You have £1000 to spend on a guitar.

jonnyburgo

Do you buy one vey nice guitar second hand for the £1000 or two nice ones at £500 each (or whatever split)?
 I say this as someone who always would go for the second option....I think.

Legionreturns

Build something special yourself. £1000 buys top of the line hardware and electronics on top of a really nice body build. Plus you'll have an instrument you'll be bonded with from the start. 

meltedbuzzbox

Having been on both ends of the scenario in one way or another I would always buy one at 1k. 

meltedbuzzbox

And I wouldn't build because the variables are too high. 
I've done the dream parts caster thing and whilst it's a great guitar it's just nowhere near as good as my CS version. Ymmv and all that

jeztone2

Secondhand: Either a PRS CE22 or Yamaha SG700 or 1000. Have it refretted & set up. I can't really see a new guitar being able to compete with that. Plus your residual won't move.

Stevepage

One good one. A £1000 for a used guitar gets you a hell of a lot of guitar from lots of different brands. 

fendergibson

I’d buy a secondhand Revstar 502 and a secondhand mex Strat 

stickyfiddle

If I had to spend 1k right now I’d spec up another MJT Jazzmaster and put WRHBs in it

prowla

A(nother) Ric 4001 - no contest.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

I think it would depend on what I already had. If I had zero guitars I'd definitely buy two contrasting £500 guitars, just to cover as many bases as I could. If I already had one or two other guitars then I'd go for one really nice one.

Whitecat

One good one. 

meltedbuzzbox

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

I think it would depend on what I already had. If I had zero guitars I'd definitely buy two contrasting £500 guitars, just to cover as many bases as I could. If I already had one or two other guitars then I'd go for one really nice one.

If it's all about covering basses why don't you play nothing but a variax?

thegummy

I'd buy one midrange one new rather than second hand.

If I could go back to the start before I had any guitars, I'd have a hard time choosing between several budget guitars and a single high end ( in reality I have several mid range, I.e. American range but at the grand mark)

SimpleSimon

If you suffer from constant gas then go for the two. If you already have an ideal guitar in mind, 'the one' then £1000 gets you alot of secondhand guitar.

Philly_Q

Take back a recently purchased R8 (if anyone has such a thing...) and use the extra £1,000 to buy an R9.

TTBZ

Japanese Edwards or Tokai LP Custom I reckon.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

meltedbuzzbox said:

Dontgiveupyourdayjob said:

I think it would depend on what I already had. If I had zero guitars I'd definitely buy two contrasting £500 guitars, just to cover as many bases as I could. If I already had one or two other guitars then I'd go for one really nice one.

If it's all about covering basses why don't you play nothing but a variax?

I actually tried that! Great bit of kit, but eventually the GAS demons came a calling and I moved it on.

Rabs

Those Yamaha Revstars are going for about half price now £500

https://www.kennysmusic.co.uk/yamaha-revstar-rs720b-with-bigsby-ash-grey

https://www.kennysmusic.co.uk/yamaha-revstar-rs720b-with-bigsby-wall-fade

https://i.imgur.com/Mi5Hvbo.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/lar8Rn1.jpg

munckee

If Mrs munckee gave me the bag of sand and would allow an extra guitar I would shove it all in a used jazzmaster or maybe les Paul. More likely I would sell my strat or tele and get a used for the 1000 plus value of the one I sold. 

Bellycaster

2nd hand American Strat and some change.

Matt_McG

One nice guitar. As good a Fender style bolt-on  -- tele or strat style -- as I could find 2nd hand for 800 quid or so, which would get me something decent. US Fender or G&L, maybe a Japanese made model. I wouldn't be a brand snob. Buying on playability and esp. neck and basic body wood. And then put a few hundred quid to pickups or hardware improvements if it needed it.

So, if it was a nice telecaster, maybe a Charlie Christian pickup in the neck. If it was a strat, maybe a nice low-output vintage voiced humbucker, or a tele style pickup at the bridge .