Low price les Paul's and SG's

stickyfiddle

Cookiemonster said:

stickyfiddle said:

What budget? 

I got a broken & repaired SG Standard for 400 quid and it's one of the best guitars I've ever had.

Sounds good. Have you got some photos 

Sorry - I meant you should look for one (i'm not selling mine!). I just suggested it as a good route into a great guitar on a budget

pintspiller

Any shops handy to you with a big selection of stuff? The Vintage brand seems widespread but I've not actually tried it. 

What do you want from a backup though? Same sound as main guitar? Anything different is more of a second guitar than a backup to the first (a mistake I made).

Cookiemonster

Good point I guess it's more a second. Main is a strat. So was thinking a humbucker would  Be good for recording 

pintspiller

An SG will lack sustain. Particularly with P90s. Despite being easy to play and sounding great.

I think you should go more Les Paul route. There are loads of models so you will get something to suit your pocket. A minefield if buying used though.

Cookiemonster

OK good advice I think a les Paul type is what I will go for 

Tenebrous

I bought a Bernie Marsden SE earlier in the year & made a thread basically going crazy about how much guitar you can get for the money nowadays. Someone is selling an identical one in the classifieds.

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/2210012/#Comment_2210012

If it's in budget, and you're in range to try it out, I wholeheartedly recommend doing so. VERY comfy neck, great sound, rolls off amazingly well, looks great. As someone who also prefers single-coils typically (teles, not strats), this is like the perfect compliment to that.

stickyfiddle

pintspiller said:

An SG will lack sustain. Particularly with P90s. Despite being easy to play and sounding great.

I think you should go more Les Paul route. There are loads of models so you will get something to suit your pocket. A minefield if buying used though.

Nonsense. They have a different sound, absolutely, but they don't "lack" sustain. SGs get a lot of flack simply because they're not Les Pauls, but I honestly prefer them,

Kittyfrisk

stickyfiddle said:

pintspiller said:

An SG will lack sustain. Particularly with P90s. Despite being easy to play and sounding great.

I think you should go more Les Paul route. There are loads of models so you will get something to suit your pocket. A minefield if buying used though.

Nonsense. They have a different sound, absolutely, but they don't "lack" sustain. SGs get a lot of flack simply because they're not Les Pauls, but I honestly prefer them,

Maybe not expressing a preference, but definitely   

TTBZ

+1 on the Bernie, great guitars. I have an SG and preferred the 2 Bernies I played for sure. So resonant and lively and I may have just imagined it but the neck felt better than the usual PRS wide fat.

Henrytwang

Taking things to extremes, A few years ago I bought a rather badly treated Gould Les Paul copy at a car boot sale for the princely sum of £7.50! Although I own five real Gibson Les Pauls I really like the old Gould. I’ve fitted a Vanson set of locking tuners to it as the originals were terrible and over time it’s had many different pickups fitted, at the moment it has a set of GFS Nashvilles. I love this old guitar it’s always laying around the house ready to be picked up.