BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)

[greatmutah]

Let’s do this!

Post cost if you want. Just don’t enter a Friedman and call it budget lol.

[Mamberg Jr]

(Sorry for blurriness)
Do u want us to put the cost of everything or nah?

Edit: looking back, maybe I shall. JCA Amelia and 2x12 and Charvel Desolation Star straight in- $795

[Steinmetzify]

Amp: $500
Board/pedals: $300
LTD Star: $125

$925 total

[Yarbicus]

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Laney IRT60 $300
2 Peavey 212MC with Celestion G12K100 $200
Yamaha PAC012 w/Arcane Pickups $200
MXR Analog Chorus $100
Walrus ARP-87 Delay $200

TOTAL=$1000

[itchyfingers]

Partscaster - I've put about $350 into it
DIY Boss board - $125
DSL40c - $399

Total - $1000ish

[newholland]

my love for this rig knows no bounds- either with my silly cheapass pedal rig out front OR just straight in.

amp- fender frontman 25r, had it for almost 20 years. $49

lopo 112 convertible-- purchased on black friday sale empty for $149 or something equivalently absurd.

loaded with avatar g12h30 purchased used like a decade ago for $79.

oh yeah, to be fair, i blew up the input jack and replaced it myself for 6 bucks. and i spliced in an output jack with a cup i drilled in the back panel for about $4.50.

i also swapped out the speaker for a celestion ten 30. that was $35.

at 4 ohms, it puts out 50 watts, and it weighs about maybe 30 pounds and is the size of a princeton. and it's loud as shit, and bassy. yeah, whatevs, y'all can dog it all you want, but with a pair of celestions, i think if you dialed it in with your ears and threw a mic on it, it'd be pretty tough to pan.

i've recorded it a shitton on other people's records AND in demos for three of my own records.

sum total for whole rig as accounted above: $ 322.50

got dayum timex of amps!

[VTM]

Guitar: I've got about $500 into it.
Amp: $225
Cab: $75
Pedal: $50

[greatmutah]

Crate GX130C - $150
Marshall 1960A - $400
4 G12M25 Greenbacks - $200 total
Fender HM Strat - $250 (parts were existing ones I had and all I actually paid for was the neck).

[FAKA!]

Current bedroom rig. The ISP 2x10 sub isn't hooked up lol. Thats part of the main rig I'm just storing it underneath for now. I don't have a mancave so my gear is spreadout all over the apartment and closets where ever I can fit stuff.

PRS MT15 $649
80's Bogner Cube V30 $300

[JSutter]

Fender Champion 100
Custom 212 cab w/ V30's

Ibanez SZ520 59/JB

XT Live
RP1000

[clipless bumper]

Penn 5W handwired combo originally built for the Bon Jovi camp $350
Originally had Hammond Transformers and a 10" Fender Style Speaker.
Upgraded to a Celestion Alnico Blue $200
(had to chisel out part of the frame to get it to fit!)

sent it back to Billy Penn for a Mercury Magnetics Transformer upgrade $200

I added the shorting jack in the pic so I could series another 8 ohm speaker with the Blue.
Charvel Model 1 that surprisingly had a San Dimas '83 Charvel neck on it $150
and a GAB edition Bion Boost #6 $100


$1,000 on the nose

[greatmutah]

Now... CHOOSE!

[greatmutah]

Another close one between DBN, Mamberg Jr and Itchy but ultimately Itchy won! 2 years in a row in the budget category. Killer man. PM me your address so I can send you some strings.

[fretless]

Congrats Dude ! Wow walking away with it ! mmm

[itchyfingers]

Ha! Thanks guys. That was a tight race for sure - killer cost-conscious rigs, GGF bros!