Budget Brands Played in Bands

Freebird

There are Squier guitars, and then there are Japanese Squiers from the 80's.

darthed1981

Paul7926 said:

So are we saying from this that a gig worthy guitar can be had for about £500 be that a cheaper model with good pups fitted or just a stock guitar of that price?

Josh Homme has been known to gig a stock Epiphone Dot.

So £250 plus a setup.

mark123

kings of leon use a korean epiphone sheraton stock.

thermionic

Epiphone Sheratons are often seen in the hands of pro players, my theory is it’s partly because it’s a model in its own right, not a cheaper version of a Gibson. I remember seeing the guitarist in Britpop also-rans Marion playing one (I had one myself at the time, so tended to notice them).

thegummy

thermionic said:

Epiphone Sheratons are often seen in the hands of pro players, my theory is it’s partly because it’s a model in its own right, not a cheaper version of a Gibson. I remember seeing the guitarist in Britpop also-rans Marion playing one (I had one myself at the time, so tended to notice them).

That's a good point and a thought I've had before, that the Epiphone models that are original to the brand and not a Gibson copy would have more apparent prestige

thermionic

See also the Casino of course. Although modern Sheratons are quite different to the original Sheratons.

SlopeSoarer

Freebird said:

There are Squier guitars, and then there are Japanese Squiers from the 80's.

Really, are they that different?

Bellycaster

John Mitchell (Current It Bites Guitarist and Vocalist) uses Cort Guitars.

John_A

Freebird said:

There are Squier guitars, and then there are Japanese Squiers from the 80's.

No doubt the JV Squiers are great guitars, but the current CV range are excellent too

stimpsonslostson

Wil Wagner uses a Mascis Jazzmaster quite often.
https://youtu.be/0HFeekISxmQ



as does the guy in Tame Impala. 

Trude

Does Jimmy Page's Danelectro count?

dazzajl

Paul7926 said:

So are we saying from this that a gig worthy guitar can be had for about £500 be that a cheaper model with good pups fitted or just a stock guitar of that price?

I’d happily gig any Squier I’ve ever had the chance to play and any of the budget Ibanez stuff I’ve played (£350ish and under) has impressed the hell out of me 

MagicPigDetective

thermionic said:

See also the Casino of course. Although modern Sheratons are quite different to the original Sheratons.

Neil Halstead of Slowdive has been playing a Casino since they reformed. Sounded glorious when I saw them play. 

JD50

Prince played a Honher.
Seen Graham Coxon play a Squier Tele.

thegummy

All these names are making me wonder if we're the fools for buying expensive American made guitars!

duotone

thegummy said:

All these names are making me wonder if we're the fools for buying expensive American made guitars!

Do you want me to answer that? 




  

thegummy

I don't really know much about the world of metal guitar playing; am I right in thinking there's much less of the desire to buy the classic American brands like Fender and Gibson and they're more likely to buy Asian made brands as standard without it being a cheaper alternative?

duotone

Probably mentioned already but;

John5 (k.d. Lang/David Lee Roth/Marilyn Manson) - BOSS pedals
Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins/ Zwan) - Squier Guitar

thegummy

duotone said:

Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins/ Zwan) - Squier Guitar

What colour?

NelsonP

thegummy said:

duotone said:

Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins/ Zwan) - Squier Guitar

What colour?

I thought he used his reverend sig?