Hi im gonna get my 3rd fender guitar and 2nd electric guitar to go with my standard MIM strat in arctic white but i cant decide. my limit is 360 pounds and i could push that a little bit. i was thinking of the Marauder, MIM Tele, Another Strat (HSS), blacktop jaguar or mabye even something else. I can fall in love with any strat. i like the tele but ive never properly played one but im planning on it and i prefer to have a mexican than chinese guitar.
I played the blacktop jag but it didnt feel like a regular jaguar so im not too keen on it, i just idolize kurt cobain even though he sucked at guitar. i played the marauder and it sounded really nice and felt like i was playing a usa guitar but im not too sure, so its pretty much between the tele or the marauder. another strat i wouldnt mind but i dont know if theres any point even if its hss seeing as i have one already but sss. if you can suggest anything else that is only fender and no gibson or epiphone terrible guitars like that then please help, i like people deciding for me thanks.

I would say since you have a Strat (I'm assuming SSS), you might want to go with a humbucker equipped guitar just in case you want something beefy at some point. Personally, it would be a Blacktop Tele if it were me. Jags are cool too, but I'm not cool with where the switch placement is. If you strum with a wide down stroke, it can be a problem. I also find the 24" scale to be a little short for my taste.

It's too bad there seems to be a stigma about Chinese made guitars these days. I find that they are being more careful with their necks than the MIMs I've tried recently. Almost all of the MIMs I tried out felt like they were gonna cut my hands due to sharp edges on the frets.

I also think it's too bad that some people feel Epiphone isn't up to par with just about any mid level guitar these days. If I get another guitar this year, I'm seriously looking at the Epiphone ES-339. There were 2 of them at our Sam Ash, and they were gone in 1-day. Really cool guitars.



It was a lot of fun to pick it up and test it out. It has a smaller body than other hollow-bodies, and felt very smooth to play.

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I know you said you don't want Chinese. But I tried out lots of guitars in your price range and settled for the Squier Classic Vibe 60's model, incredible for the price and personally I couldn't justify spending that extra on a Fender just for the name on the headstock. Obviously had I had more like £800 plus to spend I would have felt slightly different!

At least give them a go before you write them off!

jake100xx, this solid body electric guitar comes in 3 different finishes. I like it because it has P-90's for pup's. Hope it is within your price range: Welcome to the Forum.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Ahh.. Now that's where the switch should be (for me anyway).

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You can't go wrong with the Marauder, if you can find one right now.

I know it's hard to look at Chinese made instruments as solid well made instruments but I have owned two Chinese made guitars. One was a Squier and now my Fender acoustic. The Squier was very well made, the neck was great and the fretwork was nice with no sharp edges. My acoustic also feels like a very solid guitar. Can't go wrong especially for the price.

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Bid on a vintage Music Master on eBay. They rarely go over $600 USD for a decent used one. The only way I could see paying more is if it were pristine, literally unplayed. Just go for a lucky bid.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

The high-end Squiers are very good guitars ... often only a change of pickups away from being everything you need. I have one, too, and I only changed pickups.

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How about the fender classic series? I don't know the price in the US, but in Norway they are major bang for the bucks..

I was perusing a couple of Squier Teles at my local music store-'72 Custom and Thinline reissues.These little darlings are simply great guitars and are well within your price range aand every Strat owner has to have a Tele-I believe that it's the law in most countries-lol.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

They're high quality guitars, but run about $700 new. Or you can do like I did and find a nice used one.

This part of your question is ridiculous ( Gibson or Epiphone terrible guitars ) If you know guitars you would not say that. With all the Fenders I have I would not go with out my Les Pauls and Dots. And Yes you need a Telecaster, I have two of them as well and the American Tele gets a lot more play then the Strats do.

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