Cheap rigs!

[AirBagTester]

Used Epiphone LP Special II - $115
used Randall RG30 - $40

Not my first choice for playing, but I put some D ang G bass strings on the Epi and tuned it to like B or something. It sounds neat through a 12" speaker.

Oh wait, less than $300 for each piece of equipment? That's probably more than half of my stuff.

[losergeek]

My cheapest combo would be my affinity tele (70$) and my pathfinder 10 (50$) = 120$

[hekawi]

Originally Posted by jlindseyjr

Austin ATC200 Tele copy - $100
DOD Grind IT amp - $40
Digitech GNX1 multi effects - $25

i've got one of those Austin Tele copies. good guitar. nice bang for the buck

[Teiscoman]

I could put together a rig consisting of a $25 Apollo and a $20 Alamo 2525 . . . but it would have to be miked for any venue larger than my living room.

[charlie chitlin]

Guitar: Epiphone '56 Gold Top $250
Amp: Peavey Delta Blues 15 $325

[Psyclone]

Used Roland Cube 30+Peavey Predator=$200 price of admission. Sounds more than fine for the bar.

[Jakedog]

If I wanted to gig super cheap, I'd take my Roland Cube 60, bought used for $100. And my weird and freaky Epi "Slasher" Firebird, $99. The amp has FX, and so does the guitar, so technically, I'm betting I could gig with just those and nothing else. It woudn't even be close to ideal, but I could do it.

My best cheap guitar ever was an Ibanez RG Hardtail I bought for $150. I dug through my parts drawer for a nice Fender 3-way switch, and a pair of SD '59 buckers, and gigged the snot outt a that guitar. PLayed like a dream, stayed in tune great, and was a fun platform to absolutely plaster with layer upon layer of stickers.

I gave it away. I miss it, but I didn't need it, and the guy who got it really did.

[stantheman]

My Squier Standard Telecaster, Indonesia Red and my Roland Cube 60.

[TheRumRunner]

$600 Wow I could buy some gear and a car for that much.

My choices...

$10 Silverface Super Reverb



$120 1957 Strat



That leaves me $470 for Rum

DW

[cband7]

Originally Posted by bossking7

Used Bugera V22 - $250
Used MIM '94 Strat - $250

My pedalboard on the other hand...

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[DoodlySquat]

Originally Posted by TheRumRunner

$600 Wow I could buy some gear and a car for that much.

My choices...

$10 Silverface Super Reverb

$120 1957 Strat

That leaves me $470 for Rum

DW

What in the heck kind of miracle is that. I've heard some stories of good deals but that's just not fair lol. Nice finds.

[afoolsparadise]

Used Classic Vibe 50 into a Pro Junior. If you drive a real hard bargain maybe a Bad Monkey, too!

[LGOberean]

I used to think that my rig was a cheap one until I came across this thread.

For me, the < $300 guitar requirement is the sticking point. My 3 Teles are great deals for what they are (custom made for a great price), but they're well above that price category.



Actually, wait a minute. My BSB Logan Custom (far left in the pic above) was a gift.




I mean, it's worth more than 3 times the < $300 requirement, but if the requirement is based on out-of-pocket expense, not worth, then one of my Teles qualifies.

As for the amp part of the equation, like Tim Armstrong said, that's easy. And also like Tim, a Vox Pathfinder 15R is my amp in this cheap rig equation. It sounds surprisingly good, and gets gigged the most. And I bought it used from a pawn shop for $40 out the door, so it comes in way under budget for the requirements of this thread.

Oh, and my backup amps also come in well under budget. I have 3 Peavey amps bought off of eBay for around $150 each: a Bandit 65, a Bandit 75 and an early TransTube Studio Pro 112.

[Bill]

$70 new Squier Bullet hardtail Strat.

$free Ampkit software for my iPhone.

$30 Amplink adaptor for connecting my guitar to the iPhone.

Earbuds that came with my iPhone.

[RevMike]

Epiphone Les Paul Std. Got in a trade for a Dano that I paid $40 for. Roland BC30. Free. Sold my Deluxe some years ago and the dude felt bad for me, cuz I was pretty tore up about it. He gave me his Blues cube. Turned out to be a sweet amp. Combined with a Boss FDR1 that I grabbed off Craigs for like $25....I can do pretty much whatever I need.

I also have a Squier Deluxe strat in Daphne blue that was pretty cheap too. Don't recall how much but it was less than $200. Its an amazing guitar. A keeper. I have more pricy gear in my lil studio, but I would and I have used these cheapo's up against guys with some real upscale gear, and never had an issue.

[shorty1]

Easy,
JHS Vintage strat £32.
SX/Jim deacon TL50 £99.
Peavey Bandit 65 £80.

[BoogerRooger]

I don't like the OD on the Pathfinder that much. However, plug in a Cool Cat TOD and the result is very sweet indeed! There's 'verb on there already, but for slapback a Fab Echo does the job. My Squier VMC II was £160 so easily comes in the $300 price range.

This little lot really is very versatile and toneful. In a blindfold test I bet most people wouldn't put this down as a 'cheap' rig.

[TheRumRunner]

Originally Posted by DoodlySquat

What in the heck kind of miracle is that. I've heard some stories of good deals but that's just not fair lol. Nice finds.

We all hear the legendary stories of "I saw this old amp at a garage sale", well often they are true. I have dozens of examples of items that are passed down to loved ones and are sold off due to taking up space or lack of use. I shoudl start a thread on them. It'll make your head spin.

PS: I missed out on the '57

DW

[kbraker]

$325 g&l asat tribute ( but it was shipped)
$250 traynor ycv blue 50 watt

[twintwelve]

This isn't really fair, 'cause I have some gear I got really cheap 20+ years ago, but here goes: '62 Harmony H-74 (Dearmonds, Bigsby)-$100
Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve-$100, Maestro Echoplex-$100.
For more recent stuff: Danelectro U-2 re-issue-$250, Danelectro BLT slap echo-$20, Line6 AX212, used, $250. I'm not gonna list any of the stuff I got for free.........