The Cheap Guitars Thread

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Fnarrrrr fnarrrrr

/sausagefest

It was your post buddy!

You know that I can edit your posts seamlessly and you think this can end well?

[jeremyb]

/sausagefest

It was your post buddy!

You know that I can edit your posts seamlessly and you think this can end well?

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It was your post buddy!

You know that I can edit your posts seamlessly and you think this can end well?

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indeed

[Danger Mouse]

You know that I can edit your posts seamlessly and you think this can end well?

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indeed

And from my time as a mod on another forum, you can see all edits and deleted posts too?

[jeremyb]

You know that I can edit your posts seamlessly and you think this can end well?

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[jeremyb]

$359, stock strings were garbage, the low F# rattled, like I’ve never heard before, swapped them out for a 9-80 set of Ernie balls, but plays really well out of the box, action was good, pickups djent and sound decent clean too, pretty darn stoked with it!

[jeremyb]

This Artist was only $289!!! However it now has a couple of mods, switched out the bridge for a gotoh one I had lying around, hipshot locking tuners from Candeevr4, Entwistle dark star pickups with neodymium magnets, and a set of 13-62 d’addarios tuned to B standard!

[jeremyb]

My 5 string Artist bass, a few mods on this one too, didn’t like the chrome hardware so picked up some Chinese high ratio tuners which are really smooth, Wilkinson bridge, Seymour Duncan bridge pickup, and gutted the active circuitry a and rewired it all with a master tone, master volume, and 3 way rotary switch. Apart from the excessive weight of the body it plays great, threw out the stock strings for some EB 45-130’s.

[The Scarecrow]

Picked this up last year, and despite being rough-AF cosmetically on purchase, it's cleaned up nice and plays well despite needing a setup. A new set of Elixir 11's , tuned down to Drop C and it's a real little riff monsters. The red X on the upper bout has been black-tapped and the larger one on the body now has a sticker for Trejo's Tacos (of Danny Trejo fame) covering it.

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Picked this up last year, and despite being rough-AF cosmetically on purchase, it's cleaned up nice and plays well despite needing a setup. A new set of Elixir 11's , tuned down to Drop C and it's a real little riff monsters. The red X on the upper bout has been black-tapped and the larger one on the body now has a sticker for Trejo's Tacos (of Danny Trejo fame) covering it.

Ah can't sell the bloody thing eh

[The Scarecrow]

Picked this up last year, and despite being rough-AF cosmetically on purchase, it's cleaned up nice and plays well despite needing a setup. A new set of Elixir 11's , tuned down to Drop C and it's a real little riff monsters. The red X on the upper bout has been black-tapped and the larger one on the body now has a sticker for Trejo's Tacos (of Danny Trejo fame) covering it.

Ah can't sell the bloody thing eh

As wanky as it sounds, I'm happy to keep it unless I can make money on it

[Zaulkin]

Love my grunge master for a cheap thing. It wasn't bad stock at all, but I have upgraded most of the hardware. Still only owes me peanuts. Put my logo on the headstock to cover a chip.

Recent soundcheck using it in A:

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Love my grunge master for a cheap thing. It wasn't bad stock at all, but I have upgraded most of the hardware. Still only owes me peanuts. Put my logo on the headstock too.

Recent soundcheck using it in A:

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Yeah mine is awesome, thanks scarecrow. Didn't really need much upgrading, but I did anyway... Full fretjob, pickups and the stetsbar now worth a hundred billion dollars.

[Slowy]

$359, stock strings were garbage, the low F# rattled, like I’ve never heard before, swapped them out for a 9-80 set of Ernie balls, but plays really well out of the box, action was good, pickups djent and sound decent clean too, pretty darn stoked with it!

Biggest Mandolin I've ever seen.

[steveroby]

Artist LesPaul 59 , the cheaper Artist LP.
$227 !!!

for a $200 gat, its great .
Cheaper because it was 'damaged' .Damage being the bridge pickup doesnt work. So i took a punt on it . Cant be hard to fix , at the very worst will cost $50 for a replacement pickup . Im hoping its a wiring issue .

Slightly bright sound , so Id be happy to keep using the neck pickup . Maybee better string will change that ?
String height is good . Minor fret buzz that shouid be fixed with truss rod adjustment , but fully playable as is .
I think the Glossy finish actually makes it look cheap for some reason .

Photo is from their website, but thats exactly how it looks

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