Knock-Offs, Rip-Offs, and Just Plain UGLY!

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And then you sell your fingernails for $2500. :D
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Another in the "What the f*** could they have been THINKING???" category:

http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ140192243 ... dZViewItem
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Uh-oh. The action must be low on this one.
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The Strat knobs went for $3650.00.

Mimosa, anyone...
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Kind of torn between whether to post this under Ebay Auction of the Day, or here, under "ugly".

Here won out.

And here's why:

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No bids...I wonder why?
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That should have been obvious right off. Even on the lowest level, I think "How would you keep from breaking that thing?" Besides its "eye appeal." Again, :roll:
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Coat with glue, sprinkle with coffee grounds, paint lots of coats of blue...presto! Custom paint you could trip over.
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Location: Hollywood.

SURPRISE!!
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ImageImage...barf.
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Poor thing's got its hands up, begging for mercy!

The UGLEE HEADSTOCK of the month award, too, no less.
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Makes me think of a jigsaw puzzle...
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Or someone puzzled by a jigsaw...
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Eastwood Pete Shelley model. Let's sell a guitar that's missing one of the body wings.
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The Plumbers Dream goes wrong
Check out the knobs are those the original Fender ones :mrgreen: Looks like
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