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Hey,
Can someone list a few budget models (Epiphone, Ibanez etc.) who resemble the gibson L5 (generous hollow bodies, two humbuckers, 20 frets and a venetian cutaway)?
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10-07-2014 06:19 AM
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Ibanez SJ500VLS. Made in China of solid pressed spruce and curly maple with maple binding and an ebony fretboard. Sleeper guitar. Ibanez Artcore Sj500Vls Hollow Body Electric Guitar in Violin Sunbu...
It has a nitrocellulose finish, I suspect, because mine has that "sticky" feel to it and checked in one or two places. It looks like nitro. It has a woody thunk to the tone, both plugged in and played acoustically. The Super 58 pups are decent.
Also, Epiphone Broadway Elite/Elitist.Last edited by Jabberwocky; 10-07-2014 at 02:00 PM.
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What are thinking of in terms of "budget"? ie; price range?
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the Ibanez lgb30 i recently played in a shop
was a nice guitar and set up well too
approx £700 ......Last edited by pingu; 10-07-2014 at 09:51 AM.
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L5 style = 17" lower bout, 25,5" scale, carved spruce top. That somewhat limits the variety. But I am not sure if that is what the OP meant.
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One of my all-time favorites and an amazing bargain. They are pretty hard to find because they were only marketed in Japan and are no longer made. Ibanez just released a very similar model - the SJ300. I have both and the SJ300 is just as nice and easy to get. I can't prove it, but it sure looks like the backs on both are solid maple in addition to the solid spruce top.
Originally Posted by Jabberwocky
Last edited by djelley; 10-07-2014 at 01:44 PM.
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Gretsch 6040MCSS (Synchromatic 400)
Solid pressed top with a single filtertron. Unfortunatly they didni't come with twin pickups. These are out of production I think, but you could pickup up a used one for not a whole lot of money. The filtertrons tend to have less mids and clearer highs, which would complement an archtop. I suspect with the tone control rolled back some it would be possible to get a fairly close sound to a regular humbucker.
I have a G400 (Similar to the above, but non cutaway acoustic, sunburst) and it's superb. Despite having a pressed solid top instead of carved it has a very loud rich acoustic sound. I have used it acoustically at gigs with no problems being heard. I've played guitars that have been 2 to 3 times the price that really didn't impress me as much as the Gretsch.
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Epiphone has an es175 (closer to the L4, but pretty reasonable. Also the Broadway, or the Joe Pass
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Peerless Journeyman
PEERLESS GUITARS CO LTD
Eastman AR403 (only has one humbucker)
http://www.eastmanguitars.com/ar403CE/
The Jay Turser JT-155 is very low-priced. Not sure if it's still being made:
http://www.hollywoodguitars.com/jay-turser-jt-155.html
The cheapest you'll probably find is this Hadean
http://www.rondomusic.com/jz-34wr.htmlLast edited by peskypesky; 10-07-2014 at 09:58 PM.
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Hofner dallied with a Chinese factory to make a 17" deep-bodies archtop for a few years, called the
- HCT-J17-N-O
- HCT-J17-SB-O
- HCT-J17-E2-SB-O, and
- HCT-J17-NC-SB-O
as per the picture below.
Tastefully done, and pretty good bang for the buck, if you can find one:
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I know a guy with one of those Hofner's(floating model--he posts here sometimes)...they're well done.
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in Europe, there is the Harley Benton Manhattan-Wizard
Harley Benton Custom Line Manhattan-Wizard - Thomann UK
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Hagstrom HJ-800
HJ-800
It's a bit smaller...but very interesting to me.
Last edited by peskypesky; 10-07-2014 at 09:53 PM.
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That 2 pup model looks pretty good, and it doesn't have those horrid markers! There seems to be several of all models on Feebay. Originally Posted by Hammertone
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I believe Lou Del Rosso at Guitarsnjazz.com has Custom made Eastman 16" & 17" Elite models made w/ thicker tops and Parallel bracing more like Gibson archtops.
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http://guitarsnjazz.com/products/arc...an-jazz-elite/ Originally Posted by jads57
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