What is the best "cheapie" guitar you have had

sub 100... mine was 400...

Originally Posted by: iceandhotwaxsub 100... mine was 400...

I'm speaking in terms of beginner guitars... Like the Epi Special II. Squire makes some very nice strats that are closer to 300 dollars too... but I wouldn't put those even near the same quality as the ones they make for 100 dollars or so.

yeah i got that , i was just whining.. in fact i am lookin to buy a les paul specialII to use just for slide

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Mine was a Montgomery Wards guitar my mother bought me in 1965 that turned out to be a special run that Gibson made for them.

Cost my mom $39.95.

I still have it, still play it, and it is in great condition.


Another great inexpensive guitar I have is an Art & Lutherie made in Canada. Cost me $200 second hand. I play it at church every Sunday.

Back in the early 70's, I bought the first Ibanez SG copy my local store had just received. I paid $149 with HSC, strap, chord, and picks. I loved it so much that I bought the real thing (Gibson SG) a couple of years later. The Ibanez was so much better in every respect. I sold it about 15 years later, after it had sat in the closet for years. Now, that I'm playing again, I kick my ass for not keeping it.

I ordered the Ibanez Shred Hed amp and guitar combo, its a GRG 121 ex guitar jet black, it actually sounds like i spent thousands and it was only 299 usd, it came with a 15 watt amp, pics, electric tuner, gig bag, strap, t shirt and stickers

Still got em, still play em, hell they're all i got! a now much modified Stagg S300 (Strat copy, 100 quid) sounds sweet, she's my baby, and a Stagg LP500 Special (Les Paul copy, 50 quid off e-bay) He's a bit of a monster, love the neck pup but i'm gonna replace the bridge pup, bit toneless for my taste, they're both incredibly well built and stay in tune, but the stock pups are s**t, except the neck pup on the LP500, best i've heard!

I have an old Cort s2550 which is kinda a spin on the old superstrat design...same pickup config, but different body shape, tho still bolt-on and double cut-away.

I love this guitar, I've had her seven years in December

I would have to say a Fender Katana I bought back in 1985. It played so well, I sold it due to the fact I couldn't sit and play it because of its unusual half V shape. Wish I still had it now!

I have a Trinity River cheapo right now that plays as good or better than any guitar that I have ever played. This includes an American strat.

I set the action VERY low... and there isn't even a hint of a buzz. Straight neck. Even frets. Pretty decent tone but not as good as the American strat. However, I am seriously thinking about dropping in some sweet pickups and keeping it as my daily guitar. Unfortunately it is U-G-L-Y

All I can figure out is that it is an anomaly of manufacturing because this guitar is a $130 Chinese cheapo. I bet that the guitar before and after on the assembly line were not nearly as good.

JF

Maybe the Squire Tele I got for under 200. It had been in the shop long enough to have grown hair around the tuners, so I made them a ridiculous offer of 165. It also didn't hurt that it is this butt-ugly charcoal metallic color.
I played about 10 of these and found a wide range in the way they felt.

The one I picked out had a relatively nice neck and a decent humbucker,it makes a nice companion to the PRS Santana SE I got. I put .10 strings on it, and it works great for open tuning slide stuff or just playing "chopper" style rhythm lilcks.
Back in the 70's I bought a Takamine 12 string acoustic from a hippie out on Telegraph ave. That was also a very good buy. I'm sorry as hell I sold it.

My first guitar. It's and Oscar Schmidt by washburn strat copy. Got it for $189cdn because it was black and white.
I put it down in the summer when i got my olp, but started playing it the other day. I love it so much, i ordered new electronics the other day (the original ones are crap and deteriorated.)

The fretwire has huge grooves from playing it so much. It's had the s*** beaten out of it, but that makes me love it even more.

Squire Strat which I bought brand new. It was my first guitar and had a white plywood body. It actually stayed in tune and was nicely set up. I was made fun of for having a cheap Squire so I decided to give it an overhaul.

I was just out of high school and talked with the teacher to let me use the wood shop during a lunch break. There was a big block of birch that had been curing for a year so I cut it up and formed two equal halves which I glued together. Once I had the body shape cut out I did the rest of the work at home in my bedroom....on my bed.....very messy. I used a chisel to cut out the cavities and my dremel to smooth things outs. Despite a lack of tools and know-how I managed to build a very nice guitar body for my cheap guitar. I then sanded all the clearcoat finish off the neck and applied tung oil. Then, I cut the headstock so it looked more like an Ibanez. After the dust cleared I had a very nice sounding and nice looking cheap guitar which I still use today.

I've gotta Squier acoustic for like $160 and I can rip on that thing with like 56-12 custom strings on it.