What would you buy for $3000?

[Milspec]

Build my own tele...$850

Buy a vintage Twin Reverb....$1000

OD and Delay pedal....$175

Blow the rest in Vegas

 

[Rustbucket]

Used AV64 and 6V6 Fender amp, with whatever I have left over after getting the obligatory acoustic.

 

[moosie]

- A Two Rock amp
- Materials for hollow Fender thing. Curly maple cap, mahogany body, wenge neck, CuNiFe pickups, a Mastery vibrato, and a Staytrem bridge.

I already have most of the stuff, so can I get some cash back if I don't spend it all on the amp? Oh, right, I no longer have pedals. Yeah, gimme some of those. What I have now, until I run out of money, then stop. Tuner first, just in case.

 

[moosie]

Fun game. I didn't expect to run out of cash this fast though

Yeah, these games would be much more realistic with $15k... sadly...

 

[Telecaster582]

I'd get a fender 52' reissue, and a 64 Princeton reverb. Then I'd get a cable and a music stand with some books. Mind you, I actually have no idea what a 52' reissue costs so I could be going over budget lol

 

[Jakedog]

No gear at all? And the guitar HAS to be a Tele?

I would buy a used Am Std Tele from the ‘95-‘04 years. If I really shopped hard I could find one for $1k or less.

For an amp, I’d buy a used Engl Gigmaster 15 head (usually $550-$600), and an Egnater Tweaker 112X cab. Even if I bought the cab new, I’d be just under a grand on the amp.

That would leave me $1k for a decent comp, OD, and clean boost, a TU-3 with a power supply and daisy chain, Hum Debugger, reverb, and some decent cables. If I bought most of that used, I could probably also buy a vocal mic, stand, and cable, which I’d need.

I could gig enough with that to buy whatever else I wanted down the line a little bit.

 

[msalama]

Call me all kinds of names under the sun if you must, but I'd buy an original early 70's Tele Deluxe. Preferably sunburst, but mocha will do as well.

 

[Downshift]

Easy.

52RI Tele and 68RI Princeton.

With that I can do 100% of what I care to do.

 

[tfarny]

I'd probably spend a grand on a good parts tele + top notch setup including bone nut and fret end filing. Then around $500 on a used AC15 with a greenback. $500 for a Pod Go, leaves $1000 for a used acoustic, I'd shop around but might end up with an Eastman J45 copy, or something.

 

[Chuckster]

Vintage Antigua Tele, vintage Vox AC-30 TTB, blow the rest on cables, a tuner, and a pile of delay and chorus pedals.

 

[ping-ping-clicka]

Classic T | Suhr.com

www.suhr.com

Suhr does Telecaster better than Fender. They just do. I own one and it's exemplary in every way.

Not an Item that I need or covet, but I certainly can appreciate what the Suhr company is bringing to the table.

 

[middy]

Fender Player Tele
Marshall SV20c
Bugera PS1
JHS 3 Series Hall Reverb

 

[Jupiter]

I’m gonna assume that as long as tele is in the name I’m okay lol

By my reckoning I still got about a grand to play with…

 

[Chiogtr4x]

For $3,000,
I would buy the Squier Tele Thinline I just finished playing at tonight's gig ( old R&R/blues/ Country) excellent player- very comfy, sounds very good- twangy, but even toned

Then maybe either the recent, new Fender Custom '68 VibroChamp w/Reverb, or DR Tonemaster. I'd probably love either! And a Blues Driver
* basically buy all the ( similar to)stuff I use now.

Any leftover $$ goes to my son- we live with him, and he's great.

Here is Tele, from tonight, on stage floor (left stand in car)

 

[Telekarster]

I'm gonna work with £3000 just to make it easy... and presume I have to buy new. (I'll use Andertons prices)

Fender Vintera '60s Tele £839
Squier Classic Vibe 50's £339 (as a back up)
Vox AC30 S1 £699
Marshall Origin 50 combo £519
Zvex Vexter SHO £169
Fulltone OCD £129
a couple of guitar soft cases £120
4x Ernie Ball Cables £80
Boss Tu3 £75
2x Ernie Ball straps £20

£2989 .. spend the change on .60 tortex

Ok.... this pretty much sums it up for me! I'll 2nd this

 

[WingedWords]

Replace what I've already got. Some kind of MiM or MiJ Tele/Esquire conversion with my trusty WEM Westminster. Probably leaves about half the budget to try to stock up on spare valves. Though since it's only on its second set since I bought it in the mid 1970's I'm not too worried about that: I think it'll outlast me.

 

[TwangerWannabe]

These days I don't play with a band anymore and don't play much electric (mostly acoustic) but that's changing currently. I have a really nice recording setup with a Universal Audio Apollo Quad and couple UAD OCTO Satellites and some nice monitors and just play through that set up (Dont even own a real amp anymore aside from a Yamaha THR-10). Have a slew of amazing UA plug-ins and a nice collection of pedals. A Tele or Strat going through a Boss OD3 into a Neve 1081 mic pre into LUNA sounds pretty darn amazing.

I recently bought a 2013-2014 Fender Vintage Hot Rod 50's Stratocaster and have been so impressed with this guitar, I'd probably spend my money on a Vintage Hot Rod Tele from the same era, most likely the one that's the Hot Rodded 52 Reissue version with the mini Seymour Duncan in the neck.

 

[monkeybanana]

An old amp

 

[Chester P Squier]

Fender Player HH Tele like the one I have now. $880,
Fender Player SS Tele. Butterscotch blonde. $850.
Fender Princeton Reverb amp. It has tremolo and reverb. $1,100
That totals $2,830. Sales tax might bring it over $3000.

Or, if we're not allowing for sales tax:
Danelectro The Breakdown Overdrive Pedal with 6-position switch. $150.
That's now $2,980.
Fender Weightless guitar strap. It's in tweed, to match to amp. $20.
That makes $3,000.
(Well, a little less. I was rounding.)

 

[bgmacaw]

You have no gear at all, but have $3000 to spare.

If I had no gear at all, it would mean that a total disaster had struck. It also means that I would have maybe $100 to spend on a guitar and amp because my wife would insist $2900 be spend "on the house".