Alright, so I have to say - the hello kitty strat, it's a lot of fun and I'm really impressed with it as a Squier. I think it is supposed to be a "classic vibes" level Squier per what I've read on the internet - it is well intonated, it's really stable, the tuners are pretty nice, it has nice action, the finish is great. I'm impressed. It has a glossy neck which is not the choice I'd make generally but it's not difficult to move around on. My daughter typically stays out of my office, i need to put it away because she is not big enough for it yet but it'll be game over if she sees it - it should go hide in the closet for a few years. But, also - i think I kinda like having a stripped down strat like this. Maybe I should get a charvel or something if she does end up taking the kitty strat. Also though, she is definitely a lefty (like me) but I'm afraid she may be a full on guitar lefty (unlike me). Which will make sharing guitars harder.
Also, one of the other guitars I got back from the luthier was my old dirnt p bass that i played forever and toured with. I'm trying to get my chops back up.
I'm really bummed that the one guitar I've actually abused enough to have self-relic'd just had a shitty poly finish. I had considered replacing the body. Just cause it would be kinda fun to do, it would be like a new bass, maybe there's some metaphorical stuff going on there, and also I could keep the things I liked about that bass (neck, pickup, maybe the bridge) and upgrade the other stuff. Curious on thoughts, if this is cool like it is, or... I had played with the idea of getting a standard p bass body in nitro tahitian coral, something like this -
maybe a little bit of relicing on it and no covers. although it would be the weird thing of the standard p body with the tele p neck, like this -