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Post subject: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:09 am
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What is the cheapest guitar rig/setup you've ever used or possessed? Simple as that, picture would be cool.

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Epiphone DR-100
D' Addario EJ16 Light Acoustic Strings .12-.53
Dunlop Tortex .50/.60 mm Picks
Second- Hand Planet Waves Strap

Gonna get pics up ASAP

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:25 am
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My cheapest electric guitar rig was a Dover MIJ 3/4 Jazzmaster-like copy and a 5W Paul amp which I both have.Bought for Christmas '67 at Sears in Toronto for $150,my Mom worked there and got a 15% staff discount.My cheapest guitar was a no-name hand-me-down from my uncle-it was free.

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:18 pm
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See the thread titled "Rig" for pix/

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:29 pm
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I guess the cheapest was my first--a solid state Gibson G20 amp (paid $25 and a six-pack of beer for it...then I drank half of the beer :lol: ) and my G&L F-100 (I truly can't remember what I paid for it, but I seem to remember paying less than $250 dollars...considering what I got, it was a steal at any price).

I still have (and play) both of those instruments.

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:16 am
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My cheapest rig was so cheap the amp didn't even have a name on it... paired it with an all black strat knock-off. Can't even remember the brand on the knock-off. I thought it was Univox but I can't find anything they made that looked like my old guitar.

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:13 am
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I'm not exactly sure what the cheapest would be. I don't really have a problem piecing together guitars from what's considered cheap parts though.

Past couple of shows, I've been playing this guitar:
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It's pieced together from an old Squier Bullet body, Glen Burton neck, Dimarzio Super Distortion, and Benson Custom humbuckers. I always liked the sound of this particular guitar body. Every pickup I've put in it just sings. The neck has always felt great to me, it just came off a dead sounding body. So I decided to put them together. Did a little relic job to it. It doesn't feel like I'm playing a cheap guitar at all. Very solid and smooth to play.

I can't recall ever having to play on cheap equipment. My first guitar and amp were a Fender '57AVRI and a Marshall lead 12 which was like a practice amp if that counts. But the guitar was awesome. I've had a lot of good equipment since then.. Anything I play now that may be considered cheap is by choice. I use my trusty $150 Roland JC-50 for every show we play.

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:30 pm
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Samick strat....First guitar. It had to be the best damn starter guitar. It was super cheap and had black strat body with white pick gaurd. Held tune like a champ and intonation was excellent for a cheap guitar. I ran through a little Peavey Rage amp with an 8" speaker...after I learned my first song from start to finish I was awarded with a Peavey Classic 30....still have it and still use it to this day. About 15 years now.


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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:37 pm
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Samick strat....First guitar. It had to be the best damn starter guitar. It was super cheap and had black strat body with white pick gaurd. Held tune like a champ and intonation was excellent for a cheap guitar. I ran through a little Peavey Rage amp with an 8" speaker...after I learned my first song from start to finish I was awarded with a Peavey Classic 30....still have it and still use it to this day. About 15 years now.

Can't go wrong with samic! Love my PJ bass! :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:47 pm
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My first rig was my Squier Affinity Strat and a Squier Champ 15 amp which worked about 50% of the time. $120 together, but it was a gift from my parents for Christmas one year.

I guess technically the blues rig I have now was pretty cheap. It's the same Squier Strat (plus $200 for the Texas Specials I put in a couple of years ago) and my amp is a Fender Deluxe VM that I won here in a forum contest so it was free. All in all if you count the guitar as being about $80, plus the $200 pickups, I only paid $280 for my rig. Well, maybe $300 if you count the cord. :lol: My rock/church rig includes some pedals and another guitar, so it would be a little bit more expensive all together.

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:29 am
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I have a Squier Affinity Tele I use when I go to a cabin I have cause I don`t want to bring any of my good guitars there. The pick ups sound like an alley cat in heat ( changing them now ) and the switch cuts out different pups when going from one to the other. As far as I`m concerned, its firewood.

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:52 am
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First rig would be an Encore E5 with a Flyspeck headphone amp cos my mum wouldn't let me get a real amp!! Pretty quickly though I gt a Peavey Backstage Plus.
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I actually gave the guitar to a girl I was trying to impress when I got another cheapo guitar - one of those Epiphone Strat copies!! Didn't work, she married one of my mates!
Funny though she still has it and she got it modified a few years back with a new neck and dropped a bareknuckle into it as well with a better bridge too and the thing sings like a bird. Might try and get a photo of it too!!

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:05 pm
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Here it is - Harmony Silvertone guitar and a Sound amp & extension speaker, circa 1966.

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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:22 pm
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Aldens Catalogue Harmony-Holiday just like the one above, but amp like the top one...about half the size.

$64.95 for guitar, case, amp, strap, cord, pick, instruction record.


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Post subject: Re: Cheapest Guitar Rig You've Had
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:37 am
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First guitar-Gibson Epoch Les Paul $90
First amp-Karera 9V portable amp-$25
Instrument cable-$10

$125, and that was 3 1/2 years ago ^^

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