1977 Starcaster. A pristine, under-the-bed example and even the case appears brand new.
There was tequila involved.
I understand this is not everyone's idea of a 'holy grail' guitar, but it's been one of mine for decades, and this one is hands down the nicest I've ever seen. The lockdown had me going through my pile of guitars and selling all the ones I had that were 'cool' but that never got played because the necks were too thin for me. To my surprise, I sold 7 guitars in a matter of a few weeks and ending up with a surprising amount of cash.
This jewel was already priced low for the condition, and I offered the seller $500 less, figuring no way. They accepted. I panicked. Tequila.
I figured it had to be a dog of a player and I would need to spend more buck$ to get it in shape, but guitar was actually nicer than they described, has a perfect set up, plays fantastic and sounds like heaven (if you're a fan of the Seth Lover Wide Range pups, which I am).
I figure I must have burned up a lot of good guitar karma with this one