Budget LP "style" guitar recommendations ?

dbphoto

My couple of week old Gibson Les Paul BFG may be up for sale tomorrow when my R8 arrives? 

prowla

Well, an SG can be had for under £500.

For a real cheapie, I have a Hamer Slammer (it's a twin cutaway, but is really good for under £100!).

For an LP, I'd be looking at the Gibson Studio models.

usedtobe

Used Washburn idol 

mbe

Kramer Assault if you like a longer scale length.

Alnico

Brand new - LTD EC256

Used - LTD EC401 / EC1000

The build quality will knock you out, they're amazing.

baldy

Well I have just had an offer of £140 accepted on a mint Vintage V100 tobacco burst & hardcase.
I like my bargains me.
I was after a hard case anyway which would have cost me around £50-£70 depending on what I bought so the way i am looking at it I have got a V100 for £90 or less.
I have pups, pots, toggle switch, input socket & locking tuners knocking around that were intended for the second Hohner LX250G I bought that won"t intonate, should I decide to change anything.

57Deluxe

Harley Benton or a Chinese Tokai

some links:

https://www.langleyguitarcentre.co.uk/products/tokai-uals48-standard-les-paul

https://rguitars.co.uk/products/tokai-ualc60-sb-custom?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=Google+CPC&ref=SFDR_158577585&variant=36503680705&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiJncBRC1ARIsAOvG-a4Edx1Lq14R6HQ7AFqQb-8ZEnKHC-4bLr7NilT1ci0buvpxxKnaWRUaAgzKEALw_wcB

http://www.theguitarstoreonline.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=tokai

https://www.thomann.de/gb/lp_models.html?price-first=0&filter=true&manufacturer[]=Harley Benton

Grumpyrocker

Alnico said:

Brand new - LTD EC256

Used - LTD EC401 / EC1000

The build quality will knock you out, they're amazing.

Yup my EC256 is superb. Easily compares with more expensive guitars. The only thing that seemed a little cheap to me was the control knobs - so I changed those.

Henrytwang

Any Harley Benton is a good value for money guitar . They ship from Germany in about 4-5 days usually. 

daveyh

Which company actually makes the Harley Benton guitars?

OilCityPickups

daveyh said:

Which company actually makes the Harley Benton guitars?

Well some of them look remarkably like 'Vintage' models ... infer from that what you will.

Chalky

TheGuitarWeasel said:

daveyh said:

Which company actually makes the Harley Benton guitars?

Well some of them look remarkably like 'Vintage' models ... infer from that what you will.

The Vintage brands spec up a guitar they want built then find out which factories can make it at the best price. Then they get a run of them built. AFAIK they do not own the factories and never have owned one.  I imagine HB are the same.