Sunday, June 21, 2015 -- Haven't played guitar this weekend, my daughter and her BF were here, so its been time to wine, dine and entertain (and grill out -- yum!). This morning I had steak and eggs

with leftover steak from supper last night.

In the wake of trying to get the house cleaned up, it was necessary for me to put away the two guitar

cases that sat outside my office doorway. One holds my Spectrum strat, the other I bought for dirt on eBay (and it was basically brand new). So I put the Ibanez Gio GAX30 in the case, then moved them both into our videogame room, which is where my original Tobacco Sunburst Oscar Schmidt OE-30 semi-hollow body guitar resides in its gig bag.

So that left my office with my artic white Squier strat, my Peavey Raptor EXP (in its new gig bag), as well as my Cherry Red OE-30 semi-hollowbody and my Davison Les Paul copy. My only concern about leaving the guitars in cases in other rooms is that I'll never bother to get them out and play them. Oh well, they are store safely, and that's important.

So what's my best playing guitars (in my amateur opinion)?  The Davison Les Paul is the easiest to play; I don't claim to know squat about Gibson neck profiles and such (in fact, I've only held an actual Les Paul in my hands a couple of times); all I know is my blue Davison LP copy feels great and plays easily.

Close behind it is my Squier hard tail Strat. It really plays nicely and the previous owner must have taken care of it too -- great action, stays in tune as well (or better than) my other hard trail guitars.

Speaking of tuning, my OE-30s have never been the best when it comes to holding their tuning. They use some type of tuner that states they are Grover tuners, but I'm betting they're simply cheaper copies. I've toyed with the idea of locking tuners on one or more of my guitars.

No. 3 Best Player is my cherry red Oscar Schmidt OE-30. I like to imagine that I'm channeling Carl Wilson whenever I play it. Close behind the OE-30 is the Ibanez Gio. Despite its flaws, (and a nut that I need to replace), this guitar is a good player that keeps its tune.

NEW ARRIVAL ON ITS WAY! You've heard the saying, "Be careful what you wish for" haven't you? Well, while browsing the eBay guitar listings Friday night (the LOW end of the strata, not the custom shop Fenders, Gibsons and the like), I ran across a Behringer strat with a "make offer" tage. Well, why not shoot the owner a cheap offer?

Folks, meet the new owner of a Behringer strat! (gulp!)

This guy had a cheap BIN price, plus a make offer option, so I couldn't help but send him an offer well below the BIN price -- and he took it.

I was looking at Behringer guitars because I was thinking of buying an iAXE, their USB-capable guitar. In that process, I also saw their older, non-USB strats.

I'm not sure which Asian/Pacific factory makes their guitars, but they look like decent, entry-level quality. This guitar needs no repairs I could see, so I think I'm going to make out ok on this. I don't want another fat strat, and frankly, I didn't really want another strat. I would like a telecaster, or a Gibson or Epi SG clone.

Maybe I can practice setup on this one or something ... it appears to be out-of-the-box stock.

I'm still waiting on my PBass pickguard and parts to arrive on that slow boat from China everyone talks about.

Better get going ... rock on!