..all birch mid century Stella’s are plentiful and cheap...many do need neck resets which is totally doable but some don’t...i’ve bought and refurbished more than 20 of them...(I do “poor mans resets” on them)....(don’t ask I could get cyber stoned for divulging the process)...I have a luthier friend that has gone as far as radiussing the fingerboard and refretting a 60’s Stella...it’s killer...anyhow....i’ve played em in bands...put old magnetic pickups in them...set em up for slide...recorded with them....awesome camping guitars....you’re right...there’s nothing quite like em....also..I expect there’s a bit more to their sound than just the birch..the stamped steel trapeze tailpiece..funky wood bridge/saddle...the 24 inch scale length....
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