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CinnamonBoy said:Just supposing you're an indie guitar hero with maybe €500-€800 to spend on an axe......what would you guys recommend?? Anything I personally was thinking about such as a Gibson double cutaway in faded yellow or a Fender Jaguar I went to Harmony-Central.com to check the reviews and they were generally slated. So now I don't know what to do. And I don't want a telecaster.
You can get any number of great guitars within that budget. Remember a 500 quid guitar today is eons ahead of a 500quid guitar 10 or 15yrs ago.
Fender jags look the part and nothing else sounds like a Jag, but you have to be looking for THAT sound y,know coz they arent flexible. I have a Japanese one that though slated by some I feel is actually a really good guitar once you set it up right, though this can be a pain, it is admittedly way harder to set up than any other guitar I have owned.
Second hand studio Les Pual on ebay, big Gibson sound and they look great. Or if you wanna try something different maybe a Gretsch Electromatic. On a budget these guitars are a mazing value at 450 odd euro. Im a huge Gretsch fan but never felt the need to drop thousands on one and when the budget "squier" ones came out I had to try them and for that money I was blown away. The pickups sound bloody close to the filtertrons and it plays beautifully. Also you get a decent Bigsby!