!Now what.I just had to watch the seconds tick away. I put my bid amount in the "bid amount" box and rested my finger lightly on the mouse and prepared for the final countdown ...steady...steady...10-9-8-7- I click the mouse and get "are you sure?"Click!..."Congratulations your are the highest Bidder,but...Click! Congratulations you won this item!"
After the dust had settled and I had caught my breath I looked at the bid history and saw that another sniper had put in a bid a 6 seconds before the auction closed.He probably used Esnipe.My bid was placed at the very last second of the auction!Wow!
Now I know how those Navy Seals who took out the 3 pirates must have felt.
Anyway I was so excited I drove right over to Willies American Guitars to claim my prize.I gotta tell you this guitar is even better than I thought it would be.Man I love the Atomic Humbucker and the Tex-Mex singlecoil pickup in the neck.But most of all I love the color Graffitti Yellow FTW!
Well over the next five years I would look for one on ebay but most I saw were Candy Apple Red or Black or Sunburst,every other color but Graffitti Yellow. Then this past week I while searching Ebay for some of the guitars on my "want list" I saw this Cyclone and it was being auctioned by a store 10 miles from my house.
Now,just a couple of days before I saw this ad,I had bought one guitar(a J.Mascis Jazzmaster) and made a commitment to a friend to purchase another(1956 Fender Duo-Sonic).So I said to my self "do you really need to spend another $300+ on this guitar?" The more I tried to convince myself that I did not need it,and that I should save the money for the other guitar that I hadn't even paid for yet,the more futile It became.
As I watched the minutes till the close of this auction tick down I decided to go for.I made a decision to use Esnipe as it is very effective for getting your bid in before the auction closes without leaving time for another bidder to react.So I open the Esnipe page, put in my bid and get a message saying "Auction closes in 1:55 minutes,Bids must be placed at least 2 minutes before an auction closes".
Oh crap!Now what.I just had to watch the seconds tick away. I put my bid amount in the "bid amount" box and rested my finger lightly on the mouse and prepared for the final countdown ...steady...steady...10-9-8-7- I click the mouse and get "are you sure?"Click!..."Congratulations your are the highest Bidder,but...Click! Congratulations you won this item!"
After the dust had settled and I had caught my breath I looked at the bid history and saw that another sniper had put in a bid a 6 seconds before the auction closed.He probably used Esnipe.My bid was placed at the very last second of the auction!Wow!
Now I know how those Navy Seals who took out the 3 pirates must have felt.
Anyway I was so excited I drove right over to Willies American Guitars to claim my prize.I gotta tell you this guitar is even better than I thought it would be.Man I love the Atomic Humbucker and the Tex-Mex singlecoil pickup in the neck.But most of all I love the color Graffitti Yellow FTW!
you'r probably right, i just want a guitar with tremolo so much and don't have the courage to sell my tele custom...