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why don't you think the things you have mentioned are cool?
in terms of 'not obvious' cool, the jaguar and jazzmaster are probably still most popular with 'the kids'. but so much so that they have just become the alternative obvious. an obligatory part of the alt scene uniform. which isn't that cool really.
and perversely, within that scene (which probably considers itself 'cool') something like a peachy sg with choice upgrades will stand out as cool and 'not obvious' while jags and jazzes blend right into the background.
ultimately you end up chasing your tail and staring in your rear view mirror watching for uncool to catch up with you.
if you like sgs go for it. same thing les pauls. confidence makes things cool. it's about owning it and making it yours.
if you don't believe me look at all the crazy shit keith richards used to wear in the sixties. floppy hats, frock coats, crazy boots. you can say that those things were cool then, but even now they still look cool. it's not what he's wearing, but how.
'i've made my decision and i've decided i look the fucking bees. now deal with it.' that's cool.
However, this doesn't help generate a thread of reasonably priced guitar porn!
re appearances, look at black francis and the pixies. seminal band, reference-point sound, bald accountant-looking front man. if he'd sat in dressing rooms afraid to go on because someone might have said his arse-looked big compared to that telecaster we'd be missing a lot.
re "help generate a thread of reasonably priced guitar porn! "
that's the one.
You could get a Fender Coronado for around £300-ish
re the hags, have always loved the look of those. the guitarist in swedish band 'love is all' plays one which is fitting. i play a brit built hayman through a brit built laney for the same reason. not profoundly nationalistic in any way, i just think it's nice to go native as a kind of gesture.
the necks are supposed to be a dream. superskinny and fast. the hayman (became shergold) necks are famous for the same thing, which is why i think i might get on with a hag. can't do gibbo shovel handles. are the pickups useful or do you have to work around them to avoid modding vintage?
You could just post a guitar you consider cool. Promise we wont send you to Coventry.
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I had one for years, never should have sold I really but the short scale and didly feeling MIJ neck never really did it for me.
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For that money or less used a thru neck BCRich Exotic Classic Mockingbird or Bitch is pretty cool. Loads of lacquer unfortunately, but a nice chunky neck, Nato body (Basically mahogany), maple neck with stringers and nice veneer and well balanced and you can always upgrade to old school selector knobs, although you are stuck with the Les Paul type TOM bridge and tail piece rather than the USA one piece TOM bridge unless you want to do some veneer filling. Nice playable guitar all round and responsive too because of the TOM bridge. Amongst the historic BC Rich crap pile there are some really nice and under rated Korean guitars about that are a useful and lighter alternative to a Les Paul.
Cloud inlays and the Rockfield pickups aren't too bad either.
new: squire jags, jazzmasters and mustangs (also the bass vi) are a lot of guitar for the money and not strat-tele-paul-obvious mainstream (i think they are cool regardless of their increasing ubiquity in some quarters, am kind of immune to fashion). you may also scrape a fender blackface jazz for £300ish.
gretsch electromatic jet club (or duo jet double cut-away version of same thing) nice if you like that sort of thing. they represent a step sideways from a paul (sounds nothing like as they are severely chambered, virtually semis, and pickups are very microphonic).
upper range vintage and epiphone sg’s both a lot of guitar for the money and sg’s always cool.
the coronado someone posted above sweet.
used so many things it’s impossible to choose. it depends on what sound you are aiming for and what feels comfortable to you.
dearmond did some nice affordable knock-off of classic 60s and 70s guild things in the 90s that come up around that price. jetstar clone covers the jag side of things. they also do some 7 string variants of the jetstar and the polara (polara is pretty sg flavoured).
m77t (amazing flake finishes) covers the gretsch side above.
sometimes haymans 1010 and shergold masqueraders come up around the £300, might get a serviceable project under that if you watch and wait. best necks ever. pickups swap-out-able.
some teiscos are rubbish. probably most, but the spectrums were better than average and with a good set up can be made to sound very useable for vintage single coil tones. mint teiscos are stupidly overpriced for what they are but £250 should get you something. spectrum 4 here.
revelation do some vox phantom copies. they are kind of evergreen re interesting shape. not sure how the revelations play. probably comparable to a squier, but not hard to find new or good as for £250.
etc.
The fender was red and boring, like the shadows, massively uncool.
The teisco was offset, weird and resprayed gold. The same as a guitar played by James Iha. It was cool.
The fender would have been the better guitar and investment
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