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    Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

    Ok - just a couple more categories to go! We have seen maximum bling, but now it's time to throw a bone to the underdogs. Let's see your most AWESOME BUDGET AXE!!!!!

    Only cheap bastards need apply here. This contest has a PRICE LIMIT:

    NO MORE THAN $400 MAXIMUM INVESTMENT - excluding replacement pickups.

    So bring on the El Cheapo!

    It has to be cheap, and it has to be awesome - used or new.
    Originally posted by Bad City
    He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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    Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

    I'm so in on this.

    Here's my 83-84 era Focus 2000 (MIJ) that my wife got me last year for Valentine's Day. SWEET guitar. She got it for a song. These babies are cheap and SOLID!



    The pickups in it now are a DiMarzio Norton in the bridge and an original design DiMarzio PAF in the neck.
    Last edited by ErikH; 10-07-2011, 08:50 PM.

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    • #3
      Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

      Withdrawn
      Last edited by TattooedCarrot; 10-07-2011, 11:48 PM.

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      • #4
        Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

        Are you asking best scored guitar under $400 or regularly available $400 guitars that are awesome?
        Aint no pro but I know what I like....
        Guitar to sound output:
        Hamer, Dean, or Various, Levy's straps, Dunlop straplock/picks, Daddarrio strings 10-46, Duncan, Dimarzio, Mogami, Monster, MojoDrive pedal on occasion, Marshall, Crate, Vox, Mesa Boogie, Black Shadow Celestions, Eminence,..

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        • #5
          Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

          Gonna be REAL hard to beat a Gibson for $200....

          Eric, Great axe and GREAT wife!! yeah, i had a focus 6000 that I got with HSC for $167. Was awesome.. Hate myself for selling it..
          Believe me when I say that some of the most amazing music in history was made on equipment that's not as good as what you own right now.

          Jol Dantzig

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          • #6
            Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

            Here comes my arsenal...



            Cort X6 VPR



            Price $385.00



            Cort X6 SA



            Price $399.00



            Raven West RG 650



            Price $425.00


            BC Rich Ironbird Pro IBPSM



            Price $499.00 (MSRP $699.00)
            Last edited by Phantasmagoria; 10-07-2011, 08:28 PM.
            "Less is less, more is more...how can less be more?" ~Yngwie J Malmsteen

            I did it my way ~ Frank Sinatra

            Originally posted by Rodney Gene
            If you let your tone speak for itself you'll find alot less people join the conversation.


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              Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

              Originally posted by BTMN View Post
              Are you asking best scored guitar under $400 or regularly available $400 guitars that are awesome?
              True, big difference I think. If the latter I'll pull mine.

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                Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

                Wasn't asking for you to do that at all. I want to know so I can decide what to enter.
                Aint no pro but I know what I like....
                Guitar to sound output:
                Hamer, Dean, or Various, Levy's straps, Dunlop straplock/picks, Daddarrio strings 10-46, Duncan, Dimarzio, Mogami, Monster, MojoDrive pedal on occasion, Marshall, Crate, Vox, Mesa Boogie, Black Shadow Celestions, Eminence,..

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                • #9
                  Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

                  Damn! ...I just noticed the $400 price cap. That means the two at the bottom of my post don't qualify (by a whisker)...

                  ....unless you raise it to $500 Aceman (Still cheap as hell)
                  Last edited by Phantasmagoria; 10-07-2011, 08:26 PM.
                  "Less is less, more is more...how can less be more?" ~Yngwie J Malmsteen

                  I did it my way ~ Frank Sinatra

                  Originally posted by Rodney Gene
                  If you let your tone speak for itself you'll find alot less people join the conversation.


                  Youtube

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                  • #10
                    Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

                    Point of Clarification:

                    The spirit of this is BUDGET. we are talking CHEAP guitars. Not expensive guitars scored cheaply. The Cort, for example, is right on target. A Gibson R9 that you bought from a cracked out rock star for 3 bills is NOT in the spirit of this.

                    If it is a formerly expensive model, and you spent 500 fixing it - it's gonna fail. Think Epiphone, Squire, Cort, Ltd, etc...Or some pawn shop prize. A 57 Strat from a pawn shop, while a prize, is not what this is about!
                    Originally posted by Bad City
                    He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...

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                    • #11
                      Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

                      Early 80's Dean Hollywood Z



                      DiMarzio Tone Zone bridge and PAF Pro neck

                      Got less than $200 in it.

                      Retailed for $400 new.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

                        Just sold this one today, but it deserves a little light. Epiphone SG special, bought from a local trader store for $7 like this;

                        Swapped the tail piece and tune-o-matic for about $30 something and had an extra set of inline black tuners that came with the Charvel 275 deluxe I have.



                        Now for my official entry;
                        A Westone unknown model that I got off of Craigslist for $60;



                        Repainted the body, swapped the EMG select with a Duncan Distortion(J), added a momentary kill switch, and found the needed locknut parts via Wammi World. The paint, switch, and parts totaled to about $30 something, so I was able to keep it under $100!


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                        • #13
                          Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

                          That's awesome! ^

                          I love that you kept that skull on the neck plate to keep some of that original vibe.

                          Very cool.

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                          • #14
                            Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

                            Dat epiphone... what a deal
                            Burny RLG-60, Baton Rouge AR81C/GACE
                            Line6 Helix LT, DV Mark Little 250GH, DV Mark Neoclassic 212

                            Originally posted by Empty Pockets
                            Musicians are ****ing retards.
                            Originally posted by ex-250
                            Beer can never be the source of wrong.

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                              Re: Ultimate SDUG BUDGET axe Prelims !!!!!!!

                              What about parts guitars that come within the budget in total cost?

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