Members bhsbhswarp Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 kicking this lately [ATTACH]318156[/ATTACH] SX Callistro w/upgrades,surprisingly OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members machine gunner Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 Picked these up recently- Squier CV50's, Vox AC4TV, Danelecrtro Trans. OD- about $600 for all of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cBc Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 All cheap, but sounds damn fine to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WoodenDuckMaker Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 used to own a gibson LP standard, and a fender twin. ive scaled down my rig. im a casual player and im just jamming at home. my rig was pretty inexpensive, but I stand by the tone as having great bang for the buck. MIA palomino V8 CV 50's strat (and i use a EHX Holy Grail reverb) This has been my main rig for a while, and no plans to upgrade it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V-Type Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 This was my "rig" when I joined HCEGF in '04. I found this 80's Crate CR-112 at a thrift store for $50. I don't know why I bought it because I didn't own a guitar at the time or know how to play one. I decided to buy a guitar to go with it so I bought this J.Reynolds Stratocaster. Finding that amp is what gave me The DiseaseI had that exact Crate CR-112 in 1981. I blew the speaker 3 times in her over a 2 year period.I told my parents I wanted a Marshall 20 watt practice amp for Christmas 81 and the Crate CR-112 is what the sales guy talked them into.Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 OK, my church rig: No pedals other than this: The amp is lined out to the PA. I bought the amp for $175 in a pawn, like new. Iirc the pedal was about $20 brand new. I also have an amp stand, it was on closeout in one of those Muso's Friend blowout catalogs that come when you order something (came when I ordered the SC XD pedal, karma!), under $10: So basically the amp, pedal, and stand for a little over two Benjamins. I rotate through about 18 different electric guitars. While I may play my most expensive (Les Paul Classic, w/ohsc $750) on one Sunday, I may play a hundred-buck cheapie like my Peavey Predator Strat or my Brownsville Choirboy the next. So basically there are plenty of Sundays where the amp+guitar rig is right around $300, playing in front of 150-300 people. Although I do ALWAYS have a backup guitar, and obviously (at a minimum) that's another Benjamin. My mandolin "rig" is even cheaper though. I use an acoustic-electric mandolin (one of two), lined directly into the PA. On the Sundays that I use my cheapie Fender FM-52E SB ("SB" being "sunburst," I reckon), that would be this: I got the mandolin as part of a package deal. Mando plus pictured chipboard case, plus an Epi acoustic guitar plus chipboard case, plus a tuner, guitar strap, capo, and picks, for $120 total. But wait, there's more. Sold the Epi acoustic guitar and case for $75, kept everything else. Meaning... I got the mando (Muso's Friend/street price new: $240), plus a mandolin case, guitar strap, tuner, capo, and picks, for $45 net. Mandolin was like new. My other mando (Oscar Shmidt OM-10E) wasn't near as great a deal but still cheap ($85). So even if you add the Fender and Schmidt mandolins together so as to include backup axe, the "rig" of the two together is still only $130, which is pretty cheap for 2 acoustic-electric stringed instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tjsutton Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 Current 'rig': Squier Affinity Butterscotch Tele ($169) Squier 51 (after mods $189) DigiTech RP150 ($89) Roland Cube 15 ($89) And I have gigged with it How is the butterscotch tele? I've been thinking about one of these, they look sweet, and are cheap enough to mod the pizz out of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jigowatt Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 I don't gig, but it's rocked the basement several times! Sheena= $99 MG30= $169 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dougie.Douglas Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 I think my rig qualifies as 'budget'.Squier Telecaster standard (gigged) >> Boss TU-3 >> ProCo Rat II >> Vox Pathfinder 15R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 I mainly play a couple of Gretsch Electromatics (the budget MIC models) or an SX STL50 Tele (in pieces at the moment) into a Vox Pathfinder 15R, sometimes through a Danelectro trem pedal. Like to add a ProCo Rat fuzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groovetube Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 I got this head at a yard sale for 5 bucks. After tightening a pre tube socket and giving it a cap & tube job it works great. I built a cab for it and built the speaker cab all out of scrap in my workshop. Got some used speakers and, voila! This is my sub $250 gig rig. With my homebuilt guitar and a G1X I gig regularly. Loud as hell! By fay the most ghettoly awesome rig hands down! I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 ^ me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 I'll take a pic later as I don't have one handy, but my fugly Squier technically cost me $0 (though it was part of a package deal, so I consider that it cost $10 ) plus a Dimarzio Chopper that I have about $30 in. Plus my Vox DA5 was $70 used and I put an 8" Weber in it that was another $20 on eBay.For budget gig-level amps, I got a Peavey Prowler for $160 used and put a $50 Celestion Relic speaker in it, $25 worth of Svetlana power tubes and a $10 JJ 12AT7 in V1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sfarfsky Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 I got this head at a yard sale for 5 bucks. After tightening a pre tube socket and giving it a cap & tube job it works great. I built a cab for it and built the speaker cab all out of scrap in my workshop. Got some used speakers and, voila! This is my sub $250 gig rig. With my homebuilt guitar and a G1X I gig regularly. Loud as hell! This is so sweet. I bet nit has a unique sound. any clips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sfarfsky Posted March 21, 2010 Members Share Posted March 21, 2010 used to own a gibson LP standard, and a fender twin. ive scaled down my rig. im a casual player and im just jamming at home. my rig was pretty inexpensive, but I stand by the tone as having great bang for the buck. MIA palomino V8 CV 50's strat (and i use a EHX Holy Grail reverb) This has been my main rig for a while, and no plans to upgrade it. This thread is badass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMC Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 MIJ strat copy made in the 70s. Paid $100 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudder1310 Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 No pic of the entire rig, but if I was looking to go cheap with my set up I'd go: Kramer Focus 1000 Peavey Prowler (Emi Wizard swapped in) Barber Dirty Bomb Boss BF-3 Cool Cat Chorus That's a total of under $800 for a rig that can cover everything from sparkly clean to wrecking ball metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chuck1016 Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 how r u getting sound to the cab? The Pathfinder has a line out for external speakers. When I put the Jensens in the stereo cab I ran the wires to a 1/4" jack (it was actually an input jack from a project guitar). It's kind of dangling out the back at the moment ...but it works. Run a standard guitar cable from the line out to the dangling input jack and voila! All I need to do to finish it is drill a hole in the back that I can mount the jack to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 This is so sweet. I bet nit has a unique sound. any clips? No clips. I'll see what my fellow band mates can come up with. BTW 7868's X2, 6EU7's X2 and a 6C4. 35 watts of sheer balls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members canterbury Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 A couple of pawn shop scores. This rig actually suits me quite well. I like to play surf and rockabilly type stuff. I'm a beginner so I don't need much. I have another guitar and amp, but this setup gets the most play. The Danelectro U2 was $60, and the Pathfinder 10 was $25. I'd definitely consider that "budget". I modded the pathfinder with a speaker out so that I could hook it to my 1x12 (DIY, Jensen MOD 12-35). I almost prefer the Vox over my Fender Champ 600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 A couple of pawn shop scores. This rig actually suits me quite well. I like to play surf and rockabilly type stuff. I'm a beginner so I don't need much. I have another guitar and amp, but this setup gets the most play. The Danelectro U2 was $60, and the Pathfinder 10 was $25. I'd definitely consider that "budget". I modded the pathfinder with a speaker out so that I could hook it to my 1x12 (DIY, Jensen MOD 12-35). I almost prefer the Vox over my Fender Champ 600. I would LOVE to find a U2 for under $100! Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 I see all your fun budget rigs, and raise you the first 410 combo of the thread:Around $200, although it's not done yet.I pulled this out of the closet of shame, and strung it up to see what it sounds like. It's not my best player, but it sounds damn fine. I think I will continue the refinish over the summer:Got the guitar as part of a trade, 40 bucks for the Gibson P90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deadbeat Son Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 The Pathfinder has a line out for external speakers. When I put the Jensens in the stereo cab I ran the wires to a 1/4" jack (it was actually an input jack from a project guitar). It's kind of dangling out the back at the moment ...but it works. Run a standard guitar cable from the line out to the dangling input jack and voila! All I need to do to finish it is drill a hole in the back that I can mount the jack to. You should really use a speaker cable instead of an instrument cable. The small gauge wire in the shielded instrument cable is simply not meant to carry the current of an amplified signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roycew93 Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 This I got in trade for a pedal board I made. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Orange Jackson Posted March 22, 2010 Members Share Posted March 22, 2010 Not my only rig, but I totally could live with this for a very long time, Yamaha Pac112j with GFS steal trem, $200 Terrific guitar. and a Bugera V5, $135. I also need a delay, but my delay is not a budget pedal, so it wont count for this thread. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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