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04 Feb 2009

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Posted By : OUT ON BAIL | Comments : 19

replacement guitar

hi guys,need some advice from all you awesome guitar players ouy there. due to some recent bad luck with an accident coupled with slump in work (i'm self employed) i'm fekkin skint, so selling some gear including my beloved les paul !! i need to buy a replacement so i want something for about 500 quid that you can still call a decent instrument !! any suggestions ???

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# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 04/02/2009, 22:40 (GMT)

Tokai Love Rock are pretty cool.

Also I spent 3 years in a Thin Lizzy tribute using a black EpiphoneLP custom.
Guitar: £300 used
Schaller locking tuners: £50
Kent Armstrong replacement humbuckers: £80 for the pair
£40 for tito at Dalmedo Guitars to fit. Excellent solid gigging guitar for under £500. :o)

# Posted by Anthem - 05/02/2009, 09:00 (GMT)

richwood tree of life les pauls are a pretty damn good machine. Solid mahogany body & neck, abalone inlay on the neck, excellent build quality and a bloody good sounding set of pick ups. I truly beleive that if it had Gibson on the headstock you would be paying well over £3k for these £499 guitars

# Posted by OUT ON BAIL - 05/02/2009, 09:20 (GMT)

cheers guys, been looking at ibanez art 500 as suggested by ian from riff raff, very nice for around 450, but need to try one first !!

# Posted by OUT ON BAIL - 05/02/2009, 09:30 (GMT)

also lookn at a washburn n61 which looks awesome for 450 but dont know anything about them plus it has floyd rose trem which i've never used

# Posted by Hare Of The Dog - 05/02/2009, 09:53 (GMT)

ibanez ibanez ibanez any will be great :-)

# Posted by ben murray - 05/02/2009, 10:12 (GMT)

DONT SELL THE LES PAUL! you will regret it for the rest of your life. i got mine 6 years ago now and it still looks the mutts nuts and sounds better now than it did then!
DONT SELL!!!!!!!

# Posted by OUT ON BAIL - 05/02/2009, 10:13 (GMT)

cheers dog !! the art looks awesome dark violin sunburst, lush!!!

# Posted by OUT ON BAIL - 05/02/2009, 10:15 (GMT)

god knows i dont want to sell her !! but i'm in deep financial shit man !! tried to sell my van and car first but no joy, people are skint !!!

# Posted by OUT ON BAIL - 05/02/2009, 10:16 (GMT)

if i hear its a buyers market once more i'll puke !!

# Posted by NIGHT TRAIN - 05/02/2009, 11:16 (GMT)

I buy and sell stuff all the time, just cos I like trying things out...but if I were you, I wouldn't sell the Les Paul...look at it as investment

# Posted by OUT ON BAIL - 05/02/2009, 11:20 (GMT)

thinkin of sellin my arse in manchester instead but dont think i'll raise much that way !! way past my prime LOL !!

# Posted by RIFFRAFF - 05/02/2009, 11:28 (GMT)

On an unpositve note i stopped using my Les Paul nearly 20 years ago when i got my Ibanez RG570 (i still use it now).I bought it brand new 30 year ago and i still cant get round to selling it (even though ive spent 3 grand in january on bills and car hire/repairs etc .....Im skint too !!!!
On a + note Paul im up Oldham today doing a couple of lessons and i drive past end of yr road if you want i can lend you my Ibanez ARC500 and you can gig/rehearsetest it for a week ..its got 11's on though ..... Up Oldham today if snow not too bad that is !!!

# Posted by ben murray - 05/02/2009, 11:30 (GMT)

haha classic!
anyways if you do sell the lp you can pick up GIBSON les paul classics 2nd hand, which is what ive got and their fucking awesome.
the 60's model is better.
you can pick em up on ebay for around 500 if your lucky.
no need to thank me!!!!
haha

# Posted by OUT ON BAIL - 05/02/2009, 12:01 (GMT)

ian, thats the nicest offer ever!! what time would you be in area ??

# Posted by The Missing Heartbeat - 05/02/2009, 12:35 (GMT)

Dont just confine yourself to Manchester Ian go international! try www.arsebay.com
DS

# Posted by OUT ON BAIL - 05/02/2009, 12:54 (GMT)

lol

# Posted by Hare Of The Dog - 05/02/2009, 15:02 (GMT)

if you really like it, keep it even if it means beans on toast for a few months, i sold my beloved Ibanez Jem when i first moved to Manchester cos i was skint , its taken me 4 years to be able to get one again, like a long journey i can tell ya

# Posted by Phoenix - 05/02/2009, 23:34 (GMT)

My backup guitar for my Les Paul is a Schecter 006 Elite and I love it. 24 frets as well for those screaming solos! Cost me about £350 when I got it. not sure if they still do that model, but the C1 Elite might be worth a gander.

# Posted by OUT ON BAIL - 06/02/2009, 09:48 (GMT)

cheers phoenix

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