Guitars
1990 Fender American Telecaster
Yellow USA Tele with a maple neck, TBX tone control and its hardshell case, plus a shoot-out against a G&L ASAT.
September 2005 · sansamp’s eBay sale
The gear archive
Eight detailed listings from one musician’s gear sale: a 1990 USA Telecaster, two classic pedals, a pro-wired pickguard, preamp tubes, cables and a piece of early home-networking history. Each page keeps the seller’s full write-up, every original photo and the auction’s original terms.
- Listings
- 8
- Original photos
- 116
- Auctions ended
- Sept 2005
- Every start
- $1, no reserve
Pickups & tubes
Lace Sensor & Hot Rails pre-wired Strat pickguard
Lace Sensor Blue and Gold plus a coil-split Seymour Duncan Hot Rails, pro-wired on a 1987 MIJ pickguard.
Effects pedals
Pro Co Turbo RAT distortion pedal
The highest-output pedal in the RAT line, used on both guitar and bass. Boxed with the manual.
Effects pedals
Boss GE-7 graphic equalizer pedal
Seven-band EQ with ±15 dB per band, the "forgotten hero" of the pedalboard. Boxed with the manual.
Cables & connectors
Pro Co 50 ft XLR microphone cable
Fifty feet of USA-made DynaMike 223B wire, used maybe half a dozen times as a DI-to-board run.
Pickups & tubes
Preamp tube lot: 12AT7, 12AX7 & 12AU7
A new Electro-Harmonix 12AT7EH plus four used preamp tubes from the "leftovers" drawer.
Cables & connectors
Monster Cable angled gold pin speaker connectors
Four pairs of reusable, toolless 60° gold pins for 12–14 gauge speaker wire.
Computer gear
Netgear EN106TP 6-port Ethernet hub
A metal-cased 10 Mb hub from the early broadband home office. It sold to a local buyer before the auction closed.
Behind the listings
Why these pages were built this way
Dozens of photos, every flaw called out, the back story and actual-cost shipping. Read how this seller approached a listing, and what still holds up two decades later.