I love USA peavey! So needless to say when I saw a peavey patriot for sale on craigslist with original hard case and even a peavey amp for only $195 I called about it right away. I drove a little over an hour to get it. When I got there to see it I was amazed. Not a scratch on it. The ad said it was just set up and had brand new strings. While the strings are new the action is horrible. I have no idea how the person who did the "set up" thought anybody could play like that. Other than the bad action it is flawless. I still didn't get around to giving it a proper set up. The amp it came with is an old peavey basic 50 in good working condition. I took it to my local music store today for a consignment sell. I'm hoping to get around $100 for it.