Good 'cheap' guitar to stick my BKPs in?

[crispsandwich]

I've got a HSS Nailbomb/Mother's Milk/Trilogy set that I've got in an old cr@ppy Peavey Raptor. The guitar doesn't stay in tune, the intonation is awful and it doesn't play great either. I have a budget of about £250 max.

Are there any cheap guitars that you guys can reccomend? Vintage seem to be a good brand from what I've read, and this particular model looks great:

http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/72469

I play a bit of everything and a Strat-style guitar would be ideal. Does anyone have any suggestions? I just want something that is a decent-ish plank of wood and will stay in tune. Anything is better than the Raptor.

[Sifu Ben]

Cort G260
2nd hand MIM fat strat
Ibanez SA
OLP Luke

[hamfist]

Just sold a Cort G254. Would've been ideal for you.  They are built amazingly well for the money !

Any of the Cort's in the right price-range with the right pickup config. would be ideal for you IMHO.

[Dazza1004]

Yamaha Pacifica's are good

[dave_mc]

^ +1

up the budget to £300 and you can get a 612V. it has grover locking tuners, so that wouldn't hurt with the staying in tune thing. also, since you have BKPs ready to put into it, you could sell its Duncan JB to get a little money back, which would hopefully bring the overall price back down closer to your original budget of £250. i've actually only tried the 112v and 812v, but assuming the 612v's quality is closer to the 812v, that'd be my choice.

those vintage advances can be quite variable (as i just said in another thread)- some i've tried have been nice, some not so nice. i wouldn't really want to buy one off the net, to be honest...

[Simon D]

Not much to add other than a big +1 for the Pacifica. I had a 112 as my first guitar more than 13 years ago, and it's still going strong with a friend of mine. I have an 812, which replaced it nearly 10 years ago, and they really are phenomenal value for money.

[nfe]

Another +1 for the Pacifica, magic guitars, the 612 is a sexy little thing for £300 odd as well.

It's just occured to me that I've spent more than that on cigars since December. Think of all the cool gear I could've had!

[Matt77]

Pacificas are great for the money. I nearly bid for one on e-bay 2 weeks ago just for fun. It went for £60 in the end.
Every teacher at the music school I spent summer in had one in their studio and all would recommend them.
Perhaps worth swapping the machineheads on them though

[hamfist]

Key difference between the Pacificas, and the Corts is probably the nut width. Cort use 43 mm, which is a fairly typical Ibanez or Gibson nut width, which gives you a bit more room to work in than the 42mm, which Yamaha Pacifica's have, which is typical of the average strat or tele.
  If you've got biggish hands, it's a significant issue.

[Lazy_McDoesnothing]

If you're going to stick your BKP into something cheap make sure it wears a rubber! :jesors:

(hey it's 2am here and sobriety is not my strong suit cut me some slack!) :boulet:

(and what's with these french emoticons?)

[dheim]

never played a pacifica (i've played some grx or what yamaha calls their RG like model, and i wasn't impressed at all...), anyway you can also check an Ibanez... they're definitely good value.

[nfe]

Key difference between the Pacificas, and the Corts is probably the nut width. Cort use 43 mm, which is a fairly typical Ibanez or Gibson nut width, which gives you a bit more room to work in than the 42mm, which Yamaha Pacifica's have, which is typical of the average strat or tele.
  If you've got biggish hands, it's a significant issue.

I think that's a touch misleading. If you prefer one or the other, it can be a significant issue, the size of your hands has nothing to do with it. Plenty massive guys play starts and teles, plenty wee lassies play superstrats...

[dheim]

I think that's a touch misleading. If you prefer one or the other, it can be a significant issue, the size of your hands has nothing to do with it. Plenty massive guys play starts and teles, plenty wee lassies play superstrats...

but the coolest guys play gibsons...   8)

[dave_mc]

Key difference between the Pacificas, and the Corts is probably the nut width. Cort use 43 mm, which is a fairly typical Ibanez or Gibson nut width, which gives you a bit more room to work in than the 42mm, which Yamaha Pacifica's have, which is typical of the average strat or tele.
  If you've got biggish hands, it's a significant issue.

yeah, that's a good point. it annoys some people, doesn't annoy others- worth trying just in case it does annoy you, though! :)

[nfe]

I think that's a touch misleading. If you prefer one or the other, it can be a significant issue, the size of your hands has nothing to do with it. Plenty massive guys play starts and teles, plenty wee lassies play superstrats...

but the coolest guys play gibsons...   8)

I can't think of any musicians I would geniunely deem cool, at all  :lol:

But doom and black metal are clearly the coolest of genres, and they're populated with more Gibsons than anything else, certainly. If we ignore the orthodox BM loons whatever's pointeist capers.