I'm sure I've shared these before but here are my current guitars. I'm not rich enough for Fenders or Gibsons, my Epiphone Les Paul is the most I've ever spent on a guitar at £400. I used to have a translucent amber coloured one but as I've matured, so have my tastes. Now I just love tobacco sunburst.
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This one is funny because I've had so many guitars over the years that I have since sold or traded, but I still have my very first guitar - a Chinese squire afinity strat made in 2000, part of a beginners strat pack. Everything about says it's cheap and should be crap but I still like it, it is also the 1st guitar I customised properly, setting the intonation, truss rod bow, string height etc until it felt right. I also sanded the back of the neck.
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A generic "Shine" (known as Douglas in US) hollow body. Shine have a bit of a reputation for cheap guitars that are either excellent for the price or not even worth the cheap price. It seems to be pot luck. This one is pretty crap.
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My acoustic, a Turner 42CE - nice looking, nice sound, comfortable, good electronics. I really like this, I got it because I wanted a cheapish acoustic when I never had one and found it in my local guitar shop for £150 (they were £350 new) because it had a repair done on its neck. I use guage 10 strings on all of them, phospor bronze on the acoustic, usually D'Addario.
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