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Essential Affordable Guitars to Build Your Ultimate Guitar Collection – Top Five Affordable Guitars
John Reviews the top AFFORDABLE guitar options in 2025. For a well rounded guitar arsenal, you’ll want guitars that check different boxes:
-Humbuckers
-Single Coil
-Semi Hollow
-Shred Machine
-Acoustic
-Bass
….and more!
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I recently bought an Epiphone SG "Classic" with P-90's in Inverness Green. It plays and sounds incredible! If you want P-90's, this is a a steal!
Recently picked up the Epi LP Custom in silver burst at a great price, and it is easily my favorite. Glad you agree.
Man, a few years back I bought a Hagstrom Swede with a gorgeous maple top and dual p90's. It plays well and sounds fantastic and it cost $500 CDN brand new from a music shop that was going under and selling off it's inventory. About a month later a friend called looking to sell his Bass, an brand new Orange O-Bass that he had played a handful of times just in his basement, not gigged. Another $500 and I have a lovely P-Bass that's a bit hotter than my Fender but still is an absolute pleasure to play. Don't be shy about some of the overseas brands, they make some kickin' gear!!
Great show! I think this you guys do a fantastic job of informing the "average" guitar player of what's out there. Not only a top to bottom look at the axe… inside and out the host can actually play! Hallelujah! Keep it up!
We apparently have different definitions of "affordable."
Definitely not affordable guitars. Those are high end guitars. I’m building an affordable guitar collection from Donner, Squier, lower end Epiphone guitars. $1200 Epiphone is not affordable unless you’re rich.
For my personal preferences, if I had to choose a SG Special Gibson I prefer to spend 200 euros more for a LP Special: I find more comfortable fo me the 50s neck and the whole guitar is more balanced.
I agree with this, but I can’t believe you left Sire out of the choices? I just got the T7TM with the double P90’s and it’s amazing! Not to mention the new gen’s coming out? Forget about it!
Who the F is behind the camera???!!!!!
nice job!! thanks
For the money you can get far better acoustic guitars than the 2 you chose!
Hss strat does it all
Here’s my ultimate cheap collection:
1. Epiphone Les Paul IBG Slash Victoria, 580€ new
2. Epiphone Les Paul IBG Slash November Burst and EMG JR set, 620€ new plus the pickups
3. Epiphone Hummingbird IBG, 450€ used
4. Gibson SG Standard, 850€ used
5. Fender Vintera 60s Roadworn Stratocaster, 850€ used
6. Fender Vintera II 50s Stratocaster, 650€ used
7. Fender Player II Telecaster, 475€ used
8. Fender 70th Anniversary Player Stratocaster, 580€ used
Still need a semi-hollow and a P90 guitar. Probably Epiphone ES-355 1959 IGC, and for P90s I have a loaded P90 Strat pickguard waiting for correct guitar to appear.
My affordable: Firefly Les Paul, Squier Classic Vibe Stratocaster, Harley Benton Telecaster DB CAR and finally Harley Benton DC P90 or Starshine SG Olive Drab Green.
You two have been busy doing your homework, John and Zach!
Would have liked to see some 12 string options in your list. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️????????
Why buy three guitars, when a thinline tele with P-90's ticks three boxes right there?
Great list. I fully agree. It's a shame Gibson don't sell the $1000 tribute LP anymore.
Yeh interesting definition of affordable here. I mean it’s just about affordable to *me*. But I am currently a reasonably well paid consultant, and looking at a player II or Vintera Strat to round out my collection. No Squiers in the list I note. My first guitar was I think shredsorthy – a Squier Contemporary Tele HR with a buckler in the Neck and Hot Rails in the bridge. My "SG" is an Epiphone Coronet. My single coil "Tele" is a Fujigen Iliad j-standard. Made in America is just another import guitar to me, so my pride is a European -made Maybach Lester 54 with p90s and a Bigsby. My acoustic, a Tanglewood Blackbird.
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Good choices. I wish fender would take the player 2 platform and offer everthing in it left hand: offsets, basses, all the colours etc. They would fly off the shelves, no problem and they wouldn't lose 1 in 10 customers to brands like Sire and Harley Benton.
The Joe Bonamassa les paul 1955 with P90s has been out of stock since it came out… I love the sharpness of the P90s…!!
I believe everyone needs an LP, a Strat, an acoustic and a Squier bass. 4 guitars. Just adding one more opinion ????
If you're willing to get something used, the Gibson "Tribute" line guitars are absolutely fantastic. It's the least expensive guitar in my collection by a mile and yet I always find myself picking it over my other guitars. I think you can still get them for right around 1k (sometimes $900 range) and they're so worth it. Mine at least has a mahogany body amd neck and genuine mother of pearl inlays. They feel great and look beautiful. 10000000% worth the price.
Great video❗❗ I'm out of breath just listening to you talk this whole episode so fast…..????????????????????????????????????????????????
I’m a lefty. I got Harley Benton and then I upgrade everything eventually in fact I have 24 guitars and I don’t need anymore four semi Hollow bodies.
Zack & John, Brothers been a while since I have been on track to catch you guys videos, Sorry, but just wanted to ask 2?, 1 your thoughts on thinline G&L Simi hollow Blues Boy Tribute Rosewood, I know they may not make them, but thought? 2, a SRV pick-up line? Are the tex-Mex the way to go? Or you have a diff option? Thanks Brothers and Rock on ???????????? your Music-In-Law
Great content as always John! Always appreciate your honest reviews and recommendations. And your playing is always killer too and super inspiring. Keep up the great work and continued success!