First Act Re-finish and sell

This isn't a complete project recap like the others because it wasn't really a full project. I got this First Act single humbucker strat from letgo for $20. I got it just for practicing re-finish painting. The poor guitar was in horrible shape. The truss rod was completely loosened, and string tension had badly warped the neck forward. The nut came out in three pieces. 

Despite my best efforts, I was unable to straighten the neck completely. I was able to get it to a good playable relief with the truss rod, but not get it straight enough to level the frets. So it had to go without a fret level. The body re-finish went better than my ME301, I used Rustoleum 2X clear coat this time, hoping it would be harder, but it seems to me to be the same stuff as the specialty laquer that never gets fully hard. It scratches and scuffs way to easily even after weeks of drying. Still, it polished up nicely. 

even without a fret level I was still able to set it up with a nicely playable action, not shredder low by a long shot, but good enough to play comfortably. I used the original plastic nut from my spectrum strat project, which is going to get a tusq nut, so that didn't cost me anything. After paint and strings I maybe put $30-35 into it. Honestly, the pickup didn't sound too bad, I kind of liked it. It also held tune just fine, no real issues with the cheap tuners. It was a fun punkish guitar for awhile. 

I say for awhile because I decided to sell it. My other First Act strat is already my punk machine, and its a little better guitar. So I posted this guitar on a couple online marketplaces, and sold it in less than a week to a young lady. I sold it for the total cost to me, $35, which I think is a great price for a guitar which plays as good as this one did after I was done setting it up. The buyer got a chance to try it out and she liked it quite a bit, which makes me happy. I enjoyed being able to offer a unique looking guitar that plays nice, at a very affordable price. 

I may do this in the future if I get my hands on any more extremely cheap starter guitars. Paint them really pretty, set them up and make sure they're easy to play, and sell really cheap to people starting out. If I could get ahold of a few tiny practice amps really cheap that would help so I could offer starter packs. I think a lot of kids try to get started on guitar with cheap starter packs from amazon or First Act, which have stupid high action, and they get frustrated and quit because they have no idea how easy it can be to play a properly set up guitar. I think it would be neat to offer an alternative.