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(@jonny-guitar)
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Has anyone heard of this seller?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-ELECTRIC-GUITAR-VINTAGE-SUNBURST-5-YEAR-WRNTY-SALE_W0QQitemZ280010362272QQihZ018QQcategoryZ47074QQcmdZViewItem

I know guitars sold for that cheap couldn't possibly be very good. But I was more thinking along of the lines of paying for the body and neck if I bought one, and updating most of the other stuff through GuitarFetish. That's fairly cheap for a sunburst body, I know that. Anyone know anything about this store? Also, there's nothing on most of the headstocks? anyone know where these might be produced?

Thanks,
Jonny


   
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(@nottheguy)
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I would think its a case of you get what you pay for.....the body is probably made of compressed sawdust.....

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(@primeta)
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I did some poking around 'titan' is listed at harmony-central, though not sure if I entirely trust the reviews there. If I was going to buy a cheap guitar online for modding I'd take mikespe's recommendation and order from http://www.rondomusic.net/electricguitar.html
the owner has a good reputation
Personally, I'd spend the extra bucks and buy an agile from Rondo, as they are more consistent than the cheaper ones. But that's partly because returns from Canada are more expensive.

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(@Anonymous)
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Defintely try the Agiles...very nice and I haven't heard one complaint...

I have also tried VooDoo guitars. I have 2 of them...a 12 string and a 6 string acoustic/electric...very nice guitars. Not too many of them around but they feel and play very nice...I paid less tham $170 for the both of them SHIPPED!


   
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(@jonny-guitar)
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Thanks guys.

What to do think about the SX models at Rondo? I like the look of those semi-hollow bodies...


   
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(@josephlefty)
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In my experience, by the time you are done upgrading cheap stuff, could have bought a decent guitar.

Nothing wrong with cheap to get started and maybe change a pickup down the road to something hotter but it is easy to go to far.

I had one of these with a set neck....

http://www.samickguitar.com/av3lh.html

Was a great guitar but when I bought an American strat, the other 5 guitars were to collect dust, so I sold them all and use only the guitar I should have bought in the first place. Now no more GAS to bleed the wallet. Got it overwith in one shot.

If it was easy it wouldn't be worth doing.


   
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(@Anonymous)
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I have had my Agile AL-2000 for almost a year and haven't upgraded a thing. It sounds and plays better than any Epi I have tried. The SX's are hit and miss. If you check out the Agile Guitar Forum they have a SX section there.


   
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(@prndl)
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Actually, I think you've found a really great seller, according to my Ebay criteria:

- A Power Seller with over 50,000 sales!!
- A phone number is listed, and it's toll free
- It looks like they have a physical store
- Appropriate shipping costs

Unfortunately, the guitar manufacturer has mixed ratings on Harmony Central. There's no listing for the Les Paul, but here's some for their other guitars:

DON'T BUT THIS GUITAR. EVEN IF YOU ARE POOR. SAVE, SAVE, SAVE AND BUY SOMETHING DECENT.

I have been so impressed that I am strongly considering putting some money down on a titan les paul double cut copy.

this is NOT at all a guitar for someone looking for a decent guitar for the money - it is not. One would be far better off with one of the cheap-o squiers or lp juniors.

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(@ignar-hillstrom)
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You can safely ignore most reviews on Harmony-Central, espescially those of cheaper guitars. The vast majority of Squiers, Staggs, Richwoods, Agiles and the likes are bought by beginning guitar players. And in general beginning guitarists are totally unable to properly compare the difference, plus they always love their own stuff best.

And if you read reviews, ignore the ratings and read what they say. If the rating is super low, is the critique justified? For example, you can give a Squier strat a '1' for features because it has only three pickups or a '10' for the very same reason. Neither review would tell you much. Look for construction errors, action measurements, maybe links to soundclips. Also read what other stuff they have, what they compare it with and how long they have been playing. If you follow these rules you'll hopefully will end up with a few proper reviews. Read them, remember what they said, go to a store and see if you agree.


   
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(@teleplayer324)
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Well the ad states it's a maple body and a maple neck with rosewood board. Cheapest LP body on warmoth is a flame maple for $305, and a maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard is $173, so just for the price of the neck you'dbe saving money of you wanted to gut it re do the electronics and tuners etc.

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(@ignar-hillstrom)
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The problem is the finish: what if the neck has hopeless fretwork (quite possible for this price), no kind of wood will make up for that, and re-fretting isn't the easiest thing one can do.


   
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(@dogbite)
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I took the time and read the specs for that guitar.
the scale length read 18 1/2 inches.

that is one tiny guitar.

PASS ,no , RUN AWAY!

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(@daniel-lioneye)
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I took the time and read the specs for that guitar.
the scale length read 18 1/2 inches.

that is one tiny guitar.

PASS ,no , RUN AWAY!

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(@dogbite)
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18 1/2 inch scale length makes that guitar a 3/4 sized guitar..me thinks.

someone would be sorely dissapointed if they thought it was full size and then opened the shipping box.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=644552
http://www.soundclick.com/couleerockinvaders


   
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(@jonny-guitar)
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SCALE length is 18 1/2. Total length is 39 3/4.


   
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