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Hey Michael, thanks for all the tips. I'm mainly
looking at Squier Strats or low end copies. So far,
for $149 the Wilson Bros. VM-10 looks like a winner.
I have heard lots about an played an older MIM Squier
but their legend seems to be growing, making them more
expensive on eBay. I was eyeballing a couple of newer
Standard series Squiers on eBay but when the time came
to pull the trigger I didn't do it. I'm still
eyeballing a Japanese SQ series Squier Strat, but from
what I've seen in the last few months those earlier
Japense Squiers go for quite a pretty penny. The JV
Squiers go for American made prices. The problem with
buying a "cheap" guitar is that there's a new line or
aftermarket product to cover each price niche in the
market...it's easy to talk yourself into footing a few
more bucks to get the benefits of the next best thing,
but I gotta hold myself to the $200-$250 range here.
In fact, since I don't really NEED another guitar at
all (I already have a Yamaha SGV and a MIJ Squier
Jagmaster, which are now beginning to go for silly
prices) I'm having a hard time justifying the purchase
to myself at all, but what the hey...
You're right, the Jagmaster is an awesome deal for
surf vibe, and I just posted a thread asking about
replacing the humbuckers with single coils. The
humbucker-sized p90 idea was presented to me then and
sounds like a good idea, though I've never heard them
and don't know how much one can expect them to sound
like our clean Fender single coils. I'm just wary of
falling into the aftermarket parts trap and spending
more than I originally intended; there's no point in
having a budget guitar if for the amount of money you
spent on upgrades you could've gone ahead and bought
the non-budget guitar.
What I'm thinking is either holding out to see what
kind of deal I can get on an MIJ Stratocaster (which I
would leave stock) or possibly an MIM series (which I
would also leave stock). What I'll likely wind up
doing is getting the Wilson Bros. VM-10 and if I still
like it in a few months getting some nice pickups and
leaving everything else alone as long as it works.
Richard
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