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I walked in Oxfam before going for a full English breakfast and a couple of pints yesterday and saw a dusty 3 stringed Encore Strat that matched my P-Bass (which is remarkably heavy and well built) and was genuinely surprised when I was told they wanted £3.99. How could I resist...





So after a couple of pints I sat in my mates and opened and cleaned it all up, was glad to find a swimming pool route so I can put a humbucker in it if I wimp out of owning a guitar with single coils. The stock pickups are ok, pots all need a good clean, new nut, and a whammy bar, and I don't have a pack of strings in the house and am still on cruches at the minute.





Testing with one string, I snapped two of the ones it had on it getting them off, it looked like it'd been in an attic for years.
Zoom 505 for fuzz tones hahaha....





and last... here's my bass for comparison...

Man you shoulda left it grimy, it looks badass

Mike wrote:Man you shoulda left it grimy, it looks badass

It'd prefer it covered in my grime, which i'm sure it will. I'm not a brilliant babysitter of guitars.

Looks great, well done!

There was some well known session player used an Encore Strat, cant remember who it was now..

Amazing deal. I've played a few and they've never been great, but for £3.99 ANYTHING'S great!

Oh, the bass player in the punk band i'm in has used an Encore short scale bass for years. He swears by it, good player too.

wwrrss wrote:

Those are DiMarzio split humbucker type right? How do they compare to the standard P pickup? Always been interested.

Best score.

oh wow... most amazingest deal - EVER.
LOVE the grimey look.

wow.

see... beer does good things to/for you.

damienblair17 wrote:

wwrrss wrote:

Those are DiMarzio split humbucker type right? How do they compare to the standard P pickup? Always been interested.

Yeah it's a DiMarzio Split P, the standard pickup in that bass was crap. The Split P seems to be louder, fuller and more punchy, all of those words mean nothing though. I like it is a good pickup, it shits all over the old one.

u lucky bastard u! i want 4 quid guitar

demo!

Mike wrote:Man you shoulda left it grimy, it looks badass

+1 2 grymez

4GBP, that's like $6. Holy fuck that's a nice score.

I found my old Encore Strat neck in the coal shed last week, it's been sitting out there for 5 winters and I thought it'd be warped to hell...nope, it's in perfect condition. I was quite impressed.

Magic find Sean-o! Nice beard and fez - Exactly how I imagined you to look!

Dave wrote:Magic find Sean-o! Nice beard and fez - Exactly how I imagined you to look!

That's a fake beard, my real one is better. Unfortunately I can't claim ownership of the beard, fez or 505.

wwrrss wrote:

Dave wrote:Magic find Sean-o! Nice beard and fez - Exactly how I imagined you to look!

That's a fake beard, my real one is better. Unfortunately I can't claim ownership of the beard, fez or 505.

DON'T SPOIL THE ILLUSION WWRWRWRWRRSSrs

Dave wrote:

wwrrss wrote:

Dave wrote:Magic find Sean-o! Nice beard and fez - Exactly how I imagined you to look!

That's a fake beard, my real one is better. Unfortunately I can't claim ownership of the beard, fez or 505.

DON'T SPOIL THE ILLUSION WWRWRWRWRRSSrs

I LOOK LIKE LICH KING.

wwrrss wrote:I LOOK LIKE LICH KING.

STOP LOOKING AT MY ARSE YOU FIEND