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I'll probably be going with Thomann anyway (for a bass ukulele), but I think spreading the options to other makes is fine if Thomann can't at least respond to the enquiries (whether or not it's worth their while to offer some kind of support).
Nomad
Nobody loves me but my mother... and she could be jivin' too...
I have also seen some very interesting looking epiphone guitars at £100 ish...........
I am on my phone right now so can't link them but I know GAK have an epiphone LP junior for that price and a shop called 'Gig Gear' in Essex list an LP special with P90s for the same price.
Someone is bound to ask if we can use secondhand guitars and I think we should but the ceiling cost should be lower.........
Maybe £80 max ?
That would create a separate catagory and add an interesting angle to the competition?
I think the important aspects to try to keep intact are that it must be a budget guitar and it must be sold as a complete working guitar that is then modified. I don't want this idea to detract from the excellent work that everyone put into their kit builds.
Aye - agreed on £150 as the max base price for a new guitar. £100 might be too low in terms of what instruments are available. £150 can get into better hardware and pickups for those that want to avoid the additional cost of replacing all that stuff.
I don't know what used budget guitars sell for, but 80 quid seems reasonable.
Nomad
Nobody loves me but my mother... and she could be jivin' too...
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Hi @MarkGAK
Towards the end of last year, we ran a "build a kit" compo. We had c10 people, all starting with the same type of kit, all of whom then ran a thread with pics/vids/etc about the work that they did on the kit as they put it together and finished it. There were some impressive results (and others have since gone on to build kits with the help from all the "how-to" hints in those original threads)
The suggestion is that we now run a "mod a cheap guitar" compo. We've got >20 people signed up for this (so far). The rules - such as they are - is that entrants spend no more than £150 on a base guitar and then again run a thread with any work that they need to do - set-up, fixing problems, mods & upgrades, etc - to turn it into a guitar that they'd be proud to gig (or whatever). Ideally, and we'd be sub £100, as that's probably a more eye-catchingly effective price point.
Someone suggested the Harley Benton range from Thomann because they're cheap and because there's a good range of models in the range.
I contacted them, asking whether they'd be interested in "supporting" the compo in some way - whether by free p&p, a prize for a "winner", or whatever - recognising that they'd get a lot of free publicity and Google hits for the threads created here. But they've been less than responsive so I'm feeling disinclined to give them the business or the benefit.
Then I thought perhaps a UK-based retailer would be interested, and given your previous involvement here, thought of you!
Happy to discuss any details via PM if that's more appropriate.