(Part 2) Best solid body electric guitars according to redditors

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Same guitar in black is going for $599. Nice find.

Found this one used, with a few others others down there. The Redline S1's seem to retail new for $500, where as the descibed S3's go for ~$720 new.

This looks to be in better condition, and has a nice flame top for $500.

Nice. The one thing I always liked about the show, since I play guitar, is Yui using that Les Paul Cherry Sunburst. It's a guitar that I've always wanted and it was awesome seeing it in the show.

Why not just buy a seven string and learn to play? You can get a decent 7 string off the internet for 200USD and run some nice free amp/cab sims in FL.

If you're like me, you'll never touch those top strings anyway and you'll just learn powercords

https://www.amazon.com/Squier-Fender-Jazzmaster-Rosewood-Fretboard/dp/B005N2BW7K

I'm going to take a slightly different line of thought than a lot of the people in this thread. I disagree with the "cheapest thing possible" route. A very cheap and crappy guitar and amp will make it less fun to play, sound less good than you are, and all around be less encouraging to play. If you're comfortable spending $700, I don't think that's a bad idea.

You asked about break down between guitar and amp. Here's my thoughts. Amplifiers scale very clearly with cost. More expensive amplifiers are louder and sound a lot better (e.g. tube or high quality SS vs. cheap solid state). When you're just starting out, you don't need much of an amp. It's best (for your neighbors) if you're not too loud, and honestly you'll wind up replacing it at some point in time. Guitars scale in a little more vague of a way. There are plenty of professional musicians guitars in the $400-$600 range who would never think of upgrading. Guitars north of that price range generally have a nicer fit and finish, maybe more desirable wood, but the differences aren't as noticeable. I've played guitar for a long time, built and engineered my own effects pedals, and have a good ear for sound. I've played my slightly modified(Lollar pickups) mexican telecaster and guitars 4X the cost and can't tell the difference other than the look.

So I suggest getting a guitar that can grow with you, and a cheap amp that will be great for trying out different styles. For the amp, I'd go with a mustang I. It's a good amp, that will let you try a wide variety of sounds and not drive your neighbors up the wall. It even has a built in tuner, so you save that cheddar.

As for a guitar, based on your diversity of interest, I'd recommend a stratocaster. They're very versatile, and they're amazingly modifiable. They have a swimming pool route, enabling you to later put in humbuckers, or a combination of humbucker and single coils, or whatever your heart desires as your tastes and interests change. I'd go with a fender standard strat. The resale value also holds well, so if you ever decide you hate guitar you wont be out much. A G&L Legacy may also be a good call like this. The guys who started fender left fender and made G&L, so they're not really knock-offs. Strats are like the honda civic of the guitar world. They do anything you need it to, look decent doing it, can take abuse, and resell well.

That puts you at $600. With the remaining $100 you could get a hardshell case, a gig bag, or upgrade the amp to this. You could also use that money to either a.) buy tools and learn how to set up your guitar (let me know if this is something you want to do... I'll point you in the direction). Or pay someone to set it up. A proper setup is far and away the most important thing to having a good playing and good sounding guitar.

You could also get an HSS strat, if you really want to have that beefiness for metal, here's one.

If you have any questions or otherwise let me know... happy to help!

This is a nice little beginner guitar.

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I think there's a red version available for about 30 cheaper. It's an amazing beginners guitar, hugely modifiable and until you get good you don't need to spend money on a Gibson or Les Paul. The sound a beginner can make doesn't come through any better on a great guitar as on a relatively cheap one.

There are cheaper options but I personally always recommend this one to friends because it's one of the best at the price range, rock solid and I've had mine for 10 years now and while I've upgraded since then I still think the Yamaha looks and feels great.

Here are my personal recommendations :)

Guitar: Fender Squier J. Mascis Jazzmaster - $400 - Probably the absolute best value bang-for-your-buck available from Fender right now. It comes stock with all of the mods most players would swap out, and it plays amazing right out of the box.

Amp: Orange Micro Terror - $150 - Orange quality at entry level prices. Perfect for practicing or small gigs, can be matched with almost any cabinet. See also the Orange Micro Dark for a deeper "Sabbath tone".

If you're looking for a complete solution, both options come in a bundle with cab:

Orange Micro Terror w/ PPC108 Cabinet - $248

Orange Micro Terror Dark w/ PPC108 Cabinet - $288

I played a Ibanez Art 100 for awhile and it held up quite nice. It a pretty balanced guitar, and its only $299.

If you don't mind shelling out your max budget, a Schecter C1 Standard would be and even better choice. Comes to $499, but I doubt you wanted to spend your max budget if possible. Its worth mentioning though for the quality to price ratio.

They aren't metal oriented guitars or strat like, but if you don't like them, I can try and find a few more options.

Exactly what I was going to say. I picked up one of these on closeout from Musician's Friend for $350. I love it much better than the Epiphone Les Paul Custom I was playing before.

Something along the lines of an Ibanez RG421. The infinity pickups are the best lower-end / stock model high output pickups out there. They clean up nicely when you roll off the volume a bit.

My $0.02, your mileage may vary.

I'm a beginner player and don't know too much about guitars but I bought a RG421 from amazon this summer as my first guitar, put some ernie ball 2251 strings on it (stock strings are .09s) and dropped the action and I couldn't be happier. It has exceeded my expectations as a beginner guitar and is very pleasent to play ( playing mostly metal currently). Looks, feels, and sounds great in person too.

There is also the in-between-priced Gibson Les Paul Studio Silverburst. The Studio series is stripped down to the essentials. So, while you won't be getting all the fancy stuff that the Gibson Custom has (neck and body binding, etc.), you'll still probably be getting a guitar with better materials and craftsmanship than the Epiphone.

I agree. Might even save some money in the process! (Search "Squier" for more traditional models; I matched your Yamaha config, HSS)

I went with this...

http://www.amazon.com/Dean-Vendetta-Electric-Guitar-Tremolo/dp/B0025VLQY6/ref=sr_1_2?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1417735292&sr=1-2&keywords=Dean+Vendetta

and this...

http://www.amazon.com/Dean-Starter-Bass-Classic-Black/dp/B000JUXKR6/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1417735342&sr=8-7&keywords=Dean+Edge

The Dean Vendetta XMT is what I started with almost three months ago, and it seems to be a pretty good beginner guitar - in my limited experience, at least. Without the accessories, you can get it for $100 new in some colors.

Fender Classic Series 69 Telecaster Thinline, Maple Fingerboard, Black

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001R2R0T4/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1474094718&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=fender+telecaster+thinline+black&dpPl=1&dpID=315QyCfzxOL&ref=plSrch

Of the 3 first acts I've spent any time with, the truss rod couldn't be adjusted enough to fix the extreme forward bow of the neck nd high action, the cavities were shield poorly so they fed-back terribly which I think was not helped by the un-potted pickups that were microphonic.

You can still get the 1-pickup version, WITH an amplifier, cord, strap and pics for $87.91: http://www.amazon.com/Levine-Solid-Body-Electric-First-Act/dp/B00BLU1E0I/ref=sr_1_6?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1405217934&sr=1-6&keywords=Adam+Levine+first+act

http://www.amazon.com/Levine-Solid-Body-Electric-First-Act/dp/B00BLU1E0I

probably not what you were looking for, but it fits the description. :D (actually not the world's worst guitar, though; target has more specs, though more expensive)

I suppose you could put a custom pickguard on a superstrat.

http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Standard-Telecaster-Maple-Fretboard/dp/B005N2735K#

Looks like this.

Jackson JS22 ($200) - http://www.amazon.com/Jackson-JS22-7-Dinky-Satin-7-string/dp/B00BSL5Z1E/

The tone is a little bright, but down the road if you decide you love 7-strings, you could upgrade the pickups.

Edit: Moar words.

Maybe something like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Squier-Affinity-Stratocaster-HSS/dp/B00C5RXVD4/ref=sr_1_11?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1511063176&sr=1-11&keywords=fender+squier+stratocaster

I wouldn't go for any less quality than a Squier for your electric. You don't want to spend a fortune until you know what you really want to play, but you also don't want to scrape up your hands on cheap, jagged frets, and you need it to stay in tune. Oh, and go for a Squier, but not a Bullet. And if the Epiphone you found is cheaper, maybe not.

I want to buy this http://www.amazon.com/Epiphone-Standard-Plus-Top-Collection-Cherryburst/dp/B0002CZURY

mostly because I cant afford this http://www.amazon.com/Gibson-Paul-Traditional-Electric-Heritage/dp/B001AK5GSA

in terms of sound and quality I can't go wrong right? right guys?

If there is nothing decent on CL, something like this is a nice started guitar. Picked one up the other day and almost left with it.

http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Affinity-Stratocaster-Electric-Fingerboard/dp/B00C5RXVD4

You couldn't find any listings for an Epiphone Les Paul Junior?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NZ06W6/ref=s9_simh_co_p267_d0_g267_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_r=0W7WDGWCA1F3FBRV2V6V&pf_rd_t=3201&pf_rd_p=1280661682&pf_rd_i=typ01

It is Agathis.

Can anyone tell me what does SG and HG stand for in Godin guitar models?

Examples:

https://www.amazon.com/Godin-Session-Electric-Guitar-Vintage/dp/B003C80S6I

https://www.amazon.com/Godin-Guitars-41190-Session-LTD/dp/B010EI2VIQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542823001&sr=8-1&keywords=godin+session+hg

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These guitars seem to have identical specs, but HG models tend to be a bit more expensive.

I think he's selling it to me cheaper because I'm using it for our band.. like 7/800 ish. Haven't decided on a price yet.

Is this the guitar about which you're talking? I was actually looking at that guitar before you had mentioned it.

Gonna put a feeler out since I'm new to this sub and I don't want to add a thread.

So I'm moving to the USA very soon. Back in my home country I'm a guitar player of sorts specializing in the post-rock/shoegazing genre (IOW I use a lot of reverb, delay, fuzz and drive), but I'm leaving her behind and thinking of getting one when I'm settled in. So I'm thinking of an upgrade and seeing if anyone here can suggest a guitar.

My current guitar is a Squier Affinity Telecaster but with a humbucker middle pickup instead of a single coil in the model. I saw some nice looking Thinline Telecasters that are just under my budget but I'm wondering if anyone has any better suggestions for something under $500. Thanks.

Might want to check out Pignose guitars. Built-in amp and supposedly they sound filthy good.

One possibility is a guitar like the PigNose. It's less compact than the Traveler or Steinberger, but it includes an amp so you don't have to pack chords, amp, or headphones.

EDIT: More about guitars with built-in amps.

Get this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FU1OR6/ref=s9_simh_gw_p267_d0_g267_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1JE3NS83WM51R3YMQCE8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846
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Alright, thanks. I was looking at a cheap Squier bullet strat or a Squier hss, this model specifically.
https://www.amazon.com/Fender-Affinity-Stratocaster-Beginner-Electric/dp/B00287W9DE?tag=guitarfcom-20&th=1

i think it was a tele 69'

edit: its this https://www.amazon.com/Fender-Classic-Telecaster-Thinline-Fretboard/dp/B001R2R0T4?th=1

WOW, i got this, Godin redline, I personally love the redline 3, watch the whole video, Its around $700 here in canada, $700 on amazon. Or, you can keep it fucking real and go for a redline1 for around $600, the redline1 is a bit of a one trick pony, it does it well. Canadian rock maple and shit. .

Better off with this guitar, then buying this amp separately.

The quality of those starter kit guitars is so abysmal I couldn't possible recommend it. It's what you'd call a "GSO", or "Guitar Shaped Object". Not really a guitar, just made to look like one to newcomers. Not worth wasting money on.

Guitar, Amp, Instrument Cable, Headphones, Auto-Tuner, Metronome, Capo, Picks, Strings, Stand, Strap, Bag, String Winder, Polish & Cloth

Don't make them spend more than ~$200 on this. Consider pitching on for some of the accessories at least (though be aware that some of them are quite necessary right off the bat, such as a tuner).

You won't be able to appreciate the difference between a $100 guitar and a $5000 guitar by sound for at least a year and just to get started you need a bunch of supplies (see list above) and the cost adds up quick.

The guitar won't break unless you abuse it. Squier instruments are decent. In fact, you could even get something like a First Act at Walmart for under $100 and still not be able to appreciate the difference for quite a while.

GOdin Sessions sound great! Strat type guitar with H-S-S configuration and coil tap.

http://www.godinguitars.com/godinsessionp.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Godin-Session-Electric-Guitar-Vintage/dp/B003C80S6I/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1346796910&sr=8-3-spell&keywords=godin+sssion

Fits your price. Sounds much more expensive.