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BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 1:14 am
by greatmutah
Let’s do this!
Post cost if you want. Just don’t enter a Friedman and call it budget lol.
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 5:24 pm
by 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
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 7:08 pm
by Steinmetzify

Amp: $500
Board/pedals: $300
LTD Star: $125
$925 total
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 3:35 pm
by 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
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:06 pm
by itchyfingers

Partscaster - I've put about $350 into it

DIY Boss board - $125
DSL40c - $399
Total - $1000ish
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 4:57 pm
by 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!
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 2:16 pm
by VTM

Guitar: I've got about $500 into it.
Amp: $225
Cab: $75
Pedal: $50
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 4:01 pm
by 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).
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 7:50 pm
by 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

Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 9:41 pm
by JSutter


Fender Champion 100
Custom 212 cab w/ V30's
Ibanez SZ520 59/JB
XT Live
RP1000
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 11:27 am
by 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
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 3:28 pm
by greatmutah
Now... CHOOSE!
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 5:50 pm
by 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.
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 2:35 pm
by fretless
Congrats Dude ! Wow walking away with it ! mmm
Re: BOTR 2019: Best Budget Rig (Under $1000)
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:07 pm
by itchyfingers
Ha! Thanks guys. That was a tight race for sure - killer cost-conscious rigs, GGF bros!
