All of the post today got me thinking about just what is a good value out there? So, if you have something that you own, played or just plain heard good things about and it's a great "bang for the buck" let's heat about it.

It can be guitar, amp, pedal or just about any guitar related item.

Keep it to "new" items that you feel the store price provides a good value. Good value doesn't necessarily mean inexpensive, a $3,000 item can still be a good value.

Two guitars that I have own or have owned I feel are good values.

First is my Epi Dot ($400). I liked this guitar since the moment it arrived. It's a very easy playing guitar that has great tone. It performs well with different styles of music, but I love it for playing/practicing the blues. A friend of mine has a Gibson ES335 and it compares and performs very well when put up to the ES335. Like any other less expensive version, it doesn't out perform the more expensive guitar, but in my opinion the increase in price of the ES335 doesn't make up for the difference in price.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--EPIDOT

My other recommendation if you can find one, is the Ibanez ARC300 ($400). An LP style guitar with great tone and easy playablity. About 2 lbs lighter than a Epi or Gibson LP. I only played a few of the Epi's and Gibson's and again imho the cost of the ARC makes it a better value with no loss of performance.

http://www.guitar.com.au/guitars/ele..._20071a09.html