Brain Fertilizer

Looks like I won a Cort Explorer-style Effector guitar:

I remember seeing one a long time ago (in the late 80s) in a pawn shop, and not buying it because it seemed way too cheesy.

Now the cheesiness is cool. To me, at least.

I bid on this one, got the lead at $100 5 days ago...and not a single other person bid. Which would normally be great (my max was $140), except that I bid without first doing a search for other Cort Effectors. And when I did, I found this:

Clearly a much better Cort Effector. It's prettier, with the dark blue-burst. It's got an old Kahler trem (not the Floyd Rose licensed copy), and what looks like better quality tone/volume/speed knobs. It seems like an all-around higher quality guitar, and I've got the bid right now at $70.

I was hoping someone would outbid me on the Explorer copy (which would leave me free to bid higher on the Strat copy), because the Explorer's got the much worse tremolo system with that "vintage" Stratocaster-style. Blech.

So what I might end up doing is going for both, and then keeping the Explorer as a parts guitar if the Strat's electronics ever give out.

Interestingly, neither guitar has a pickup selection switch, so both humbuckers on the guitars are on all the time. Apparently it results in nice tone, but I may have to add a selector switch to the Explorer style...