Best "Bang for your buck" guitar? (new or used)

[Decibill]

p.s. thanks to this thread i just ordered my own JMJM. thanks ilf breauxs.

awesome! such an incredible guitar for the money. I gig with mine and if it weren't for my tendency to knock strings out of it all the time it would be the only guitar i ever need.

Congrats...I've got one too, and they are GREAT guitars...!!

[Mudfuzz]

an Epiphone Dot have been my best bang-for-the-buck guitar-wise.

I have never played a DOT but I have a older Gothic LP that with a pickup swap is a pretty kickass guitar, also fernandes vertigo Xs are great and you can has then cheap

[Bassist_Diver]

There are a slew of old Yamaha guitars from the 80s and 90s that produce great sounds for next to nothing. I have a Yamaha SC-300T that gets a killer strat tone and only cost me $80 from the pawn shop.

[vegedge]

i bought the squier vintage modified tele thinline. longest name ever, plays awesomely. hope to add some higher gain pickups. maybe a tele sized p90

[Sutur]

For an 8 string, I don't think you'll be able to find a better deal on new guitar than an Agile.

[GardenoftheDead]

My personal best is my Fernandes Monterey Elite, a $1k guitar I got for about $450.

[KaosCill8r]

A Maton Mastersound MS500. Great solid body electric at a good price. Made in Melbourne Australia. Very retro looking and sounding though the stock pickups can always do with swapping out. I replaced mine with a set of hot P90s. Awesome guitars!!

[Ro_S]

new -

Squier VM Jaguar and Jazzmaster

Di Pinto Galaxie VI

[tuffteef]

i just got a squire mustang and i mean even the stock pickups are rad

its almost confusing how good the guitar is for the money

besides the iffy neck shape ill get used to it
but totes worth the money bang up job

[chuckjaywalk]

Love my Squier VM Jaguar. It just sort of works and looks gorgeous. I replaced the bridge saddles with GraphTech Mustang saddles and put on some Schaller Straplocks and I was good to go.

I got my MIM Strat super cheap, but I wouldn't count it as bang for your buck. I replaced all the electronics, the tuners, the pickguard, and the tremolo block. It is perfect for me, now, but it took a lot of work to get there.

[sultanofswig]

I traded some stuff for a new sonic blue Squier VM Jazzmaster. It's in the shop getting a new jack & Mustang bridge and getting set up for DADGAD. Can't wait to get it to the studio. I really dug the pickups when i tried it in the store. Bridge was a touch shrill on its own, but I generally stay on mid position anyway and that sounded great. Chimey & luscious. Been wanting a second JM for a long time and this thread convinced me to jump in the Squier pool. Thanks, y'all!

[maggot]

New: Squier La Cabronita Telecaster $300. Used: whatever you get lucky with, but I'm partial toward some of the Pawlonia Dean Evos that go for about $60 used. Butt ugly and the pickups and hardware aren't the best, but they play well and have an excellent basic sound.

[Sardocasm]

Probably Suhr.

[BitchPudding]

an Epiphone Dot have been my best bang-for-the-buck guitar-wise.

I have never played a DOT but I have a older Gothic LP that with a pickup swap is a pretty kickass guitar, also fernandes vertigo Xs are great and you can has then cheap

Seems like the Gothic line gets a lot of love round these parts. Wouldn't mind getting a Gothic SG myself.

Also your avatar is absolutely bitchin' Mudsy.

[BassIsBad]

I still say Sterling John Petrucci sigs.