~1990 Fretlight Optek

Remember these? Little red lights all over the fingerboard and a whole buncha rotary switches on the front to tell you where to put your fingers for about eight billion different note, scale, and unpronounceable name combinations for esoteric, possibly louche, music. Well here’s your big chance to get a real nice regular Strat-type guitar with all that hoo-hah built right in except, alas, the Fretlight part doesn’t work, at least not now. Definitely not the power supply; it’s brand-new and I checked its 9V DC output voltage my own self. Maybe I’m doing something wrong and maybe not, but I just don’t have the patience to fool with it. I do know this: it’s a very cool working Strat-type guitar, all set up, and it plays great, perfect for learning on or as a backup, easily a $400-plus value; it’s got a real nice hard shell case, prolly a hunnert bucks worth right there; it has a brand new 9V power supply that you might need later on for well, you never know. That, and if you can figure out how to make it light up you’ll not only have a very cool guitar but you might also have a very-far-out $800 Fretlight. Amaze your friends, astound your relatives with its blinding array of otherworldly wording surrounding all those fancy switches. Take it home for only $349 w/hsc