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no need for a pic you all know what they look like
http://www.carrollmusic.com/maya-les-paul-replica-2/
before that I had something like @martinw's jedson, which was dreadful and IMO not a "proper" electric guitar. The Maya wasn't bad for a cheap copy.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
So, I stripped it down (underneath it was black, but that was a bit dull for me) and painted it bright yellow. And stuck stickers on it - mainly of Kate Pierson from the B-52's. I really liked it!
Problem is, no one in my family was musical, and before the internet, it wasn't obvious how a guitar should play (to me anyway). So I struggled along with an action like the Clifton Suspension bridge, cheesewire strings, and wondered how on earth anyone managed to get a half-decent tune out of any guitar... but my desire to write songs was greater than my shredded fingers. But I think it's why I have such terrible playing, and still can't manage a F barre chord.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z257/oddball13/IMG_0050.jpg
It originally had 3 micro switches but replaced them with the later/current 5 way switch. The Lace single coil pickups got put in it 10 years or so ago but replaced them last year with some Dimarzio Virtual Vintage 62's. Had a Super Distortion in the bridge since the Mid 90's
Then it was a black one of these:http://hohnerguitars.de.tl/ST-Scorpion.htm
Note it still had a conventional nut with the locking piece behind it which was set too low so on tightening generated a really excellent shearing action on the string.
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