Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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"The Spectator" (1st Stratocaster ever)
The 1st guitar I ever bought. I saved up my money to buy a 50th Anniversary Squier Stratocaster from Sierra Music in Placerville, CA in 1996. I believe I paid around $115 new. When I was a teenager I took model paint and covered over the Squier logo. The plastic over the years turned into a cool vintage yellowish color. Other than the headstock paint the guitar is totally stock.

The Spectator by Patrick Walsh

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