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If I'm being honest, I've been permanently banned from TGP at least 6 times. The over moderated nonsense there and the "other" LP forum is just too much for me. This is the only place I check in on a regular basis these days.
I prefer old strats, particularly ash. The 54 I had was easily the best strat I've personally played. It was a body refin with some repro plastic so it was also MUCH cheaper than something with 0 issues.
It was pretty wow. At the time, around 2009, they wanted $4900 which was about 2x what a custom was going for. I went back and forth for a few weeks on whether to just pull the trigger then one day....it was gone.