good LP clones in the $400.00 range, name them

[Imiss85]

I know of Agile. What else is out there?

 

[FREELESSONSNOW]

A used Vintage Lemon Drop. It's basically a relic'ed Peter Green Les Paul.

 

[Imiss85]

yeah, those look cool - seem hard to find though. Any others?

 

[outtahear]

A used Vintage Lemon Drop. It's basically a relic'ed Peter Green Les Paul.

True-funky relicing, but the PG/Lemon drop comes w/great pickups-
good set-up. upgrade the pots/caps, and a nice guit @ any price

Clownburst V100-E-bay lowball score from a Pawnshop in Canada. Came w/acoustic strings, Eff-Dup set-up (would not stay in tune) Different P/Us than the Lemon drop (Not in a good way)

Proper set up, RS pots, PIO caps, and Guitarforce LOTB pickups ($100 GearPage score), a lightweight classic rock monster.

Xaviere guitars (Guitarfetish.com) has great guits, nice out of the box (stock pickups are nice). Pro set-up and pot up-grade (like most people do on $2k++ Gibsons, right?) and these are great guitars.

 

[VanR]

Xaviere, Michael Kelly, Ibanez ART 300/400

 

[Telecster]

My Arbor ap230 will be here Monday. The one I have heard had awesome sound and feel.
I have read other reviews give it good marks. Never heard any negitives. $250 can't go wrong.

 

[John Thigpen]

My Arbor ap230 will be here Monday. The one I have heard had awesome sound and feel.
I have read other reviews give it good marks. Never heard any negitives. $250 can't go wrong.

I never heard of these, but the reviews are good and they look pretty good on eBay. Let us know how it is.

John

 

[Baloney]

www.ravenwestguitar.com


Nuff said!!!!! Best LP bang for the buck on the market.

 

[Funkwire]

I've got two of them. Xaviere XV-500. Bought it new in December. Shipped to my door with hard case for $281. Swapped out the tuners, which were the only really cheap thing about the guitar. Put on a brass bridge, vintage Gibson TP-6 tailpiece and black speed knobs just because I felt like giving it the whole classic rock vibe.

2005 Epiphone '56 Gold Top. Found it on e-Bay for $430 used with hard case. The first owner put Lindy Fralin P-90s in it. I changed the Grover Rotomatics to Grover Vintage Deluxe tuners, replaced the TOM bridge with a Gotoh, and put reflector knobs and knob position markers on to get the vintage-correct look.

They are completely different LP types--the XV-500 has a 1/2" maple cap and the GFS Crunchy Pats are pretty high-powered; the Epi is mahogany (no maple) with P-90s. They have required little to no tweaking to get them to play and sound great.

 

[Austinrocks]

tradition guitars pretty nice, only seen them in Ft Worth though

http://www.traditionguitars.com/

prefer my gibson LP special which was pretty close in price TBH.

 

[analogwarmth]

saw a few mahogany lp studios on austin craigslist for 600 bones. seems like if the price is that close go ahead with the real deal.

 

[bluesjuke]

Good call.

 

[Mudder]

Maybe a bit more than $400, but a Czech built Dean Evo Special is a heck of a LP style guitar.

 

[DaBlizzardofOz]

Maybe a bit more than $400, but a Czech built Dean Evo Special is a heck of a LP style guitar.

I got an Elite on ebay for under $400 and let me tell you, this is not a "good for the money" guitar. This thing is serious. From what I gather, they retailed for about $1200-$1300 and are IMO every bit as good as Gibsons. If you can find one of these for a good price, I say grab it.

 

[vladmarr]

Jay Turser's not sure if they're around anymore, but i bought my first Lp from them and i've had it for over 10 years and it's still going strong...no other guitar like it

 

[jgk62]

I got lucky when I found this MIK Tokai, made for the Canadian market.
This guitar is killer, I find myself playing it more than my Gibson...

 

[Telecster]

It finally showed up.
It was a little different than expected.
Instead of chrome it is gold hardware. No complaints.
With some minor set up this guitar is awesome for $250.
Nice neck not chuncky, finish is real nice and the neck is perfect.
I debated between this guitar and one of the Agiles (which I am sure are a good deal). I selected the Arbor because it came highly recommended from a
qualified expert who owns one.

 

[Telecster]

Ok guys what am I doing wrong. I am try to post a picture of my new Arbor and I am stumped! Help?

 

[bluesjuke]

Can't do it right from your computer direct.
You need to get an account (free) like Photobucket, www.photobucket.com, and upload your pic there and then use the link to post it here.

 

[stormin1155]

Jay Turser's not sure if they're around anymore, but i bought my first Lp from them and i've had it for over 10 years and it's still going strong...no other guitar like it

Yes, I picked up a JT200 last summer as an impulse buy. It was pretty and didn't weigh a ton. Nicely finished, plays nice, chambered, 5/8" maple cap over mahogany, mahogany neck, decent hardware, so-so electronics (the BL X500s and pup rings were added).