Thanks laterallateral, $600 does seem a sensible limit for a luxury-poor person like myself.

Although, $601 then does become a massive dilemma area of course...

near £450 ($720!!) for a Squier (albeit even a Vista) just seems like WAY too much money to be digging out my main guitar fund. That's what Supersonics and Venus XII's sell for. Get the brand snobbery out of your head - these are Japanese Fenders with Squier decals. I'm not being snobbish - it's j...

you just put a bid on Excalibur. For a second, I thought you meant this: http://www.guitariste.com/img/articles/857-big-vigier-excalibur-special-et-indus-a-gauche.jpg Eye bleach necessitating levels of ugliness. But you're right, sonic blue was/is awesome. Still not sure if it's £430 awesome - but...

First of all, hi everyone. While I've been an infrequent visitor to the forum for a while now - I've finally signed up in the hope of getting some of your advice on my next guitar purchase. My first ever guitar was a 2002 Chinese Jagmaster bought that same year, and while I've amassed a few mid-rang...