Excellent but cheap guitars

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Legacy Guitars ... Anyone ever heard of them/owned one? I took a punt on one last week for £150, a black les paul copy, looks very similar to my Epiphone Les Paul custom. Soundwise, however, it just blows it out of the water. It feels so much better as well, build quality is superior and it stays in tune no matter how much I bend it.

Its made me think, what other "unfashionable" guitar names are out there that I should look out for?
 


Legacy Guitars ... Anyone ever heard of them/owned one? I took a punt on one last week for £150, a black les paul copy, looks very similar to my Epiphone Les Paul custom. Soundwise, however, it just blows it out of the water. It feels so much better as well, build quality is superior and it stays in tune no matter how much I bend it.

Its made me think, what other "unfashionable" guitar names are out there that I should look out for?


I don't believe that like, soz
 
Legacy Guitars ... Anyone ever heard of them/owned one? I took a punt on one last week for £150, a black les paul copy, looks very similar to my Epiphone Les Paul custom. Soundwise, however, it just blows it out of the water. It feels so much better as well, build quality is superior and it stays in tune no matter how much I bend it.

Its made me think, what other "unfashionable" guitar names are out there that I should look out for?

I got an acoustic by Vintage for about that price and it's really good for the price especially in terms of 'playability'. They do copies of just about every major design.
 
I've got a mate at work who has made it his life's work to track down low price gems. He's got a house full of them. I'll talk to him tomorrow and he'll have some great tips for sure. My own personal experience of it isn't that good tbh. My main guitar is a 1978/79 USA strat that I've had since about 1980. I guess that's my benchmark. Lower price guitars that I've own/owned or tried just feel a whole lot different. Even the Squire's (of which I have one) just lack something, especially the neck. I've got a 'Vintage' SG, which again just feels lacking in quality somehow, but, then again, I've never played a Gibson one. I can't grumble though, I only paid £40 for it :)
 
I don't believe that like, soz

The first epiphone les paul I owned, I was at the Bunker with me old band, halfway through a song, the top strap button ripped out, and took quite a large chunk of wood out with it. The second I owned had three ill-fitting frets and the beading was very poorly finished, and it had a wonky neck pickup. I recently owned a Sheraton, again wonky pickups, loose bridge and dodgy tuners.

Of the 4 epiphones I've owned, all had ill-fitting truss-rod covers and very unreliable pickup selector switches. The only things I've changed on this Legacy Les Paul are the knobs as they were shit flimsy plastic ones.
 
Mate of mine uses Peavey,swears by them,not being a picker myself i can't really comment further.

Hillbilly Black Cat helped in the design of the Peavey Rockingham semi acoustic guitar according to Wiki. Nice looking guitar.
 
I bought an Epiphone SG for £80 as a spare, and it sounds better than my much more expensive guitars. I've even started using it live recently.
 
Hillbilly Black Cat helped in the design of the Peavey Rockingham semi acoustic guitar according to Wiki. Nice looking guitar.

He's the mate i'm on about! His purple one looks class. (they've just opened a shop in Hylton Rd lately too)
 
I borrowed an Epiphone Les Paul from a friend a few years ago. I don't remember any particularly bad quality issues with it, far from it, but what did stick in my mind about it was it's weight. My owld strat is a ton weight but that guitar was heavier. A sitting down guitar :lol:
 
I think some of the epiphone models are made at the Gibson factory and are not so cheap and good quality.
Samick make a decent guitar in the low price range.
 
Hillbilly Black Cat helped in the design of the Peavey Rockingham semi acoustic guitar according to Wiki. Nice looking guitar.

Not sure about that. The guitar is a peerless built guitar which has been sold under a number of different brand names including Gretch (g3131) and vintage 830. Some cosmetic tweaks but the same guitar.

Peerless sell it as The gigmaster.
 
Not sure about that. The guitar is a peerless built guitar which has been sold under a number of different brand names including Gretch (g3131) and vintage 830. Some cosmetic tweaks but the same guitar.

Peerless sell it as The gigmaster.

I love the appearance of those things. They're so showbiz & 50's fun looking. I'm determined to get one. If I can get the lottery up I'll get myself a Gretsch.
 
Bought an Epiphone SG G-400 for £90 off eBay last year and it sounds great. Wanted a Gibson but couldn't afford it, looked at the G-400 new and it was still about £280, thought I couldn't go wrong for £90.
 
Bought an Epiphone SG G-400 for £90 off eBay last year and it sounds great. Wanted a Gibson but couldn't afford it, looked at the G-400 new and it was still about £280, thought I couldn't go wrong for £90.

I've never had a problem with Epiphones like. I've known a couple that haven't belonged to me have a bit of a problem with the pickup selector but mine have been pretty spot on, especially my Les Paul.
 
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