"Cheapo" guitars

[Ronald Reagan]

In the thread about Power Pins, griehund commented about his cheapo yamaha. I too have a cheapo yamaha fg335s, and I paid $60 for it. It is one awesome playing and sounding guitar . I'd be curious to hear what "cheapo" treasures some of you have.

 

[Bikerdoc]

In the thread about Power Pins, griehund commented about his cheapo yamaha. I too have a cheapo yamaha fg335s, and I paid $60 for it. It is one awesome playing and sounding guitar . If be curious to hear what "cheapo" treasures some of you have.

I have two (2) FG335's. One is my very first guitar. It's been through hell and back but it still plays nice and sounds pretty damn good.
I also have a Martin-Sigma D19.....amazing guitar

Peace

 

[Neal]

I have a '71 Guild F-20 that is a total cosmetic wreck that I picked up for $300. It has become my "leave it on a stand in the living room" guitar. So sweet-sounding and easy to play.

Neal

 

[Brad Little]

I have a 50s Harmony Sovereign, paid about $100 6-7 years ago. In the 80s and 90s often saw them at tag sales for $10-15, picked up a few to pass on to friends and students. This one I'll keep as a beater. Great sound, like it better than an LG-1 I had and gave to my son.
Brad

 

[griehund]

This is wicked funny cause I just ordered a bag for "El Kabong". $170 bag for a $50 banger. Makes perfect sense.

Warning: don't check this link if you have a leather fetish!
http://www.carryaccess.com/closeoutbags.htm

 

[crank]

I have an Epiphone that came to me as a freebie in the mid 90's. It was new but damaged in shipping with one edge of the body a little bit crushed in and a few scratches. It plays great and sounds good and it has always been my beach/boat/camping, leave lying around the family room guitar.

I used to carry it around in a pillow case when taking it on camping trips but finally picked up a cheap gig bag.

 

[dane]

I've always kept one beater guitar in the stable for camping, church youth group, caroling in below zero temps, and so on.
In 2012 I picked up a used Recording King RD-06-12 with a Fishman Matrix Infinity, a hard shell case, and a new set of strings for less then I spend taking my honey baby out to a good dinner.
Fit, finish, playability, general construction, and tone were all very good considering what the guitar sold for new, but in honesty any Guild 12 string blows this out of the water, as it should.
Apples and oranges as the saying goes.
I like the idea of having a low cost guitar to take places I don’t want to take my more expensive guitars, and this guitar fits that niche.

 

[jeffcoop]

When my kids were little, and after my daughter had mounted one too many cross-basement charges at my D25 while I was playing it, my then-wife bought me a Samick OM-5 to play while my kids were around. It was the first non-dreadnought I owned. I leave it out in my family room (in a handy but somewhat precarious position). It sounds a bit thin in standard tuning but surprisingly good in open-D, so that's where I've left it for the last six months or so. Though it may sound thin, it's still pleasant enough, and it doesn't feel cheap at all.