BackCrack
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Warmoth partscaster for $280, back when the Warmoth brothers used to hold an annual garage sale at the shop for locals. Neck $40, Body $80, the rest in hardware. Still have it, too.
cardinal
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Old Schecter Diamond Series can be found under $200. Made pretty well in Korea, many had nice ash bodies under a trans finish with nice dark rosewood boards.
LPMojoGL
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In the 90s, got a black 79 Les Paul Custom from a pawn shop for $499.
Sold it to Japan at a guitar show so I could buy a PRS Custom 24 10 top.
Wish I could have that one back. It was the best playing Gibson. 11s felt like 9s.
Even dropped it on the headstock when my strap let go, and it didn’t even go out of tune.
I’m an idiot.
Sold it to Japan at a guitar show so I could buy a PRS Custom 24 10 top.
Wish I could have that one back. It was the best playing Gibson. 11s felt like 9s.
Even dropped it on the headstock when my strap let go, and it didn’t even go out of tune.
I’m an idiot.
the rossness
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I bought a G&L Jerry Cantrell Superhawk off craigslist for $350. It alread had a JB in the bridge and I never plan on selling it. Such awesome tone!
PeteLaramee
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I've bought a few Ibanez RG7620s for $300 - $500 that were great. Some already had replacement pickups and some didn't, but the playability and action were incredible for price.
blackba
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panhead":3dpwfud3 said:
Love my '73 LP custom, paid way more than $500 for it though. Mine sounds thick and mean, does yours sound similar?
Bad.Seed
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A bit hard to choose, but I'm still in love with the worn brown Gibson Les Paul Faded I picked up last month. $460 with a Gibson Case, no issues. I popped in a Vineham Ceramic Rampage in the bridge and I'm just floored by how lively the guitar sounds and feels. My R8 has the same pickup in it, and I find myself playing the worn brown more.....yikes.
Pentatonic Wanker
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USA Hamer Californian I picked up in a Ma & Pop shop on the west coast back in the 90's when nobody wanted a floyd equipped guitar. It hung on the wall with a $275 price tag. Walked out of there with it in a hard shell case for $250. Was a great player too.....man, I wish I still had that guitar.
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jemplayer
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I have an Ibanez 7421 for $300 with a hardshell case for $300. I've played with pickups, started with some Duncan Distortion's found used for $100. Not my cup of tea, way to much treble. Next splurged for some white Duncan Pegasus and Sentinel set for like $225. That set is exactly what I was looking for, better mids and mean as hell! So I'm into this guitar for a little over $500
What an easy playing guitar!
What an easy playing guitar!
Pentatonic Wanker
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311splawndude":2knwcvc6 said:Schecter C1+ and a MIM Strat. Both with upgraded pickups but otherwise, great players.
I'm really digging the Schecter Banshee Extreme I picked up recently in a trade. Great action, super resonant sounding guitar. Did not realize just how good the quality on the Schecters were until now.
crwnedblasphemy
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Do you still have your Kiesel?
skullfxr
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I like the Ibanez AX Prestige I have. $300. I refinished it and it looks much better and it's a hell of a fiddle.
danielraible
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PRS SE Bernie Marsden. If guitars like this existed when I first started learning to play, I would have saved a lot of money over the years 'upgrading'. What an outstanding guitar.
Not as nice as an R8 VOS, but the neck carve is pretty similar (which I like). The body is thicker than the other PRS singlecuts. Basically serves as a 'gig-able Gibson'.
Has flying-V controls, which I am considering upgrading to RS Guitarworks wiring.
Not as nice as an R8 VOS, but the neck carve is pretty similar (which I like). The body is thicker than the other PRS singlecuts. Basically serves as a 'gig-able Gibson'.
Has flying-V controls, which I am considering upgrading to RS Guitarworks wiring.
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moltenmetalburn
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Markedman":2ubyr1q9 said:Exactly $500.00 at a pawn shop. 2013 tribute. Plek'd nicely, real player and a half.
IMG_4631 by John Bazzano, on Flickr
I have a left handed 2013 faded LP Jr. which is similar quality.
I got it for $440 shipped directly from gibson. Damn thing is just great. It changed my mind about pauls haha.
Also these were not fully Plekd, the nuts were simply cut by the plek machine. If yours play great which mine does it was simply a good fret job from gibson.
MrDowntown
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mooncobra
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crwnedblasphemy":2k3tv5xk said:
nope, but it was a great guitar for sure.
sleewell2
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these are both amazing guitars that i picked up recently. the black one was $371 shipped and the white one was $233 shipped, both including sales tax.
Jackson X Series Dinky Arch Top DKAF7 MS Multi-Scale
Jackson JS Series Dinky Arch Top JS32-7
Jackson X Series Dinky Arch Top DKAF7 MS Multi-Scale
Jackson JS Series Dinky Arch Top JS32-7
Bad.Seed
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danielraible":cp7nakly said:
I had one of these, and bought it on blowout from my local store for $400. Still to this day, the best non-gibson guitar I've owned. Swapp a 57 classic + into the bridge and ot sounded every bit as good as my traditional I have bought the month before.
Only sold it to fund my Gibson R8, and I couldn't get on with the feeling of the one piece bridge under my hand. Way too used to the TOM style bridge for my own good.
311boogieman
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MrDowntown":1tibdddc said:311splawndude":1tibdddc said:Schecter C1+ and a MIM Strat. Both with upgraded pickups but otherwise, great players.
can you tell me what the real differences are in the Schecter you've got posted and this below? just curious... thx!
The top one (mine) is a C-1+
The bottom one you posted I'm certain is a C-6 Plus which is more recent
There is also the Schecter Classics
Both are 6 strings obviously and very close in spec
They don't make the C1+ anymore. I'm not a Schecter expert by any means but the other one you posted on the bottom appears to be a C-6 Plus. They are probably very similar but the C-6 Plus has a 25.5" scale 'thin' bolt on neck. The Schecter Classics (very similar looking also) have neck through and actual Duncan pickups. The C-6 has 'Schecter Diamond' pups but I know nothing about them. It is a basswood body. The C-6s have standard dot inlays and the Classics have the 'vine' inlay.
My C1+ I believe is Ashwood and is a 24.75" scale bolt on neck but doesn't seem thin to me. More medium. Also the C1+ has the additional volume pot for the neck pup and also has push-pull for coil tapping (on both pups I believe). Those pups are called 'Duncan Designed'. So I swapped the pick up rings from vintage faded white to black and then installed a Duncan Custom Custom TB11 and a '59.
I think that is mostly it. Scale and pick up control.