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Argos Guitars-Any good or a load of sh!t??

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  • 11-12-2004 10:41pm
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    Mimikyu
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    feylya
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    Avoid Argos guitars like the plague.

    Even something like this would be better:

    http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/thoiw6_harley_benton_hb-l400cs_gitarre_prodinfo.html

    OR go second hand. Nothing wrong with a second hand guitar for your first guitar. Mine was second hand, now I'm a gear nazi :D


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Load of ****
    Pile of gick
    Ensemble of arse offerings
    Congregation of crap
    Bum Splatter
    Steaming poop mountain


    Yes, you can use any of these terms to describe the guitars sold in Argos. :)

    Like Feylya said, run the other way.


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    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    They're grand if you need something to smash at the end of your set.


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    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Eoin Madsen wrote:
    They're grand if you need something to smash at the end of your set.

    No, they don't even break right


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    disgruntled
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭disgruntled


    feylya wrote:
    Avoid Argos guitars like the plague.

    Even something like this would be better:

    http://www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/thoiw6_harley_benton_hb-l400cs_gitarre_prodinfo.html

    OR go second hand. Nothing wrong with a second hand guitar for your first guitar. Mine was second hand, now I'm a gear nazi :D

    Yeah those Harley Benton guitars seem to be great value beginer guitars. Definitely beter than what you'd get in Argos anyway. Something like this or this wouldnt be a bad beginers guitar either. Ash bodied Tele copy with a maple neck for €100 or an alder bodied 24 fret strat copy with h-s-h pickup configuration and a maple neck for €135. Hmmm whats the catch?


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    The catch is that it's not eh best worksmanship or hardware but I've seen far worse. Like a "high end " Aria....made of plywood :eek:


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    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    It's all relative. :) Plywood is great if you're talking about making an amp speaker enclosure and the alternatives are MDF or chipboard.


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Yeah, but you're not looking for that much tone from a speaker cab. It's from the speakers.

    But when it's a guitar body??...


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    0utshined
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    What guitar is it? I had to get a cheap guitar a few years and got a Squier Strat from Argos. It's a decent enough guitar for a beginner on a budget.

    0.


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    Killaqueen!!!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,026 ✭✭✭Killaqueen!!!


    I wish you guys were here to warn me when I got mine :-(

    It wasn't actually in argos at the time, twas in a shop in town but when the new argos catalog came in it was in there. :-( My guitar sucks...


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