Yeah, I was the same way about my first real Fender Strat... Then I dropped it on stage........... Since then its been lit on fire 3 times, throw across stages... into drum sets... slid across stages... I've "surfed" across stage on it... carved into it... drawn on it...nailed beer caps onto it... and treated her with a complete custom pickup assembly and electronics set-up... she's pretty much not even a strat anymore. haha. I love her all the same.