Members Virgman Posted October 22, 2014 Members Share Posted October 22, 2014 Here's one of mine: Aria Pro II FLH strat...about $60... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted October 22, 2014 Members Share Posted October 22, 2014 Not into doing mods on guitars so I don't buy cheap guitars which always need to be fixed in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slvrsrpnt Posted October 22, 2014 Members Share Posted October 22, 2014 Bstock I picked up for about $75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted October 22, 2014 Author Members Share Posted October 22, 2014 Not into doing mods on guitars so I don't buy cheap guitars which always need to be fixed in some way. That's ok. I've never modded any of my guitars period. Setting up a guitar properly is not considered modding a guitar. Modding would be replacing pickups, tuners, hardware, etc. Some people just like to mod their guitars no matter what they cost which is ok too. But why make a negative post in a thread that does not interest you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 My First Act 223 was $38.98 new at Target and it came with an amp.My Starcaster by Fender Strat was $50 used. They both play good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 Mine are all acoustics - my first guitar, new in 1969 was a hundred dollar Yamie which I still have and the little guy in the middle was ten bucks at an estate sale (yea, it says Martin on the headstock) I also buy guitars at yard sales, fix them up as best I can and donate them to a local music program. Gives me practice at repairing and gives some kid a good playable guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 Bstock I picked up for about $75 So, I'm guessing that's a Dean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 Here's an old pic of my Fernandes Strat: $50 on CraigsList with a gig bag. It had a cracked nut, a loose jack, and a butt ugly discolored white pickguard. I've since replaced the pickguard with a tortoise one and all the hardware with black to match the Mini Grover tuners I put on it. I have more than $100 in it now but it was playable as it was except for the nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Buttcrust Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 was a "freebee", Being restored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Buttcrust Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm thinking of adding an "All Parts Bigsby style" whammy and turning it into "Old Black" (Neil Young's LP) sort of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted October 23, 2014 Author Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 Awesome finds on these gits, gents. Question: If you only pay 1/4 of the original price for a guitar, does it only play 1/4 notes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 Here are some of my cheapos; though they were all decent guitars, all but two have gone on to other homes for various reasons. MIK Squier (WITH Duncans & 7-way switching) that was given to me b/c the frets were worn down to nothing. I threw on a 'Golden Gate' (aka Saga) neck that I got on sale for $30 and it was good to go! Ended up giving it away to my brother after his girlfriends son stole/ pawned almost all of his guitars: My 'Garbage-Caster' that I built out of leftover parts; gave it to a friends kid for her to learn on: A '64 Silvertone that I bought for $30 in the mid/ late 80's. I finally decided to unload it earlier this year and it sold for over 10X what I paid for it: Douglas 'Halo' Explorer/ Destroyer clone. Bought it for $100 on sale & made a few tweaks (different pickups, fret level, fretboard dye, etc), but never gelled with it, so I sold it for $100: $100 'Hog Squier that I completely ripped apart, re-routed it to accept a pickguard (was originally rear-routed only), added new pickups, and installed an LR Baggs X-Trem w/ CTRL-X preamp. I recently swapped the neck for a maple one and added a black pearloid pickguard: First Act Sheena (MIK) that I picked up during the big factory sale a few years ago. I put a GFS VEH in the bridge and a Mean90 in the neck. It's my main backup guitar for one of the bands that I'm in: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Floyd Rosenbomb Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 First Act SFA Lola Mahogany body with set neck. Nice guitar. $105 shipped. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Floyd Rosenbomb Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 First Act Sheena (MIK) that I picked up during the big factory sale a few years ago. I put a GFS VEH in the bridge and a Mean90 in the neck. It's my main backup guitar for one of the bands that I'm in: Did you put blue knobs on this one? Looks nice. I should have grabbed one of those in addition to the Lola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted October 23, 2014 Author Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 [video=youtube;UwEKO0ab0e4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 Mine are all acoustics - my first guitar, new in 1969 was a hundred dollar Yamie which I still have and the little guy in the middle was ten bucks at an estate sale (yea, it says Martin on the headstock) I also buy guitars at yard sales, fix them up as best I can and donate them to a local music program. Gives me practice at repairing and gives some kid a good playable guitar. Nice scores! That Martin Uke is worth some doh. I sold this one for $600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 Did you put blue knobs on this one? Looks nice. I should have grabbed one of those in addition to the Lola. Yeah. They're anodized aluminum ones that I picked up on Amazon; can't believe how well they match the color of the guitar. I came >this< close to getting one of those Lolas as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slvrsrpnt Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 So, I'm guessing that's a Dean? yes, Dean Evo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Midlife Rocker Posted October 23, 2014 Members Share Posted October 23, 2014 My telecaster that started life as a Squire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chimi Posted October 24, 2014 Members Share Posted October 24, 2014 I got this Austin double cut for $89. LOVE the neck on this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted October 27, 2014 Members Share Posted October 27, 2014 First Act Sheena (MIK) that I picked up during the big factory sale a few years ago. I put a GFS VEH in the bridge and a Mean90 in the neck. It's my main backup guitar for one of the bands that I'm in: Big time, still loving my Sheena, nitro'd the fretboard and plays and sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted October 27, 2014 Author Members Share Posted October 27, 2014 Big time, still loving my Sheena, nitro'd the fretboard and plays and sounds great. That's beautilicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted October 28, 2014 Members Share Posted October 28, 2014 This is my Jay Turser Les Paul goldtop-copy that I bought used for $80. I got it to use as a backup/ beater guitar but I found that I enjoyed it way more than I expected it to and wound up eventually upgrading it with some parts I had laying around, including: Gibson 500T/bridge, Duncan Jazz/neck with series-parallel switching, new pots and wiring, and Sperzel locking tuners. Also a set of those neck inlay decals, which I had been curious about and are actually quite cool. The guitar sounds and plays great and I use it a lot. Obviously the quality is nowhere near my Gibson Les Paul, but I like it and it is very light in weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted October 29, 2014 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2014 That's a nice goldtop. I think it's every bit as good as a Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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