Ok, so what $1000 guitar would you buy?

[Top-L]

You guys already know my tastes. Unfortunately, qc has been really bad.

So if you have 1k to pick a new new guitar, what would you get? +/- a little.

[Seashore]

If I liked the pointier and more colorful stuff as much as you, I would wait till I could spend more and get something from the ESP E-II lineup. A Horizon III or NT or something. You can find good ones used for under 2k.

Schecters are good quality and can be had cheaper, but they look kinda cheesy. Also I haven't been thrilled with the tones I get out of mine. But playability is great.

If I was buying for me right now, I would get an Ibanez Iceman or Xiphos 7 string. But I am happily married to the guitars I already have and might get my eyeballs carved out for looking too hard at anything else.

[ehdwuld]

For a grand
for you:
I would get the EC1000 Piezo
One stop do everything axe

For me
Ibanez Q series double hum headless in Blue

Ok I would take either one to be honest

[solspirit]

Another strat maybe or who knows.

[Rex_Rocker]

You want something neck thru and with a Floyd, right?

I don't remember if we already went through this, but... Solar? Chapman?

[Mincer]

Id probably go for a Charvel or an EVH. I could also build a Warmoth for that much.

[Top-L]

If I liked the pointier and more colorful stuff as much as you, I would wait till I could spend more and get something from the ESP E-II lineup. A Horizon III or NT or something. You can find good ones used for under 2k.

Schecters are good quality and can be had cheaper, but they look kinda cheesy. Also I haven't been thrilled with the tones I get out of mine. But playability is great.

If I was buying for me right now, I would get an Ibanez Iceman or Xiphos 7 string. But I am happily married to the guitars I already have and might get my eyeballs carved out for looking too hard at anything else.

Eii guitars are weird. They raised the prices, 2500-3500. No stainless frets, most have pickup rings. The Eii mii i like is 3600. Not worth that to me. I would get an uberschall before i bought that.


Id like a good m1 custom like the one i returned, but am thinking on it before i get burned again. The indo versions are built different than korean ones, which limits where i can buy.

Jacksons? Hell no. Not any more. Shecters look like they are made for teenagers.

Neck through for sure.

[Rex_Rocker]

Shecters look like they are made for teenagers.

Some are OK, IMO. The neck profiles are also really familiar-feeling if you like LTD's.

https://www.schecterguitars.com/Banshee-Mach-6?quantity=1&custitem_color_master_list=718

This is not too bad, IMO.

[ICTGoober]

I'd buy something used. That way I'd get more value and more guitar as compared to buying new.
In fact, out of the hundred of guitars I've owned - 3 of them have been spanking new, never played. Just 3.
But like Dave, building a Warmoth for less than a grand is a terrific idea.

[JMP/HBE]

$1K won't even buy a Squire or Epi lol.
I prolly buy my wife dinner and put the rest in my gas tank.

[Phantasmagoria]

The one I played at the store here a while ago was pretty sweet...no issues at all. They're a bit generic looking as superstrat's go but otherwise a sturdy, well made axe. Great fit/finish/fret-job & cool hardware/pup's/specs for a $900-1000 axe. I'm just not partial to neck-through's or there's a good chance I'd have picked it up

https://www.kramerguitars.com/en-US/Electric-Guitar/KRAMXL220/Orange-Crush

[Phantasmagoria]

The one I tried was with the "maximum steel" finish (dark metallic grey). It actually looked pretty cool plus I like HSS guitars though this has single sized hum's (SD Cool Rails)..I think the prices may have gone up a bit since though...

[hamerfan]

Look what our own Orpheo has to offer!

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/forum/the-trading-post/6225598-orpheo-guitars-carved-koa-body-strat-reb-beach-pau-ferro-neck-hss-ofr

[Texsunburst59]

PRS SE DGT Goldtop

I would then upgrade all the electronics. Mann bridge, locking tuners, set of Gibson Custombuckers.

I’d be into it for about $1700, but I’d have an Amazing guitar for about 1/2 the price of a used USA DGT.

[Hsb]

For just a hair over 1k, I have my eye on an LTD Phoenix in See thru blackburst or vintage white