Hmm...which guitar to look for? Something retro ideally. Plan aborted

HarrySeven

For £300-ish, you could assemble something (with the aid of a friendly luthier) to the spec you require.

Note I said "assemble" - and not "custom build"!

From bits I acquired/had lying around, these were put together a year or two ago...

HarrySeven

NervousJohn

thecolourbox said:

Which one did you mean for £300? That Teisco though, like every Teisco ever, appears to be as ugly as sin Haha

You didnt say it had to look good...

I was trying to link to the Hofner Congress. (Fnarr). 

WezV

NervousJohn said:

I was trying to link to the Hofner Congress. (Fnarr). 

or the verithin just after it

Sassafras

Brandoni Custom Guitars make the sort of weird shit you'd like.

thecolourbox

NervousJohn said:

thecolourbox said:

Which one did you mean for £300? That Teisco though, like every Teisco ever, appears to be as ugly as sin Haha

You didnt say it had to look good...

I was trying to link to the Hofner Congress. (Fnarr). 

Now that is a guitar! Though I'm not sure I'd be big enough to lift it

HarrySeven

Talking of Hofner...wouldn't an original 176 or Galaxie butter your parsnips?

tony99

HarrySeven said:

Talking of Hofner...wouldn't an original 176 or Galaxie butter your parsnips?

jesus, that's got more buttons than Big Trak

thecolourbox

Lol I tried my hardest to like Strat shape ones (I even did a thread about them) but they do nothing for me I'm afraid - whatever I go for is a compromise to an extent but I would like at least something exciting about it

thecolourbox

What do people think of Mustangs and Pro/Duo Sonics? Are they too toyish being so small as a main guitar? I'm fairly small myself though so it'd probably not look out of place

Sesh

How about the new squier offsets? V.cheap leaving budget to upgrade taste.

thecolourbox

Sesh said:

How about the new squier offsets? V.cheap leaving budget to upgrade taste.

I did look at those already but there's only the Affinity Jazzmaster that is below budget, but with the pickup upgrade and them getting them installed they don't seem quite as good value. I shall certainly look closer at them though thanks

thecolourbox

Or did you mean the cheap as chips mustang that had the bendy neck in the Andertons video?

Funkfingers

The short scale Fender "student" models have a certain character of their own. The current model P90 Mustang has more oomph than a regular model. There, again, a couple of well chosen Lace Sensors could improve a regular model with no need to modify the pickguard. The Fender MIJ Kurt Cobain Mustang adds a humbucker.*

Ultimately, these minor Fender designs are less popular than the Stratocaster and Telecaster for a reason.

* I dare say that Mr. Seven could furnish a photograph of this model.

Funkfingers

HarrySeven said:

Er, you appear to have a few screws missing.

thecolourbox

Funkfingers said:

The short scale Fender "student" models have a certain character of their own. The current model P90 Mustang has more oomph than a regular model. There, again, a couple of well chosen Lace Sensors could improve a regular model with no need to modify the pickguard. The Fender MIJ Kurt Cobain Mustang adds a humbucker.*

Ultimately, these minor Fender designs are less popular than the Stratocaster and Telecaster for a reason.

* I dare say that Mr. Seven could furnish a photograph of this model.

But if you don't like Teles or Strats because they are dull, supposedly these lesser models could be worth a look? As I say I've only played crap guitars like Squiers and Variaxes so the replacement won't have much to live up to

UnclePsychosis

I've got one of the £115 Squier Mustangs and whilst it needed a bit of tweaking it's a great fun little thing. 

DarnWeight

How about the G&L Tribute Fallout?  Meets just about all your requirements (pickups, scale length, radius, colours), and looks kind of retro without being an obviously slavish copy of anything (a bit Mustang-ish, maybe).

thecolourbox

UnclePsychosis said:

I've got one of the £115 Squier Mustangs and whilst it needed a bit of tweaking it's a great fun little thing. 

Out of interest what needed fixing on it?

DarnWeight said:

How about the G&L Tribute Fallout?  Meets just about all your requirements (pickups, scale length, radius, colours), and looks kind of retro without being an obviously slavish copy of anything (a bit Mustang-ish, maybe).

Good call! Thanks I'll have a listen and lookout for those. Never really heard of that one so that's interesting

rlw

I've got a Squier Modern Player Jaguar on Reverb. Three colour sunburst, two Di Marzio humbuckers, concentric knobs (ooh-er), quite an out there guitar.  Like new too.   Fancy Schaller bridge fitted by Feline too - cost over £70 just for the bridge but it makes all the difference in the world.
Could do a deal if you were interested.  Ignore the inapproriate vid put there by reverb.

https://reverb.com/item/5328427-squier-modern-player-jaguar-hh-2012-3-color-sunburst

Sorry if the link breaks the rules - feel free to delete it.