I'm sure anyone with Facebook will see the same s***e I do - seemingly endless amounts of far-eastern made guitars invariably going with a practice amp for pennies from someone who's obviously given up trying.
Just this evening I've had a little browse - bullet strat with red stripe Peavey Rage for £50, countless Aria, Peavey and Yamahas, even the odd bolt on Les Paul. It's all the sort of tat that I'd turn my nose up at, but a certain other member of the forum who may also be called Harry would collect like it's going out of fashion.
Anywho. I was showing a guitar friend of mine some of the crap and we noticed a particular guitar, a Crafter Cruiser Stratalike thing in red, and he remarked "I learnt on one of those, I'd have another in a heartbeat". Which got me thinking.
Surely amongst all of the tat, there are some decent really cheap guitars out there. I know a lot of it may be more a case of one good guitar out of 50 of the same model, but that's what I wanted to ask.
What stories have you all got of REALLY cheap throwaway pennies guitars that have actually turned out to be somewhat decent?
Just so people are aware. I have no idea what any of these words mean.
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Under a pile of cables and shopping bags of leads lay a Squier Strat , the guy wanted £50 for the guitar . I bought a few old no-name speaker cabs and leads and he included the Strat for £100 in total
That JV Strat is the best Strat I have ever owned , sold off my Custom shops as I just stopped playing them , best £50 I have ever spent .
The neck was surprisingly good. I put it on a 2 piece ash body and it turned into a really good guitar.
I had that hohner setup to perfection, to the point where it played better and with a lower action than mate's JEM
Crank up the searchlight that projects the broken guitar shape into the sky... calling @HarrySeven
Jealous, moi?
Took it for a drive over to see Chris May in Carlisle & he identified it as an ILEA model.
Very early, apparently built to a cost to fulfil a contract with the Inner London Education Authority.
As a non bass player, I swapped it for a couple of setups /fettlings on a few of my existing guitars with my luthier.
Je regrette, rien.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
If you mean purchasing cheap vintage stuff like ‘60’s Marshall JTM45s, ‘60’s Selmer Zodiac Twin Fifty combos and Treble ‘n’ Bass heads, ‘60’s/‘70’s Park and Carlsbro heads and combos, ‘80’s USA Strats, ‘60’s Hofner Verithins, Galaxies and Senators, ‘60’s Harmony H81 Rebels and H53 Rockets, ‘70’s Gibson LPs and SGs, piles of ‘70’s MIJ stuff, blahblahblah - and loads of other old obscure guitars and electronica, then yes...
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