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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 02/09/2007 : 13:00:03
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What new guitar of the ones you bought during the last 10 years or so has been your best buy ever? Most guitar for minimum money.
Just for the fun of trying an arch top I bought this Yamaha AE500 a couple of weeks ago for about $400:
http://www.yamaha.com/guitars/products/productdetail/0,,CNTID%25253D60001%252526CTID%25253D600005%252526CNTYP%25253DPRODUCT,00.html
And boy, this was a very good sounding instrument with high build quality, the fretwork is exelent (unusual on cheaper instruments), the set up near perfect, the pups quite good.
I like it a lot and has used it in a jam with good results.
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
2232 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2007 : 13:42:38
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one word..
Agile
i got the metal V model ( think its called the hornet ) left handed for wait for it, wait for it..
200 USD plus 30 shipping!. i think they raised the price 100 bucks since then.
rondomusic.com
seriously, i cant believe the quality of these guitars for the price. they have a great reputation. the LP models look amazing and again for a ridiculously low price. i want the whole collection,. |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2007 : 15:43:30
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I'd have to say my 2 Schecters http://gamefreaks.net/defrag/personal/music.html For $650 a piece, their value is phenomenal. They come with Grover tuners, graphite nuts, binding & Mother of Pearl inlays, authentic Seymour Duncan (JB SH-4 & Jazz SH-2n)or EMG (81/85) pickups, neck-through & set necks with string through Tune-O-Matic bridges, quilted maple tops, sculpted body, & 5-way coil-tap switches. 
I was quite impressed with the fit & finish, I think I peed a little. I bought two of 'em & sold a 3rd to a family friend. You just get a huge feature-set with build quality to boot.
Hey StratoSphere, Agile looks strikingly close to Schecter. I'd like to A/B them visually. Their feature sets seem similar. Those Koreans can make 'em eh? 
Run to http://www.schecterguitars.com  |
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Dingus
Silver Member
USA
472 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2007 : 17:55:57
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How bout just over the last 2 years?
Fender Standard Stratocaster - $100
Fender Standard Telecaster - $200 + $110 in SCN pickups = $310 (eventually - $40 or so for the bridge pickup, and maybe -$10 for original pups)
Squier '51 - $99 + $25 for new pup = $124
Squier Bullet Strat (3 single coils) - $70 (eventually plus $45 or so for pups)
Squier Jagmaster - $150 -$110 for selling pups = $40
Epiphone Les Paul Jr '57 RI - $200 (eventually will be + $70 or so for new pup)
Ibanez AS73 - $150 + $30 for new tuners = $180
Ibanez AX-110XL Baritone Electric = $150
My favorite purchase of the moment is the Ibanez Baritone, but I think that's just because I've never had a baritone before and I love playing it. My best deal overall probably was the Fender Standard Strat for $100, because my friend really needed the money and never played it.
I'll tell you though out of all of those, the most comfortable playing is that little Squier Bullet Strat (3 single coil). It's got a really thin body compared to regular strats and the neck feels great. I do love my Standard Tele though, those SCN pickups sound great in it, much better than the SCN set in my Fender American Strat.
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bosshog
Silver Member
Canada
493 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2007 : 22:52:31
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kulten
Gold Member
France
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
2232 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2007 : 08:40:59
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^^^ haha those things are neat
i just bought a used guitar today from a pawnshop a few towns over. its a Hamer Slammer Pacer. i guess its like the Squier of Fender or the Epiphone of Gibson. got it for 100 CAD straight up and i bought it for parts really. it had pop stains (and yes by "pop" i mean soda) on the body and fretboard.
since were talking about guitars for a cheap price, i thought i would bring this up. this guitar is a HUGE piece of garbage. the tuning keys are plastic that look like steel chrome and im pretty sure the bridge is too. the fretwork is rough, the saddles are crooked, the input jack is constantly loose. if i even slightly apply pressure to the whammy bar it goes completely out of tune(sharp for some reason)
the hole for the input jack was cut too big and you can see the insides past the edges of the jack. i think the body is made of plywood. it has a broken tuning key and i need pliers to tune the G string.
i know that Hamer is a well known and trusted name for higher end guitars. but the Slammer is by far the worst guitar i have ever played. it is almost unplayable and couldnt even recommend this POS to a beginner. Hamer should be ashamed for having their name on a guitar like this. im glad im using it for parts.
ive always wanted to scallop a fretboard and i have a new neck that needs a body. so if i mess up the scallop job i have a spare. but seriously take my advice and STAY THE HELL AWAY from the Hamer Slammer Pacer.
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diggum12
Silver Member
USA
282 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2007 : 22:39:56
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| Yamaha all the way. Godin also has a few cheap models floating around out there. |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 00:10:55
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I bought an RKS Wave a few weeks back. It cost me less than $800 brand new. It's a US made plastic body guitar. It's (relatively) cheap, sounds different from everything else and looks different from everything else.
I think it's an absolute cracker but I've grown terribly bored with a guitar industry that hasn't done much innovation since the late 50s so maybe that's why I like it so much. |
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
645 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 03:58:10
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I bought a Samick strat years ago as my first electric and I still love it. It has a great sound and cost me very little.
I'm also a big fan of Epiphones at the moment after i bought one for my brother in law for his Christmas present and I could believe how good it sounded for such a reletively cheap guitar. |
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guirat
Silver Member
United Kingdom
186 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 13:19:19
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Originally posted by StratoSphere
ive always wanted to scallop a fretboard and i have a new neck that needs a body. so if i mess up the scallop job i have a spare.
Hi, I posted some new info on scalloping, along with a couple of links to show how it's done on Fender guitars:
http://www.bossarea.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2190&whichpage=3 |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
2232 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 13:42:36
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thanks dood. these are great resources and fill in some gaps on this other tutorial i have. i need a dremel  |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 01:44:47
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With these purchases in the past year and a half, I will probably not ever be playing a guitar that costs more than $400.
1. Schecter Damien 6--> EMG H4s, Bat Inlay, Black Hardware for $350.
2. Squier Standard Jagmaster--> For $220 new, with Duncan Design pickups this thing is fun to play and sounds pretty good plugged in (a bit more beefier than a strat to me).
3. Squier Standard Fat Telecaster--> $180 new, gonna replace the telecaster jack with a Les Paul-like jack though cause I always mess up below the surface inputs...but this guitar is nice. Its weighs a lot and sounds pretty good so far, as I just got this after a bad case of GAS...I mean I bought a case that didn't fit the guitar I intended, so I HAD to get a guitar for the case, know what I mean?
Anyways, these guitars have impressed me so much, that I doubt I will ever look past the $400 price margin. You occasionally have to make some tweaks and adjustments to guitars in this price range, but its amazing what $15-50 can do to a guitar.
Also, it goes to what I said in a previous thread that while these guitars are not the top of the line models, they are also not overly priced to the point where I cannot enjoy playing because I am worried about damaging the intstrument. |
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tomwest
Silver Member
United Kingdom
436 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 01:54:15
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Originally posted by bossarea
I bought an RKS Wave a few weeks back. It cost me less than $800 brand new. It's a US made plastic body guitar. It's (relatively) cheap, sounds different from everything else and looks different from everything else.
I think it's an absolute cracker but I've grown terribly bored with a guitar industry that hasn't done much innovation since the late 50s so maybe that's why I like it so much.
How do you like the wave Bossarea, they really intrigue me, the interchangeable body shells are especially cool, and parts of the body are made out of some wood/plastic polymer/resin/amalgamation aren't they? They did a mini-review of it in Total Guitar this month but I saw them a while back on ebay when searching for Orange amps. |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 05:09:52
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 07:49:29
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As you can see above today it�s quite easy to buy very good guitars around $400, looking back 10-15 years or so that was not the case. And back when I started, early 70�s, there was only Fender or Gibson (and some few more) if you wanted something good. They were, as now, very expensive and don�t forget that the 70�s was the dark era of these companies.
But why pay big money today for Fenders, PRS, Gibson etc when you got several nearly as good guitars for the same price??? You pay for the trademark of course, and when you resell you get paid for the trademark too.
If we are talking vintage guitars you got a bunch of really good guitars for one collectible.
So I prefer a bunch of good rather cheap guitars before one or two top-name-models. It�s fun to have a lot of guitars (and pedals�)
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