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"Cheap" things you love!!

HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,205
edited August 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
What's something that you have or have played that is very inexpensive but you just love.

Mine is my Washburn acoustic! Action is very low for an acoustic and the neck is thin. I love it to death. The only problem with it is that the sound is a LITTLE bit darker than I like out of an acoustic but for the price, it's perfect!! I find myself playing this guitar the most out of all my guitars. I got it handed down to me when my uncle died, apparently he used that guitar everywhere he went. It's only $240 new! :D

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Washburn-D10S-Acoustic-Guitar-?sku=515152
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  • A wave came crashingA wave came crashing Posts: 9
    my ebow.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    My Danelectro Double Cutaway, No matter what other guitar I have, I have to always turn back to that. Its one of those $250 dollar ones they started to make again in what '98 or '99?
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  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    I didn't like it too much for about the first year and a half I had it, but I have this $250 Alvarez acoustic that has been growing on me lately
  • azwyldcatsazwyldcats Posts: 710
    tacos off a roach coach
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    My DS-1. My least expensive pedal and the one thats on the most.
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  • harrisonmerwinharrisonmerwin Posts: 766
    hookers....oh...i mean jap strats (cheaper than american anyways)
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    I unfortunately have expensive taste, so I'll have to say my Teal SG Special, bought used for $600!
  • J.D.J.D. Posts: 73
    The Epiphone Valve jr. head.

    Cheap hookers would get you in trouble I think harrison........
  • ledhed43ledhed43 Posts: 114
    the guitar i found in the attic. a 1970's ariana classical guitar. made in japan it lived in a 100 degree attic for 20 years and still holding together. i spent $50 replacing the tuning machines and having the action adjusted. it was the first guitar of my own and i will always play it. its a great judge of my writing, if it doesnt sound good on that guitar, its not that good.
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  • GummiBeerGummiBeer Posts: 189
    Sex...lol

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  • Milhouse VanHoutenMilhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    My Smokey Amp. Sounds cool running through straight into the speaker in my Reverend Hellhound combo.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    columbus les paul copy. never lets me down when the more expensive stuff does.
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    Milhouse VanHouten wrote:
    My Smokey Amp. Sounds cool running through straight into the speaker in my Reverend Hellhound combo.

    Hell yeah!!
    Me as well, it is the best bang for the buck out there.
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  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    I have the original run (yes, it had more than one variation) of the DOD Grunge Pedal. Bought it at a pawn shop for $20 in 1994ish.
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  • Milhouse VanHoutenMilhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    JofZ wrote:
    Hell yeah!!
    Me as well, it is the best bang for the buck out there.

    The Smokey or the Reverend?

    My other amp is a Mesa Boogie Studio .22 covered in cream tolex. It's also got a gain mod added on by a local luthier/tech guy. Got it for $300 a few years back.
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    Milhouse VanHouten wrote:
    The Smokey or the Reverend?

    My other amp is a Mesa Boogie Studio .22 covered in cream tolex. It's also got a gain mod added on by a local luthier/tech guy. Got it for $300 a few years back.

    The Smokey!
    I have too many amps, some super expensive and the Smokey gets played often :)
    My dog and wife like it LOL
    WHAT IS THAT NOISE?
    Hanging at www.TheGuitarHub.com
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  • Milhouse VanHoutenMilhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    JofZ wrote:
    The Smokey!
    I have too many amps, some super expensive and the Smokey gets played often :)
    My dog and wife like it LOL

    The guy I bought it from ran it through a 4 x 12 cabinet. Really cool fuzz sound.
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    Milhouse VanHouten wrote:
    The guy I bought it from ran it through a 4 x 12 cabinet. Really cool fuzz sound.

    Yes sir! Fuzz all the way, and I have a couple buddies that gig with smokeys on a regular basis. It is really the best bang for the buck and you can play in your car :)
    WHAT IS THAT NOISE?
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  • MookieBlaylock5v1MookieBlaylock5v1 Posts: 353
    My 4-piece black Yamaha Stage Custom set. Bought it used for $299. Still using it, still love it.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    JofZ wrote:
    Yes sir! Fuzz all the way, and I have a couple buddies that gig with smokeys on a regular basis. It is really the best bang for the buck and you can play in your car :)

    Link to this amp please
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    Link to this amp please

    http://www.smokeyamps.com/
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    moster78 wrote:
    http://www.smokeyamps.com/

    Now don't tell the wife, I'm looking at amps!!
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,205
    How many watts are they? I wanna get one with that guitar strap :)
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  • edpearsonedpearson Posts: 331
    A Voodoo Labs Proctavia pedal I got from eBay for $60. Definitely one of the best octavia pedals being made today and I scored it pretty cheap.
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,291
    I still play my crappy cheap-ass Fender acoustic. For a $150 guitar it sounds and plays pretty good...that is until I play something else and am like "damn, mine sucks balls!"
    As soon as I get the money that beautiful new Taylor 700 series is mine! Hell, I may settle for the 500...
  • T-CaseT-Case Posts: 186
    my Honer Guitar that i bought of my cousin for $150, and this amp he gave me for free, which is just the case of one amp, and the speaker from another, thrown together, the best part about it is that the speaker doesnt even fit in the case
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    How many watts are they? I wanna get one with that guitar strap :)

    Watts?
    Maybe .00012 LOL
    Cranked you can still talk over it.

    Make'N Music has a few of the hard to find Cig boxed ones. I have never seen the strap, it kinda reminds me of Jack Black for some reason :)
    WHAT IS THAT NOISE?
    Hanging at www.TheGuitarHub.com
    The only Forum for players by players.......

    Playing Les Pauls, Teles, Hubers, Gustavssons, Kolls through a Mad Professor amp with a Bob Burt Cab.
    BJF powers my Pedal Board
  • TheLuckyOnesTheLuckyOnes Posts: 472
    my fave is my Squier Wayne's world strat.... pretty much defines what a 12 year old's first guitar should be ... a little cheesy, but man has it held up

    definitely a better build quality then any Squier and most MIM strats i ve ever come across. neck is great, P/u ok, body weight is heavier then expected.

    i ve worn the frets down to nothing. It's definitely my reminder of how much passion i put into music in my youth. This guy took as much abuse as i could dish out.

    and it's got the vitalogy sticker below the trem, from the day i bought the album.
  • Milhouse VanHoutenMilhouse VanHouten Posts: 755
    This is off topic, but can anyone give me a ballpark figure on what a Boss DM-3 analog delay pedal might bring in?
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    $150-$200US or so. maybe less depending on condition.
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