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I have an ‘87 Westone I bought for $35.
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Several of my acoustic guitars are from the 20th century and would be in the range of being as vintage pre-war Martins where when they first started being sought out. Not claiming my '93 Seagull Folk is that level of guitar, but there you go.
Now this post is in the electric section and in other threads I've talked about a couple of 20th century made in Japan electrics that gave me a lot of pleasure. But when I think of "budget" and "vintage" there I first think of my Kay slimline archtop with a single "speed bump" pickup that I bought in 1976 at a flea market for something less than $50 (I don't recall how much less, might have been less than $30, $50 was a considerable expense for my budget then). Some pictures of similar models I see online identify it as a K571 Speed Demon. Similar to this one I grabbed a link to from a long-ago-ended Reverb listing, except my headstock in entirely plain and has no pickguard and I replaced the tuners decades ago. Nice sounding older guitar with a lot of character (meaning no super low modern action and feedback prone at higher volumes).
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I have a Guild X50 like the one pictured below. It was built in 1959 in Hoboken, NJ. I bought it from the kid across the street sometime in the 70's along with an Ampeg Rocket amp that has inputs for guitar, mike and accordian.
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This is probably my most vintage electric piece. A '55 LP Junior I picked up many years ago on eBay.
The tuners aren't original. The previous owner swapped out the Klusons for some Gotohs, which are actually better quality. And the jack has to be a replacement as well. But the pots and electrical parts, as well as the P-90 pickup are original. Hard to believe it's almost 70 years old! Even though it's single coil, I find that the P-90 is a lot "dirtier" or noisier sounding than my Fender strat single wound/coil pickups. That's why it's nice to have both around to compare.
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I have a 70’s Hagstrom Swede.
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I don't know about the Hondo copy, but the Fender versions are great guitars--I'd put my Lead II up against pretty much any Strat or Tele, and they're still more affordable than most new Japanese Fenders, let alone American Fenders.
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Do you own a "budget" vintage electric guitar?
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Soon after I bought mine, I modified it to add a Mighty Mite humbucker in the bridge position, along with a push-pull switch on the tone control for hum/single switching. When it came back to me, I wanted to put it back into original condition, but finding new switches of the correct type proved challenging, so I went for its current layout. I still have the old electronics/pickguard - I can’t bring myself to throw it out. IMG_1703030370.052403.jpg
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I do not know about the new price but I picked up a couple of Peavey Stratocaster copies for under $100 and when set up plays just fine. Do not like the humbucker in the bridge position but others may.
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Peavey Predator? Dumb name, but pretty good guitars. I recall mine having rather a nice neck. It was SSS, so no bridge humbucker to object to - it ended up with two DiMarzio SDS1s salvaged from another project in the neck and bridge positions, and it was a great sounding and playing guitar.
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