Other Brands, Guitars

CiaranK

Hi all,

I was wondering everyones opinions on good guitars no more than €600/650. I'm looking for brands other than Fender and Gibson. More 'Obscure' brands. Like the Ibanez Jet King. I want to look at something different that sounds good. Something versitile. What do you think of the Jet King? Help would be appreciated.

Dord

CiaranK wrote: »

Hi all,

I was wondering everyones opinions on good guitars no more than €600/650. I'm looking for brands other than Fender and Gibson. More 'Obscure' brands. Like the Ibanez Jet King. I want to look at something different that sounds good. Something versitile. What do you think of the Jet King? Help would be appreciated.

The jet king is a nice guitar. If you want something unusual and around that price you need to look in the used market and outside Ireland. Japan would be a good place to start. I like digimart.net for searching for gear. Alternatively for the US you can use gbase.com

Each of these show listings from many different stores, large and small.

Jetking is similar to Teisco, Silvertone, Guyatone, Kent, Kawai etc... however the thing that's good about the Jet King is that it will work.

punchdrunk

Reverend
eastwood
dipinto

CiaranK

Dord wrote: »

The jet king is a nice guitar. If you want something unusual and around that price you need to look in the used market and outside Ireland. Japan would be a good place to start. I like digimart.net for searching for gear. Alternatively for the US you can use gbase.com

Each of these show listings from many different stores, large and small.

Jetking is similar to Teisco, Silvertone, Guyatone, Kent, Kawai etc... however the thing that's good about the Jet King is that it will work.

Thanks very much Dord. What do you mean the Jetking will work? That others arn't any good?

punchdrunk wrote: »

Reverend
eastwood
dipinto

Thanks for that!

Will check them all out.

Rigsby

It may not be in your price range, but have you checked out G&L guitars ?

Ash.J.Williams

CiaranK wrote: »

Hi all,

I was wondering everyones opinions on good guitars no more than €600/650. I'm looking for brands other than Fender and Gibson. More 'Obscure' brands. Like the Ibanez Jet King. I want to look at something different that sounds good. Something versitile. What do you think of the Jet King? Help would be appreciated.

schecter

kingofpain

Godin, Canadian brand, haven't seen them in Dublin though, a few for sale from UK through ebay.ie

bad2dabone

Fret King are lovely guitars. A couple in that guitar shop on Exchequer Street in dublin.

NoQuarter

I have two "vintage" guitars from here: http://www.jhs.co.uk/intro.htm

Well i got them both in ireland, they are NEVER spoken about and they are fantastic! I dont understand why they arent more popular!

Tiny Explosions

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

schecter

Bought 2 Schecters this year a hellraiser c-1 fr and a stiletto 5 string bass, very happy with them.

goblin59

ran guitars from poland, theyre really well made. one of the guitarists from cannibal corpse uses them.

brendansmith

Tiny Explosions wrote: »

Bought 2 Schecters this year a hellraiser c-1 fr and a stiletto 5 string bass, very happy with them.

Yeah I have the hellraiser in the cream colour and I love the sh1t out of it.

mickgotsick

hagstrom, nice guitars.

Adyx

Tiny Explosions wrote: »

Bought 2 Schecters this year a hellraiser c-1 fr and a stiletto 5 string bass, very happy with them.

Got myself a Stiletto Custom off Jarain here on Boards a while ago. Fantastic bass, especially for the price.

seachto7

NoQuarter wrote: »

I have two "vintage" guitars from here: http://www.jhs.co.uk/intro.htm

Well i got them both in ireland, they are NEVER spoken about and they are fantastic! I dont understand why they arent more popular!

I agree. I went shopping with my nephew recently for his first electric, and aftre playing a lot of guitars (in a particular price range), he settled on a vintage les paul copy, a 70s model I think, with mini wilkinson humbuckers.
The neck on the guitar feels great, really good, nice and slim if that's your thing.
I hadn't thought much of Vintage guitars before, but think I might try and pick up a semi hollow soon...

Dord

CiaranK wrote: »

Thanks very much Dord. What do you mean the Jetking will work? That others arn't any good?

The jetking is a modern take on those other guitars I mentioned. As such, quality is much better.

Other guitars to check out if you want a slightly quirky look would be Danelectros. They make cheap and nice reissues of the old Danos. Very cool!



This is the Danelectro DC59. They have other models too.
Check the link below for a bunch of them. http://www.thomann.de/ie/danelectro_electric_guitars.html

NoQuarter

seachto7 wrote: »

I agree. I went shopping with my nephew recently for his first electric, and aftre playing a lot of guitars (in a particular price range), he settled on a vintage les paul copy, a 70s model I think, with mini wilkinson humbuckers.
The neck on the guitar feels great, really good, nice and slim if that's your thing.
I hadn't thought much of Vintage guitars before, but think I might try and pick up a semi hollow soon...

I have a les paul madel and literally only got this one last week: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056069091 450 euro in the guitar centre near musicmaker, it plays amazing.

Really great guitars!

bad2dabone

aye they do a sweet telecaster too. Underrated guitars.

stephenshields2

I just seen you were discussing Danelectro's and thought this might be a good opportunity.

http://www.adverts.ie/283095/guitar-and-bass/danelectro-de-59-dano-blue/

zafo

I've had good luck with a very cheap Maison Les Paul copy, set neck all mahogony construction but could do with a pick up upgrade. Much better guitar than any epiphone I've played and a fraction of the price.

fuzztone

Hagstrom

Goldfingers

Dipinto are excellent but are only available from the states.The latest Vintage advance series are excelent !

bad2dabone

I played one of these at the weekend:

lovely finish, maybe a bit flashy but very nice. For 400 euro I don't think you can go too far wrong with it. Good reviews too.

Sorry its a Michael Kelly Patriot Glory. The Patriot Custom is 500 quid.

Zombienosh

http://www.cortguitars.com/

What I play these days.

darrenw5094

One of these days i will custom order a guitar from Carvin. Custom build for under a grand.:)

Dord

darrenw5094 wrote: »

One of these days i will custom order a guitar from Carvin. Custom build for under a grand.:)

Resale is appalling on them though.

darrenw5094

Dord wrote: »

Resale is appalling on them though.

I don't mind. It would be my custom jobbie. For keeps. Until something else comes along. Hmmm.....ESP are sweet.

Dord

If you want a Carvin buy used. You can get sick deals on tricked out Carvins.

wild turkey

Dord wrote: »

If you want a Carvin buy used. You can get sick deals on tricked out Carvins.

Where?

darrenw5094

wild turkey wrote: »

Where?

Probably eBay, but part of the attraction with the Carvin, is that you get to custom order on their website exactly to you liking. The only issue i have with them, is the limited choice of headstocks.

Dord

eBay
gbase
chrisguitars.com
elderly.com

I could go on... :pac: