$819 qualifies as a "budget" guitar?
Not in my wallet.
Just got the new Nov. issue of Guitar Player a couple of days back, and there's an interesting comparo article in their "Gear Roundup" section, featuring 10 "budget" solidbody guitars:
- AXL Badwater 1216
- Epiphone Limited Edition Wilshire
- Godin Redline 3
- Hagstrom Ultra Swede
- Jackson Mark Morton Signature D2 Dominion
- Michael Kelly Patriot Decree
- PRS SE Custom 24
- Reverend Buckshot
- Squier Classic Vibe '50s Telecaster
- Washburn HM Series WM24 Renegade
Street prices run from $225 (AXL) to $819 (Godin), spread pretty evenly over that range. They conferred "Editor's Pick" status on two of the ten--the Reverend and the Squier. The latter, at just $349, is a particularly amazing value. It's funny that the Buckshot is basically Reverend's take on the classic Telecaster design and, despite the distinctive Reverend body outline, it otherwise resembles the Squier CV Tele quite strongly.
I already have a Tele (a Xaviere copy that I upgraded with Fender Alnico 3 p'ups--the same kind that come in the Squier CV!), but I really oughta look into one of those Reverends....
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$819 qualifies as a "budget" guitar?
Not in my wallet.
-Kodiak
Guitars:
Washburn Idol 64 DL w/GFS Dream 180 pups
Washburn X-33 w/GFS 60's-70's Grey Bottom Non Stagger Overwound
Stagg G300 SG w/GFS Power Rails
Art & Lutherie Acoustic
All Reverends are great guitars. Joe Naylor is a heckuva guitar designer/builder. I am contemplating a Reverend with P-90s one day... haven't decided when and which model.
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Yeah, that seemed a bit on the high side to me, too. I think I would have kept the maximum street price to the $600 range. That would have knocked out the Godin and the PRS ($665).
I guess it's all a matter of perspective. Compared to $2500+ Les Paul's, $819 would sound "bargain basement"!
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For a MIA guitar the Godin is an excellent value. I'm sure the street price on those is much less.
Patrick
GP showed the Godin as retailing for $985 and $819 as the street price.Originally Posted by hubberjub
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Originally Posted by Robert
Well, now I know where on the guitar buying scale I rank. If a guitar costs over $800 and it's in the "budget" category, I guess I'm in the dumpster-diving edge of the scale.
Maybe GP's demographic is lawyers and doctors (no offense meant to any lawyers or doctors here). Yikes!
Guitars: Jimmie Vaughan Strat, 2001 Affinity Squier Strat with 70's Japanese pickups, Affinity Squier Tele
Amps: Fender Pro Junior w/ Ragin' Cajun speaker, Peavey Delta Blues 115
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Gee, I wish I had their budget if that's what they think is budget!
(PS: isn't Godin a Canadian manufacturer? Maybe my info is incorrect...?)
bigG
Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Cherry Mahogany, Peavey HP Signature EXP, Epi Sheraton II, Fender Standard Fat Strat, original 1982 Made in the USA Fender Bullet (w original HSC)/ 2005 Martin HD-7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition (#102 of 250), Martin M-36 (0000), Martin OM-21, Martin 000-15M, Hohner EL-SP Plus Parlor acoustic
Amps: Swart Space Tone 6V6se, Swart Night Light Power Attenuator/compressor/stereo line-out, Peavey Windsor Studio, Vox AD50VT, Fender Super Champ XD, Vox DA15, Marshall MG10KK, '83 Peavey Bandit 65
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Yes, they are. Don't underestimate them. My dad has one and it rocks really good!Originally Posted by bigG
-Kodiak
Guitars:
Washburn Idol 64 DL w/GFS Dream 180 pups
Washburn X-33 w/GFS 60's-70's Grey Bottom Non Stagger Overwound
Stagg G300 SG w/GFS Power Rails
Art & Lutherie Acoustic
Speaking of Reverends with P-90's, I'm kind of partial to the Jetstream 390. All the pickup combo tones are good, but the P-90 version of "quack" that you get at pickup selector positions 2 and 4 (like a Strat) is tres cool. The distorted tones are just flat nasty, too. Talk about P-90 "growl"!! Check it out:Originally Posted by Robert
Though they don't make this particular model any more (a two P-90 version is still available), used ones are around, if you look. And that Reverend bass "contour" control is just da bomb!
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No, man, I'm not under-estimating them at all! They make a great git! An earlier post had said they were MIA. A friend in the Toronto area is soon to buy one. He turned me on to them (he says it's pronounced Go-dan'. He should know, I guess, fwiw )Originally Posted by Kodiak3D
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bigG
Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Cherry Mahogany, Peavey HP Signature EXP, Epi Sheraton II, Fender Standard Fat Strat, original 1982 Made in the USA Fender Bullet (w original HSC)/ 2005 Martin HD-7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition (#102 of 250), Martin M-36 (0000), Martin OM-21, Martin 000-15M, Hohner EL-SP Plus Parlor acoustic
Amps: Swart Space Tone 6V6se, Swart Night Light Power Attenuator/compressor/stereo line-out, Peavey Windsor Studio, Vox AD50VT, Fender Super Champ XD, Vox DA15, Marshall MG10KK, '83 Peavey Bandit 65
Pedals: Cry Baby 535q wah, Bad Monkey OD, Boss DS-1, Sabine FuzzStortion, HardWire RV-7 Reverb
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Yes, go-DAN is what I have heard. I think the name is French-Canadian.Originally Posted by bigG
-Kodiak
Guitars:
Washburn Idol 64 DL w/GFS Dream 180 pups
Washburn X-33 w/GFS 60's-70's Grey Bottom Non Stagger Overwound
Stagg G300 SG w/GFS Power Rails
Art & Lutherie Acoustic
Hmm, funny how DVM suddenly knows so much about Reverends....
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I'm a lawyer, and to me, a decent quality, nice solid body can be had for plus or minus $500. Both my Fender 60th MIM and Hagstrom Viking were under that number. To me a budget guitar is more like a CV of some kind, or more in the 2 to 400 range.Originally Posted by birv2
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The Reverend in the vid sounds good Vood. I was expecting a Marshall Tucker or Outlaws tune before the video started.
Maybe we should rename himOriginally Posted by Robert
The Reverend DVM?
I wish I could have gone with my first instinct of getting a 3 pickup P-90 instead of my 2. The tonal possibilities are really sweet with 3.
I'm narrowing down my next guitar choice... This week (LOLz), the favored choice is the Michael Kelly Patriot Limited. (but a Reverend HH isn't far behind)
Guitar: Gibson SG Standard Natural Burst, Squier CV 50's Tele, Hell Guitars No. 2, Squier CV 50's Strat, Reverend Club King 290, Taylor 522e 12-Fret mahogany,
Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Short Scale
Amp: Fender Super Champ X2 Head, Egnater Tweaker 15, Fender Mustang I, Acoustic B20 1x12 bass amp
Pedal: Budda Budwah wah, Wampler Ego Compressor, Electro-Harmonix Soul Food, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Wampler Velvet Fuzz, Seven Sisters Eve Tremolo, TC Electronics Gravy Tri Chorus & Vibrato, Catalinbread Echorec, TC Electronic Alter Ego 2 Delay, Hardwire Supernatural Ambient Verb, MXR Carbon Copy, Catalinbread RAH, Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker, BYOC Mouse 2.0 Distortion, BYOC Boost/OD-2
Just a quick note, here:
there is no Michael Kelly. The company is named after the boss's son and daughter: Michael and Kelly (according to the receptionist at Michael Kelly Guitars)...and...
I just found this out today: thefret.net popular Seagull acoustic is made by Godin! (And Kodiak was right - French Canadian - based in Quebec.) See this review of a Seagull from acousticguitar.com:
http://acousticguitar.com/article/de...rticleid=24114
I didn't know dat!
G
bigG
Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded Cherry Mahogany, Peavey HP Signature EXP, Epi Sheraton II, Fender Standard Fat Strat, original 1982 Made in the USA Fender Bullet (w original HSC)/ 2005 Martin HD-7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition (#102 of 250), Martin M-36 (0000), Martin OM-21, Martin 000-15M, Hohner EL-SP Plus Parlor acoustic
Amps: Swart Space Tone 6V6se, Swart Night Light Power Attenuator/compressor/stereo line-out, Peavey Windsor Studio, Vox AD50VT, Fender Super Champ XD, Vox DA15, Marshall MG10KK, '83 Peavey Bandit 65
Pedals: Cry Baby 535q wah, Bad Monkey OD, Boss DS-1, Sabine FuzzStortion, HardWire RV-7 Reverb
www.swartamps.com
www.ericjosephelectricguitars.com
Carpe diem, brother, cause you don't know how many diems you have left to carpe.
Godin is a Canadian manufacturer. They have a factory in New Hampshire though. If I really wanted to split hairs I could also point out that Canada, being in North America, is also American. (No offense to Canadians.) MIM Fenders are also American according to my genius theory. I should work in marketing.Originally Posted by bigG
Patrick