Members scuzzo Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 so ok, i see folks post up high end gear and all that stuff but for me i really love the sound of a cheap guitar because when you get them to sound good its quite a treat.. a MIA fender that sounds good... is expected,, a SX SST strat copy or Agile that sounds good? not so expected .. so here to the cheaps.. i dig em.. buy what you want but play it.. sample http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9644523 and this one is on the blocks right now.. as you have seen about my chatter about wiring and such.. but... that is soon to be set to rights.. Sample Evening http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9538931 as aways i apologies for the hacky playing.. but still do like the tone of these and i did not really have to dig into the FX bag.. post up your cheapies.. if you want.. i dig a nice sounding cheap guitar..
Members Cats-o-caster Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 Hacky playing? very nice playing and the sound is ....
Members algernon7 Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 played this one and instantly fell in love. Indonesian Squier Cyclone:
Members zantor9 Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 Here's my cheapo that i made halfway decent [ATTACH]327656[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]327657[/ATTACH] I think as long as you buy a guitar that you've been gassing for, you will love it to some extent
Members Brian Krashpad Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 I have been known to play an inexpensive axe or two. Here's some. But this could take awhile. T-60, $200 w/ohsc: Schecter Tempest Special, $250 w/ohsc:
Frets99 Posted November 2, 2010 Posted November 2, 2010 Ahhhh I'm home...... Squier tele with a dirty fingers pickup and my Mustang I
Members algernon7 Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 Frets99 - that is the COOLEST mic stand EVER. Dirty fingers pickups =
Members Shiny_Surface Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 Nothing wrong with cheap guitars if you have the skillz, hell with the snobs.
Members Will Chen Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 Check out my demos at http://willchentrio.com/. Everything you hear was recorded with a Luna Athena, not as affordable as an SX (got a few of those as well) but I got an incredible deal.
Members Musicscotty Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 This Yammy Pacifica cost me 80 quid off of ebay. It's doing the leads in these clips. http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8771972 http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8770678
Members scuzzo Posted November 2, 2010 Author Members Posted November 2, 2010 cool glad to see this thread not getting all gear snobby like TGP and stuff.. threads like "i just love the smell of vintage bumble bee caps" make me sick and sad.. my first guitar.. Electra... if you have one then you know how worderfull these are.. ' alt='>'> only a few cats dig this one... but i like it a lot it was a bitch to keep that low e string running for the whole tune... Beer> headphones.. warning sloppy playing ahead http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9806688
Members Brian Krashpad Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 Tex-Mex Tele: DeArmond Jet Star:
Members Wulver Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 Me on the left. Not the best pic, but, my main axe for now and probably forever, depending on how many refrets it'll survive. Epiphone Dot Studio, $250ish new with maybe another $100 of mods put into it over the years, GFS Mean 90s and a rotary switch to allow for series and out-of-phase configurations. Kept a little rough to play on, having to fight the guitar a little influences how I play on it...
Members Badside Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 Paid 150$ for this sucker, installed a pair of pickups I had lying around (Gibson 500T bridge, Duncan Jazz neck), upgraded pots and switch, polished frets, installed new nut, installed graphite string retainers. It's a screamer now!!!
Members Edward Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 I love some cheapo guitars - they have so much personality. I like Jack White (I know many here don't...), and I believe he is absolutely right in his assertions that sometimes the best way to explore new sonic territory is to buy some crazy old cheap guitar and turn its limitations into originality... There are loads of Squiers I'd love to have - only reason I don't already have a brace of CV 50s models is their lack of left handed options. Shame: I adore the neck on my Squier Strat Std - while you certainly can feel the difference in quality on my MIA ,the Squier doesn't embarrass itself. In fact, in some ways I prefer its neck - certainly the profile suits my hand better.
Members NinjaModder Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 Here is a few of mine... Pretty much all of my guitars are fairly cheap... Most I have spent is about 700 or so!
Members Muddslide Posted November 2, 2010 Members Posted November 2, 2010 I have been really impressed with the pups on the $35 1996 Squier Strat I bought back in September. I haven't even checked to see if they are ceramic or alnico, but they sound great and nail several Stratty tones really well. (Plus it has a {censored}ing great neck.) The pups in my SX Stl-50 Tele clone are also not at all bad, but I will be swapping them at some point because when it comes to Teles I am pretty particular with regards to the sound I want. The one that has really pleased me of late is the pickup on my SX P-bass copy. I've owned and played a TON of P-basses in my day, but this one sounds as good as any with the stock pickup. (Also LOVE the neck on this thing, as well as the one on my SX Tele.) My first guitar was some kind of Harmony generic thing with those gold foil pickups. Everything about that guitar sucked except the pickups. Wish I still had them.
Members scuzzo Posted November 3, 2010 Author Members Posted November 3, 2010 eh... i dig this thread folks seem to see where im comming from with this.. so here is my Gold top.. seen this photo afore.. but meh... and the obligatory tone sample.. just some bass overdrive and weird panning.. Mudz http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9549199
Members vintage clubber Posted November 3, 2010 Members Posted November 3, 2010 most of my collection are cheapos...
Members silverring233 Posted November 3, 2010 Members Posted November 3, 2010 well, here's my contribution to the cheap gear thread. Roadkill....plywood bullet body, Affinity neck, Duncan Designed HB103. the sound clip. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=999410&songID=8198675 and a Washburn SBT21. sorry about the fuzzy pic and the clip http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=999410&songID=9809032
Members Foster Zygote Posted November 3, 2010 Members Posted November 3, 2010 my first guitar.. Electra... if you have one then you know how worderfull these are. I had the bass counterpart to that guitar. Wish I still had it.
Members craigny Posted November 3, 2010 Members Posted November 3, 2010 My Peavey Predator Plus EXP...$250 price tag and I threw in a JB in the bridge (not shown in pic)..thing kicks ass, and stays in tune mint!!
Members BoneNut Posted November 3, 2010 Members Posted November 3, 2010 Damn you take great gear photos.
Members Spike Li Posted November 3, 2010 Members Posted November 3, 2010 My Squier Telecustom 2 is a pretty amazing sounding guitar, the best sounding p90 guitar i could find actually My hello kitty strat is misleadingly good too
Members Muddslide Posted November 3, 2010 Members Posted November 3, 2010 Watch that headstock. "You'll put your eye out!"
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