Your best bargain?

JackleCube · #1 07-13-2009, 09:37 PM

So, I've got an Ibz S470, which I managed to get for £320, 60 less than the £380 RRP. And I'm now trying to increase my optimism of somehow getting a LP Studio in worn/faded cherry for less than £400, one way or another, lets hope the bay does me a favour.

So with this, I was curious of what other guitarists best bargains have been? Best snapped up bay deals etc, how much you saved etc.

dccomputersa · #2 07-13-2009, 10:15 PM

I recently got an S470 with the ZR trem in purple at a garage sale in Dallas for $80. Nice little find that. Will post a pic as soon as its done getting set up.

speedy mcfeely · #3 07-13-2009, 10:53 PM

'98 RG570 in gold... $200 USD. music store snobbs that hate "metal" guitars.

nato101010 · #4 07-13-2009, 11:10 PM

I got a beautiful Epiphone (Don't laugh! It plays AWESOME) SG for 125$.

THEE HAMMER · #5 07-13-2009, 11:16 PM

American made peavey generation tele, maple top (purple) gold hardware,flamed neck,sperzel tuners.........$50 from the Raleigh gc

I was shocked!, they told me they were wasting time leaving it hanging up such an ugly guitar..... whatever....

Pictures of that one will appear here one day.

Gibson Sg goth, was sold under an advertisement for "fake gibson sg" $200 w/case.

Peavey R 200watt bass amp w/1 15" w/ an 80's peavey 4/12 for 5 dollars.

those are the only unreal deals i've found recently.

still waiting to find a 59' burst for the change in my pocket.

kotornut · #6 07-13-2009, 11:32 PM

I got this 1991 RG560 for free:
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beat that.

**Ayrton** · #7 07-13-2009, 11:36 PM

Hard to beat free, but I did get an '89 strat plus for $100.

Timbaline · #8 07-14-2009, 12:00 AM

My friend got a mint K7 for $200

kotornut · #9 07-14-2009, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ayrton

Hard to beat free, but I did get an '89 strat plus for $100.

that's a good deal.

musicdr · #10 07-14-2009, 02:27 AM

Seems like all the best deals I've gotten were over 8yrs ago before the internet completely ruined pawnshopping.Recently I found a 2000 570 in mint condition for 150 and a microcube for 24.00 .I did find an untouched jackson soloist-lightninig graphic for 1000 last week.Not a killer deal, but I like the guitar an awful lot.

sick-boy · #11 07-14-2009, 04:44 AM

My friend's dad sold me my first electric guitar. It was sitting in the back of his closet and needed a set-up bad. It was such a unique guitar, beat up a little, but I loved it. He sold it to me for $65. It turned out to be a hard to find Guild S-60D. They go for around 800 and up. Of course, I didn't know that until after I traded it in. God dammit.

Now I'm going to try to convince my step-uncle that he needs to sell me his vintage Esquire and vintage Fender Twin on the cheap...

humpy · #12 07-14-2009, 05:53 AM

I got a 1999 7620 in fairly good nic for $500aus from a pawnbroker, which I'm told was a bargain. And a new Les Paul Standard with the faded finish for smidge over $1700aus online from Canada. Normally you'd pay up to and over $3000aus.

Neoclasiccl · #13 07-14-2009, 07:50 AM

Musicians friend blow out. RGA-121 for $499 not a scratch and dent
either brand new!!!!

prydogga · #14 07-14-2009, 07:57 AM

Damn.

Angra1 · #15 07-14-2009, 06:24 PM

I almost hate to admit this. When I was in high school twenty years ago, I wanted to be Steve Harris so I played bass. A friend of my family asked me to help him clean up his yard where he had constructed a storage building. For helping him he gave me an amp. A mid-60s Fender Deluxe Reverb in very good condition. I did not need a guitar amp and I did not know what it was worth so I sold way too cheap.
Now that I play guitar, I would love to have that amp back.

A co-work sold me a San Dimas Jackson with a snakeskin finish for $300.00. It had the original case with it.