Semi hollow gas....

amarok1971

Never played one, but i KNOW i need one ...
Love me teles, so i'm wondering whether to get a thinline, but cant stop lusting after a dot. hmm

Any recommendations? dont want to spend a lots ((very) low hundreds) as i want to dip my toe in the water first.

cheers

stimpsonslostson

Ibanez Artcore.
 Well made, good playing, affordable & pretty too. 
The pickups on the lower models are bland. Not bad per se, but a bit characterless. 

stimpsonslostson

For a bit more money, I keep hearing good things about the Gretsch Streamliner range. I've not tried one, but (as with all Gretsch guitars) they look the part. 

english_bob

Have a look in the classifieds. I know there was a Dot PRO there recently, and a very nice Artcore AS73. 

You should be positively spoiled for choice if you've got 200 notes and don't mind buying used.

amarok1971

english_bob said:

Have a look in the classifieds. I know there was a Dot PRO there recently, and a very nice Artcore AS73. 

You should be positively spoiled for choice if you've got 200 notes and don't mind buying used.

Dammit i missed out on that dot pro by a day  yup secondhand all the way 

Funkfingers

Pre-owned Hamer XT Echotone, perhaps? (Indonesian rather than Korean.) Likely to need pickup and pot upgrades. 

Tat2dstesh

got a lovley Hagstrom viking forsale at £350

underdog

I'd go for the artcore in the classifieds here, looks lovely and great price.

amarok1971

underdog said:

I'd go for the artcore in the classifieds here, looks lovely and great price.

thats exactly what i thought, i feel a plan coming together  

ESBlonde

I don't think the hollowed out Teles particularly cover the classic 'semi' tones although they have nice tone in and of themselves. Low hundreds would suggest a used Epiphone Semi in the £150-200 range as a taster, you could recover much of the cost if you moved it on again.

underdog

amarok1971 said:

underdog said:

I'd go for the artcore in the classifieds here, looks lovely and great price.

thats exactly what i thought, i feel a plan coming together  

Well that escalated quickly

amarok1971

erm, just a tad  

underdog

amarok1971 said:

erm, just a tad  

Looks awesome, almost bought it myself but I'm a complete tart and am waiting on the UK release of the same guitar in blue in a few months time, though it's going to cost double what you paid sadly.

amarok1971

Haha, i might be trading up in a fortnight too if i like it enough