Ok, so what $1000 guitar would you buy?
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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.
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.
Rex_Rocker
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You want something neck thru and with a Floyd, right?
I don't remember if we already went through this, but... Solar? Chapman?
I don't remember if we already went through this, but... Solar? Chapman?
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
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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.
Chris Pile
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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.
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.
Phantasmagoria
watch where you point that sabre
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
https://www.kramerguitars.com/en-US/Electric-Guitar/KRAMXL220/Orange-Crush
Phantasmagoria
watch where you point that sabre
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
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Look what our own Orpheo has to offer!
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/for...a-body-strat-reb-beach-pau-ferro-neck-hss-ofr
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/for...a-body-strat-reb-beach-pau-ferro-neck-hss-ofr
Texsunburst59
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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.
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.
Goth teenagers. I don't like the blacked out and dire look of many schecters.
I believe Shecters and LTDs made in same factories.
Used guitars ime are sold because they have used guitar problems. Almost always a less than good neck. And fanboys of particular models keep the prices fairly high.
I'm not interested in a Warmoth build. Looking for a neck through. It would be very difficult for me to recreate the neck on the M1 Custom I just returned. And I'm not a guitar designer so whatever I built would look like many Warmoth parts builds I see.
The fade burst and "blood burst" finishes on the SLS Elite series are ok if you go in for flamed maple - veneer, so it doesn't have the same impact as a cap in person, but whatever. I can vouch for the build quality. I have two. Direct mount pickups, stainless frets. The necks feel great - the one I bought new took a long time to settle in but it's fine now. The backs and necks have an open pore satin finish so you can feel a little texture but the profile is nice. The necks are a little thin for my taste, maybe you would dig that though.
I'm tired of messing around with guitars at this price point though. I bought 3 guitars in the 1k neighborhood over the past few years. They're all fine, but I could sell them and never miss them. If I had it to do again I would save the money for one really amazing instrument instead of frittering it away.
