hey! i have a little extra money and i'm looking for a cheap guitar. obviously i don't expect a great sounding guitar, tuning stability is all that i want. i've been looking at epiphones and i really don't know how they make them so cheap. i understand the electronics have to be replaced, but the construction seems very good. my other option is getting an 80's kramer that has more dings than finish and painting it.......you guessed: vh red-white-black stripes. I also would like to get an Iceman, but i can't find one here, and buying from the US would kill the 'cheapo' concept.
The hardtail (or blocked trem ) Squires are pretty good if you swap out the pickups. I say, buy a Squire hardtail (maybe even the long-scale model) and swap out the pickups. Make it a project/experimental guitar. Anything you wanted to try, do it to this guitar. Heck, even if it sounds like crap, and plays like crap, you've got your own "Lasher". :biggrin:
LoL nuno n trouble, i wouldnt be caught dead with an eddie striped guitar lol
personally, i love the yamaha pacifica for the price. its a fair guitar in itself, and its solid alder. so its not much different from american strats. just replace the el cheapo trem on it, shave the neck to perfection (if need be) and swap out the pickups and youve got one seriously hot guitar.
MF has one right now for 129. cant beat that!!
OTOH i think an RG170 for around 250ish, or the ibanez Ax120 for 300 are good choices too.
- RGX body shape
- H/S/H + vol/tone + 5-way
- Fend*r-like trem (i don't use it)
- alder body/maple neck/maple board
- cherry stained finish (no gloss)
- $100
she plays great, very comfy and a sleek neck (not as a Wizzy but hey!) she also looks great, very detailed routings and an amazing finish. simply great.
i also play her for those '80s moments... *sniff*
What about one of the Yamaha pacifica teles with a humbucker and a single coil in the bridge? You can then put a Duncan humbucker in the neck, hot rails in the bridge, change the hardware if you feel like it, and there you go!
How about a beat up BC RICH?? Nobody likes them anymore and you can get an NJ for short money.
I like the Kramer idea though......Put Mean Street in your set list !!!!!
I am sure you can find an old beat up kramer/jackson/ibanez for next to no money. Unfortuantely for thse guitars they're vintage value is almost non-existant and they're not bad guitars. I'd say look second hand and see what's out there for little cash.
7 Dying Trees,
why did you say 'unfortunately'? at the contrary: that's a fortune!!!
i'd love to go to a shop and find a '86 Kramer for around $150!!! what do you want more?
i don't give a hell about what the collectors think of a '86 Kramer, i just love her!
all of my Ibys are from '86/'88, the best moment in Ibanez story, to me: their value is under my feet, but i love'em like sons!
RG570!! $600 and you still get the Edge trem, plus with some pickups and pot replacements you have a really cool guitar. Seen the new RB metallic finish? Anyway, you can pick one up on Evilbay cheap. I have 4 of them now. You can find them on Evilbay for aroun $250-$300 and mod the crap out of them! And they go well with a 7620 that you can treat the same!!
P.S. Plus you don't feel bad changing something like I would on a jem.......tight a$$.......that's me
i love my cheapo GAX, after thePU facelift, i love it even more! i've told people that i love this one better than my p-90 equipped Les Paul & they thought i was out of my mind... well i guess have set up this one well & it sounds great, so what's wrong if it's cheap & made in Indonesia?
I have the RG421, and for the money it's the best guitar I've ever owned. It's built well, and compliments my SC420, because of the difference in woods, scale, and pups.
I'm a total Ibanez fixed bridge fan.
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