Name some great guitars that have slipped under the radar and consequently are now cheap.

bananaman

I'll kick off with the Ibanez Blazer and Roadstar. Also the Yamaha FZ1000 (not the motorcycle lol), In fact any number of great Yamahas deserve to make this list.

JerkMoans

Gibson 'The Paul'.  

Although I sold mine.  But it was great.  And comparatively cheap, esp. for a 40 year old.

TTony

Pretty much anything by Godin. 

The brand is suffers from lack of recognition / aspiration yet its products are refreshingly different and very well made.

not_the_dj

TTony said:

Pretty much anything by Godin. 

The brand is suffers from lack of recognition / aspiration yet its products are refreshingly different and very well made.

Came here to post Godin. 

monquixote

Peavey T60

High end Pacificas like the 812

Custom things like Felines and USA Washburns, Schecters, etc

JerkMoans

Marlin Sidewinder.  Criminally underrated.

WindmillGuitars

Another +1 for Godin - have always liked the brand family since I bought my mid 90s Seagul S6, SD24 and Godin Artisan TC Tele.

More recently I've just taken in a Knaggs Acoustic made in partnership with Godin which is brilliant too.

artiebear

Early 80's Westbury and Arias. 

DiscoStu

More Godin love from me.

earwighoney

Seriously?

Harley Benton with new pickups.

Will be almost as good as a R9.

Epsilon

Guilds of almost every era. Maybe not "cheap", but undervalued.

NelsonP

Used Martin D-18s occasionally come up cheap, but their value has been increasing recently.

RaymondLin

earwighoney said:

Seriously?

Harley Benton with new pickups.

Will be almost as good as a R9.

I get the idea of the joke and I remember the thread but didn't read it....I feel like i am missed out.

Kittyfrisk

Wow, thought I'd be the only Godin poster.
That'll teach me to come late to the party 
In that case, Schecter, not all pointy metal machines & very well made.

Adey

artiebear said:

Early 80's Westbury and Arias. 

Absolutely! Love my criminally cheap Westbury Deluxe and Westbury Custom

Modellista

My favourite niche of guitar.

Taylor SB1 Classic.  £1500 new, less than a third of that now.  The weird acoustic-company-makes-an-electric dichotomy scuppered them I think but they're lovely.

As per the OP, lots of Yamaha stuff is underpriced because of the ubiquity of the brand.  The RGX 320 and 520 are superb.  The RGX A2 is completely unique but too space-age for many I imagine.

Another brand that suffers from an image problem is Samick - they've made so much over the years for other people, but their own brand stuff is pretty good value.

As above, Godins are excellent, brands like Hondo and Aria made some good guitars but they also made some bad ones so you need to know what you're looking at.

A fun area of guitar buying!

Kent747

G&L - US builds. 

Hattigol

earwighoney said:

Seriously?

Harley Benton with new pickups.

Will be almost as good as a R9.

If you had written 'please lol this' it would have been no more transparent. 

crunchman

bananaman said:

I'll kick off with the Ibanez Blazer and Roadstar. Also the Yamaha FZ1000 (not the motorcycle lol), In fact any number of great Yamahas deserve to make this list.

I don't know enough about all the other models of Roadstar, but I wouldn't recommend the Roadstar II that I had.  It had a horrible locking trem on it.

lincolnblue

Never really considered Godin guitars but a search just came up with this gold top with p90s. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/200227356515008--godin-summit-classic-p90-gold-hg-ex-demo
Looks brilliant for the money

guitars4you

Used price of many Heritage Guitars are under-priced - Likewise many Yamaha Guitars excluding the SG models