New guitar £2,500 budget...what would you get?

bbill335

Loobs said:

Maybe something by Deimel:

I like that a lot!

UnclePsychosis

At the risk of being "that guy"... 

...at £2.5k you shouldn't need to be asking for suggestions, particularly when you already own some great guitars. If there's nothing that jumps out at you already then I'd question the need to spend that kind of dough. But then again I'm weird like that. 

RandallFlagg

UnclePsychosis said:

At the risk of being "that guy"... 

...at £2.5k you shouldn't need to be asking for suggestions, particularly when you already own some great guitars. If there's nothing that jumps out at you already then I'd question the need to spend that kind of dough. But then again I'm weird like that. 

It's just for fun, to see what others think.

stickyfiddle

UnclePsychosis said:

At the risk of being "that guy"... 

...at £2.5k you shouldn't need to be asking for suggestions, particularly when you already own some great guitars. If there's nothing that jumps out at you already then I'd question the need to spend that kind of dough. But then again I'm weird like that. 

Muchly this! If you're buying from a shop, part of that should be the experience of going and finding the best guitar in the shop and taking it home. Absolutely fine to have that limited to "Strats" or "anything american" or just "something I don't already have", but it's a really good thing to make that experience part of the guitar's history as well.

jimmyguitar

I'd buy a mid 60's Fender Jaguar, I know of a mint one for £2.5k which I'm eyeing up!

Moe_Zambeek

I'd go for a Probett Rocket meself.

Plectrum

olafgarten said:

Haggle and get this 

www.peachguitars.com/guitars/electric-guitars/patrick-james-eggle-96-dark-grained-ash-body-with-roasted-maple-pf-neck.htm

I think it may have been sold as it says "Out of stock". I'm a huge fan of Patrick's guitars. I own a Berlin and an LA Plus.

boogieman

G'wan, yu know you want it. 

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-custom-shop-limited-50-s-journeyman-relic-stratocaster-faded-surf-green/900523?gclid=COqV0KGwstECFaIV0wodpPoLFQ

earwighoney

36 Harley Benton ST20's.

57Deluxe

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0457/6517/products/rgs-dtv-cmbk__2_241eee11-735e-4213-b800-6091216a25ef_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1414148679

firepaulmusic

Tom Anderson, go to World Guitars and see what guitar heaven looks like...

prh777

FelineGuitars said:

How about something from our stable - we have a slew of new stuff coming through for stock and some existing  sexy beasts that we could do something nice with.

This. My Feline panther is a fantastic guitar

olafgarten

earwighoney said:

36 Harley Benton ST20's.

Why have one guitar when you could have 36! Realistically, you might be better off buying 2 1k guitars and another for around 500, get some more variety.

scalino65

Very happy to have a chat if this is of interest...
http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89846/fs-yuriy-shishkov-masterbuilt-nos-1959-strat#latest

Bridgehouse

You know, I've been having a think about this. Every time I've decided I have a bunch of cash and have wanted a guitar, I've always ended up flipping what I bought.

I only seem to keep the ones where I decide exactly what I want and then go and find one.. 

Strange I guess but that's been my experience

Blueingreen

The guy who won the Guitar Star last year had a Tom Anderson Mongrel with Trem I just liked everything about.  Don't know the full specs of his, but I'd want one that was hollow, jumbo frets, short scale.  Only think I'd change otherwise is the bridge pickup - he had a humbucker I'd prefer a single coil or possibly a p90.

bbill335

jimmyguitar said:

I'd buy a mid 60's Fender Jaguar, I know of a mint one for £2.5k which I'm eyeing up!

You know what? I'd do that too. Unfortunately, I don't have £2.5k!

mgaw

The way i would go is take the £2500 add more money to the budget and get this



on my hitlist later this year, soco deluxe

GoldenEraGuitars

I'd have to say a Gibson 335 would be rather lovely

Scott

p90fool

Terry Morgan '59 Reissue?