And you had about £500 to spend on one guitar, assuming you could play a 
bit, but also needed to trade or sell you current guitar to afford the £500, 
what would you buy?

icarusi
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icarusi wrote:
> And you had about £500 to spend on one guitar, assuming you could play a 
> bit, but also needed to trade or sell you current guitar to afford the £500, 
> what would you buy?
> 
> icarusi

Probably one of those Wilkinson Strat-types with the three soap-bar P90s.

And enough chnge out of £500 to get a multi-FX unit and volume pedal.

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> And you had about £500 to spend on one guitar, assuming you could play a 
> bit, but also needed to trade or sell you current guitar to afford the 
> £500, what would you buy?

Always something secondhand.

A decent Stratocaster would be more versatile perhaps but I'd probably go 
for a used Les Paul Studio.

Steve.

On Feb 10, 11:30 pm, "icarusi"  wrote:
> And you had about £500 to spend on one guitar, assuming you could play a> bit, but also needed to trade or sell you current guitar to afford the £500,
> what would you buy?
>
> icarusi
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I did this last summer for my daughter. After trying pretty much
everything in the shop under £500, she ended up with a prs se
singlecut. 8 months on she still loves it. Very nice to play (although
being a lefty I can't play it properly) and although it cant be
considered outstanding for any particular form of music it does very
nicely indeeed for a number of styles.

Brian.

> And you had about £500 to spend on one guitar, assuming you could play
> a bit, but also needed to trade or sell you current guitar to afford
> the £500, what would you buy?

Either the best Tele that I could find for the money, or something with one 
or two P90s, ideally LP Junior doublecut. Current fave guitar is a Squier 
Tele Custom II with P90s, so maybe that's biased me a bit.

Al.

On Feb 10, 11:30 pm, "icarusi"  wrote:
> And you had about £500 to spend on one guitar, assuming you could play a> bit, but also needed to trade or sell you current guitar to afford the £500,
> what would you buy?
>
> icarusi
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the best epiphone 335-style i could find.. maybe with p90s (casino?)

icarusi wrote:
> And you had about £500 to spend on one guitar, assuming you could play a 
> bit, but also needed to trade or sell you current guitar to afford the £500, 
> what would you buy?
> 
> icarusi
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Absolutely without any doubt, I would buy a Yamaha Pacifica 412V (£200) 
612V (£360) or 812V (£460). The new range are fantastic guitars.

The 412V is absolutely great, for £200 it has to be the best value 
electric I have ever played by miles. A dream to play, a big array of 
classic sounds, well made, nice hardware. And £300 left for a very 
respectable amp.