Top 10 Affordable Guitars Of The Past 15 Years (Do you have one of them?)

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4 ай бұрын

This Top 10 guitar list was super fun to make, I can't believe how much prices have changed in just 15 years!! Do you own any of these guitars and if so how did they last/perform for you?
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@LilSirAxolotl 3 ай бұрын

My Pacifica was modded by the previous owner. Spray painted in a funky green and decked out with all black hardware. For only €150! And it's still the best shredder I own

@fatsuperfly 3 ай бұрын

Yeah those are good, played some good affordable Yamaha acoustics too(edit) Solid guitars for the price

@mikeglazier5993 3 ай бұрын

Years ago I was given a Yamaha RGX612 for free and it's the best playing guitar I own. Yamaha guitars are criminally underrated

@MarkJBaber 3 ай бұрын

I used a Yamaha Erg 121 for 3 years of music college, we all had to use line 6 amps so I thought F it, just use my £25 guitar I got from cash generators 😅

@LilSirAxolotl 3 ай бұрын

@@mikeglazier5993 wasn't that Rob's first guitar? I think I can remember Lee finding him a yellow one in Italy or something... I used to have one in black myself but the neck got all wonky on me to the point I just sold it for parts Edit: I just noticed that guitar hanging on the wall behind him 😅♥️ I'm a boomer and my name is Rob as well... I used to own a black one myself you know... Once upon a time I did

@brusselssprouts560 3 ай бұрын

I am a G&L Tribute Series fan. Shame they weren't mentioned.

@heavybrett-al4082 3 ай бұрын

I have the Ibanez Jem jr in yellow....my folks gave it to me for my 45 birthday, and it plays amazing.

@HoracioGarciaMusic 3 ай бұрын

I bought an epi ES-339 because of you guys. And I still have it. 🤘

@MikeGritten 3 ай бұрын

I'm definitely a mostly intermediate player. I've been playing for 50 years but I never really improved beyond the "beginner" category. A few years ago I committed to improve my playing ability and learn some lead guitar riffs. I'm 68 now and my "learning" takes much more time and effort than it ever did before! However, I find that I appreciate my progress exponentially more now! I get annoyed if the song I'm recording has even a single error in my performance. I work much more on technique these days, rather than on a new chord shapes. I love learning new riffs and get tons of satisfaction from that. I play only for myself and by myself. I live rurally and don't have any other players that I could hang out with.

@Marcmcilroy 3 ай бұрын

Rob love all of your videos. Always have and always will. I have to say the red chapman behind you . Glorious axe 🎸

@Kazdy 3 ай бұрын

I don't often comment but I really enjoyed this video. Good mix of past vids, commenting on the guitars, nice playing and just very entertaining.

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

Thanks man, appreciate the feedback ❤

@mark.guitar 3 ай бұрын

I've recommended a lot of these to students over the years. Your demos have been really useful. Squier pack 10+ of 2 of the LTD's and an Epi LP and several Pacifica's

@ScottishThing 3 ай бұрын

A few months ago I bought one of those Gretsch Streamliners that you liked in an Andertons video and its very quickly become one of my favourite guitars

@johnstow4443 3 ай бұрын

Good to see you still have the RGX 312 i have had mine since the late 80's stillplays well.

@JustSomeGuy 3 ай бұрын

My top affordable guitar is the Squier Jazzmaster Deluxe. It's basically the J Mascis JM, but in red. It's a beast.

@nomadnick726 3 ай бұрын

I got that jackson rr mini in metallic blue burst around Christmas last year & I LOVE this little beast! I'm a 5'5 tall dude thats going on nearly 20 years playing guitars & the skills, comfort, techniques, & confidence I've built playing this baby is amazing. Might get another 1 in white & change the pick ups.

@anthonycutt8854 3 ай бұрын

YES. Need to get my Pacifica back off my Dad. I didn't have any of the others on that list but I did have an Epiphone SG that sounded nice but had dodgy innards and put me off the brand for life, and an Ibanez GIO which was, and is, mega. Yamaha and Ibanez are the kings of affordable for me.

@CJLaw945 3 ай бұрын

Have to say the best affordable guitar i own is the Sire S3 Strat. Its honestly unbelievable how well that thing plays. It honestly plays better than my other 2 fendsr strats at half the price. Bought from andertons amd kust amazing out the box.

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

Made from the same factory that Chapman came out of for the past two years

@danielgrant4402 3 ай бұрын

This video hit me right in the feels

@Novotny72 3 ай бұрын

I've an esp ec-50. The pickups are class.

@MrkOile 3 ай бұрын

Me too and i love it

@paulsmith6381 3 ай бұрын

G .. we have been enjoying your posts for along time:)!

@RazumChannel 3 ай бұрын

Nice Mic btw looks good sounds pretty much clear and warm

@davepatterson4774 3 ай бұрын

A couple of cool ones there. Diggin' the prince Charlie jacket as well!

@LilSirAxolotl 3 ай бұрын

That Jackson is definitely a lot of fun! I love shorter scale guitars. I like to rest a 1/2 size classical guitar on my potbelly when I'm slouching on the couch and just trying to find cool chord progressions while watching TV

@edwinstovall3334 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was great to see "classic" Lee and Chappers again! Now, as to the @$$-kicking affordable guitar I MYSELF like, that would be Donner's DST-400, of which I own two. I've never repeated myself like that before, so let that tell you something!😎

@scaredypicker 3 ай бұрын

Definitely agree about the PRS SE guitars!!

@sinonm1 3 ай бұрын

Great top 10 affordable guitars list!

@jacksaunders9319 3 ай бұрын

I have a epiphone les paul plus top pro still! Got it new with money from my first job as a teenager still love it!

@mmiller6873 3 ай бұрын

lmao - It's the coffee van. Stop the video. That was a classic mate!!!

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

Yeah man I left it in because I just couldn’t believe we used to do that LOL brought back such memories

@leecarrington1932 3 ай бұрын

Had yamaha send me a bunch of gear a few years back, included a pacifica. Incredible guitar! Swapped out the humbuckers for some Iron Gears

@nohillforahighstepper 3 ай бұрын

I bought a Pacifica at a pawn shop almost 20 years ago. It had some issues though. It had a thumb-sized hole all the way through the body behind the bridge and the pups and pots were toast. I got it for $25 and put some good pups in it, repaired the hole, painted it red metal flake, and replaced all the pots, plugs, switches and wires. I think I had like $250 in it when I got it done. It was in my arsenal for 15+ years. I thought it was a very good axe, great neck. It eventually found a new home with a promising student that couldn't afford a guitar.

@cccssbbb 3 ай бұрын

I’ve got a Torero. The same cherry red color as the one in the video. I love it and the neck to body carve is great!

@gj9665 3 ай бұрын

I fell out of the music scene and being a musician even the KZfaq’s I used to watch religiously. I recently got back after a 5/6 year hiatus and remembering rob chapman was exactly how I wanted to get back into it. Seeing it go from him today back to Anderson’s was crazy felt like things are right where I left off

@BabTheBabs 3 ай бұрын

I have a few of those but my favourite remains my EVH Wolfgang Special, which pack a bunch of features and is of such quality build for the price. Also sound and plays amazing.

@cnserviceuy 3 ай бұрын

Mr. Rob Chappers always enlightening us with his wisdom. I have a Squier Affinity Strat SSS. I have a Epiphone Les Paul STD Plus Top Pro too. I don't have a PRS SE Torero, but I have a SE Custom 24 30Th with Seymour Duncans (JB and Jazz) I don't have a Jem Jr., but I have a RG370 Ahmz Bmt 2021 I don't have Yamaha Pacifica, but I have had the opportunity to try them and are fantastic for their price

@alistairirvine6928 3 ай бұрын

I still have pacification 312 with a flame maple cap great sounding guitar

@stefpenfield5918 3 ай бұрын

Epaulettes are so on point.

@johnnyrandom100 3 ай бұрын

My friend's son started to play about 18 months ago (about 14) so I gave him a Marshall MG30 and a Boss DS-1. He's got a Cort Stratalike. He is pretty good now.

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

Tell him good luck on his journey from me ❤️🤘🏽

@saintkirk51 3 ай бұрын

O have an fx-401. I got it on 2009 because of your video review you did back then

@IndependenceGuitar 3 ай бұрын

Don’t know if it’ll be on the list, but I would nominate ML-1 modern standard. Real sh*t. Bought my first Chapman about 8-9 months ago. Fantastic guitar. Loved it so much, I did a couple upgrades, genuinely it is now my favorite guitar I’ve ever owned. Keep making them like that, I’ll use em.

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

Thanks man, obviously I automatically omitted any of my own brands 👍

@migas114 3 ай бұрын

Chappers' video of the Les Paul shootout in 2012 made me get my first eletric guitar, at the end of 2013. Still have it and won't be getting rid of it. Awesome guitar for the money

@13coyote13 3 ай бұрын

Was watching for my guitar but alas not to be, I'm an old retiree who had to jump on a Ruby Red Anniversary Edition Squier Strat for $579.00 Canadian, sold my small practice amp and bought a used Fender Micro Headphone amp while I wait for a good deal on a used GTX 100 or a Mustang 5, happy as a pig in sh__. Keep up the good work Rob and, cheers from Canada.

@mickbarker4931 3 ай бұрын

Got to agree with you with the Pacifica. My first electric was a fender Strat, and I could never quite get the sound I wanted. I bought the Pacifica as a back up and promptly started replacing all the electrics and hardware. It was already great but got better and what I learned doing that made me realise what was wrong won the Strat, which was mainly the saddles. As a result I now have an excellent Strat and an evolved Pacifica which I called Frankenstein, until I realised that had already been used.

@aj45045 2 ай бұрын

I've owned around 10 pacificas in the past 15 years, still own 7, my brother one. They are all great guitars from 112j to 812v/w that I own. Of course on the lower number models I've swapped the pickups and electronics so that they could shine but nevertheless guitars worth the buck. Cheers from Croatia!

@blackie75 3 ай бұрын

The jacket is magnifico.

@matsherwood6277 3 ай бұрын

I have a nice epi Les Paul I just picked up used. I rewired new pots into it and it seems to be pretty sound. 👍

@jasonjayalap 3 ай бұрын

You picked a Jackson JS11 over a Yamaha Pacifica 112J in "Affordable Guitar Shootout - Chappers Works His Blindfold Magic!". It stands out to me because it sealed the deal on my first solid body choice: a JS22. Thank you forever.

@mobeus84 3 ай бұрын

My PRS Se Myers signature is still fantastic. Semi hollow is fantastic for feedback.

@TheGooseBruce 3 ай бұрын

I have the Mikael Åkerfeldt PRS SE hanging on the wall next to the band's signatures. Watched and enjoyed a ton of your and Andertons content, but kind of always held a tiny bit of grudge over that video that you didn't spend 5 minutes researching the band or Mikael a tiny bit before making the video. :D Glad to see that you acknowledge you had clearly missed something there! Also bought the Ltd F-50 after your and Cap's Shred Machine video over at Andertons. :)

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, we just never had the time, we were shooting four videos a day, crazy schedule it was literally unbox tuneup and go

@electrikjam7661 3 ай бұрын

I had a Charvel Desolation, but it was more of an offset design? It was a TOM bridge. But it had the grey binding and the oiled neck, and EMG pickups. I gave it to a friend that did not have a good guitar at the time, and I miss it. You can still find them for about $400 used.

@snapfinger1 3 ай бұрын

If your personal Chapman thin line w/ P-90’s had a non reverse head stock it’d be first pick. One & done.

@dazred1 3 ай бұрын

I have an american strat + Gibson SG but I still find myself going back to my old Epiphone Les Paul on a regular basis... I did chuck a Seymour Duncan JB on the bridge but it plays & sounds like a dream!

@kingmodestfirst4487 3 ай бұрын

Some other good, Beautiful & inexpensive guitars : Squier Classic Vibe telecaster 50 brass saddles / Kramer Baretta Special rosewood fretboard / Epiphone The Dot rosewood fretboard/ Gretsch electromatic Jet Club G5425 rosewood fretboard.

@garykeller15 3 ай бұрын

I have a left handed 1990 Charvel Model 475 metallic black which i had to special order for $1299 some where around that price. again we lefties have to almost pay double. then there is the left handed epiphone les paul standard in cherry sunburst i bought for $500 then there is the jackson Dinky trans red which i bought in 2005 for $500, Then there is the Left Handed RG450DXB in white which i won a $500 gift card from ZZounds and Got the Left Handed Ibanez RG450DXB and a Planet Waves 3 inch padded strap and a guitar gig bag for it . The guitar was priced around $399 to $400 at the time. then i purchases 2 ibanez left handed 6 string basses which i bought through American Musical On The monthly payment plan i forget how much they costed. And finally. a left handed Epiphone SG Tony Iommi Model (The first run that Epiphone first did) and that was through American musical supply as well on payment plan with a SKB molded guitar case for it. that is what i own.

@arpitsave1089 3 ай бұрын

I got the Plustop Pro after that video...SUSTAIN FOR DAYS!!!!!

@toms5951 3 ай бұрын

I hadn't thought about the old Anderton's video room in quite a while, almost a shock how everything has come along since then. Haven't had any of these myself but I can probably pick out three of my favorites over the years. Epiphone 2011 '56 Gold Top Reissue $499, still my number one today. 2018 Fender FSR Strat. This was my 30th birthday present from my wife, I think it was around $350-$400. Modded it over the years, it is now currently a Gilmourized Black Strat. Most recently was an Epiphone Inspired by Gibson ES-335 Gold Top I bought last year for $399 on sale. Unfortunately, immediately after buying it I had broken my hand and couldn't play for an agonizing 6-8 weeks.

@fatsuperfly 3 ай бұрын

I missed out on that prs, I found one at guitar center tuned to standard B and was my tuning at the time, I fell in love when I tried it, it was used. I didn’t have the cash at the time, went the next day and was sold, it was going for only about 500 or so. Uhhhg still kicking myself over that one. That neck was the closest to feeling like my first and fave Ltd. 😅

@Gaslight.Guitar 3 ай бұрын

I just put out a video about affordable/cheap guitars. Good stuff Chappers!

@Henriktranoy 3 ай бұрын

I have the Mikael Åkerfelt PRS SE, and it is still my main guitar to this very day!

@stevecassidyguitar 3 ай бұрын

What's that DVD thing with the Squier pack? 🤷‍♂ Very cool to see the improvement in the vid production quality across the years too 😎👌 Braw job mate - 15 years of graftin' on YT 😀👍

@Doug5524 3 ай бұрын

AH the good old days

@andrewbecker3700 3 ай бұрын

Best budget guitar I've tried recently is the Revstar from Yamaha. Even the Element series feels and plays great. The only other guitars I own that retail for under $799 are the P.R.S. SE McCarty .594 Singlecut standard, and Sterling Cutlass CT50 HSS.

@robertosciolan 3 ай бұрын

I was lucky to buy two years ago one of the last new models of PRS SE Paul Allender (Cradle of filth). It's similar to the Torero and it's amazing!

@teckhouse1 3 ай бұрын

I got the 2012 Epiphone les paul standard for 340$ and it still sounds and looks great to this days :p

@lawrencedevere2242 3 ай бұрын

Yamaha pacifica was my first guitar, given to me by Dad when I was 13, I own a gibson, nice Epiphones, tele's but the pacifica has stayed and will until I pass it down when I have kids one day. Also I am now at my last year doing commerical music at univeristy and will soom be ten years of me playing, so that guitar is alright by me 😎

@RiloRox 3 ай бұрын

I remember that Les Paul sustain video so well😂

@stroodle2001 3 ай бұрын

Good. A lot of people don’t know including myself…. Now unfortunately i know im a beginner. Thanks Rob

@damiengreen28 3 ай бұрын

listening to lee dancing all the way around the edges of the words les and paul in the esp ltd review haha

@thewinenut9800 3 ай бұрын

Yamaha Pacifica for the win, the ideal first guitar that you still have in the collection.

@jamesburr25 3 ай бұрын

Hi Rob, I just started playing guitar, I dabbled with it when I was at college in the late noughties but now at 45 wanted to really give it a serious go. I picked up the Ibanez AZ2404, Marshall DSL5 and a BOSS tuner to get me started. Iv been practicing running up and down the neck aswell as servers chords I remember just to refresh myself as I’m not musically inclined with theory. I have always been a fan of Satriani and Vai aswell and 80s rock, any advice as to appropriate scales or modes I should practice? Currently trying to re learn Always With Me Always With You at the moment.

@Jinballify 3 ай бұрын

It'll be interesting if Rob ever revisits this with modern super affordable brands. Like, Eastcoast (the Andertons one), Harley Benton (stainless steel frets, roasted woods and gotoh hardware on a sub-300€ guitar, world is mad) or JET guitars (see specs above). What a bloody time to be alive when you are able to buy a pro-quality rig for 700€ and sound like the proverbial wall of amps 80's was all about.

@alinsandu7190 3 ай бұрын

JET guitars made me feel stupid of my previous guitar purchases. 200 usd for a strat just as good as my fender strat. Its different, but not as in worse, just as in different. Amazing times indeed.

@GMec78 3 ай бұрын

Bro isn't that a moving target? 15 years ago you could get MIM starts for a couple hundred bucks on the used market in the states.

@ac4pres310 3 ай бұрын

Hello, loving those videos bringing back some good memories :D I saw on your computer the ML3 pro traditional „new”, have been saving for a second for a forset green or teal one and those seem to have recently been pulled out of all the european stores before I could reach the amount necessary! 💔 Are those being removed from production altogether? Is there still a way to get one to France especially? Do you maybe have one return or something laying around that’s not yet been put on Reverb (might even be dinged)? I saw just a few new remaining on Andertons website but the bigger price and taxes to ship here make it seem impossible to get right now and I don’t know how much time I have left if those are the last ones ever 😔

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support bro, Andertons might have one dude!

@Damn3dYank33 3 ай бұрын

I own two Epiphone explorers, a $699 Ghosthorse and a $799 Prophecy. I consider these as an upper lower price range. Both are a great bang for the buck imho.

@GraemeCampbellMusic 3 ай бұрын

"Free Tuition DVD". You don't get those too often anymore. Although I'm so old I have a tuition book (Lead Guitar by Harvey Vinson)with a flexi-disk in it.😃

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

I know ha ha!!! Such a blast from the past

@teddy33131 3 ай бұрын

i sold that LTD EC 100 (basically a 50 with a flame top) ti buy a tokai... i love that tokai but god i miss that guitar ...

@joniiboy 3 ай бұрын

Man the PRS SE Torero was what, a thousand bucks? Even new Jacksons that cost above 2000 euros dont even have an original floyd rose, crazy how times have changed

@StenSturesKanal 3 ай бұрын

I learned to play on a Yamaha acoustic and now I own the cheapest Revstar. Unbeaten value for money and I do own more expensive guitars that aren't nearly as fun to play.

@pacovl46 3 ай бұрын

Yamaha definitely makes great guitars, electric as well as acoustic guitars!

@BigIronTexas 3 ай бұрын

The one guitar I wanted to look up is the one you didn’t give the model name/number, the Charvel. Which Charvel model was that? I figured it out: Charvel Desolation Soloist DX-1 FR

@alementary4065 3 ай бұрын

My favorite 'budget' brand is Agile. I own 7 of them, and with a bit of modding, I'll put them against a Gibson.

@canadianintheukbrian 3 ай бұрын

I have two Vintage JHS guitars ( shown in the photo ) V6P Stratocaster Style with 3 P90's and Vintage V100 Les Paul Type all with Wilkinson Hardware brilliant guitars people love them but many retailers like Andertons will not carry them for some reason who knows why

@davroshalfbeard8368 3 ай бұрын

Good seeing the old videos again if you do pedals defo sneak the miko vid In 😂

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

Hey bro, I filmed my top pedals awhile back take a look at my past videos :-)

@davroshalfbeard8368 3 ай бұрын

@@RobChappers cool will do

@marcomancini1044 3 ай бұрын

Actually i found a squire CV 60 stratocaster a very good alternative for the most expensive models of fender

@xxxxx7876 3 ай бұрын

What is Pete, like 12 years old, funny!! 😂. This must be before Pete could play guitar. He’s thinking while watching you play, ‘If I could only play like Chappers!’.

@johnmoser1162 3 ай бұрын

I've noticed the yellow babe .. so Rob, when do we see an affordable S1070PBZ killer in HSS ?! ... 🙂

@driftergrey 3 ай бұрын

It is a fine jacket, sir. But might I suggest, adorning ones neck with a cravat... 🤔🧐

@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

I have the cravat, it’s a full suit, Kilt, Sporran, Sgian Dubhs etc

@TheBigburcie 3 ай бұрын

It would be interesting to round all of these up and do a new rundown, but with the audio/video gear that Anderton's has now. The video quality and aome of the amp selections didn't really make it a fair comparison.

@DarinLoven 3 ай бұрын

I miss Riffcity!!

@NickWebbSax 3 ай бұрын

It would be great to go back and find the current equivalent guitars and see what the price is, and see what the prices of each of these in the video would get you today.

@AlperAydn 3 ай бұрын

pacifica did so much for bigginer players :)

@ericolson326 3 ай бұрын

"Grey binding sounds like a tea" 😄 Specifically one with anti-diarrheal properties

@MicahRocksOfficial 3 ай бұрын

I used to have long hair too. 😢

@faelromano 2 ай бұрын

Epiphone Les Paul Standart 2010 ❤ made in Indonesia

@Kamil92Zgon 3 ай бұрын

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@RobChappers 3 ай бұрын

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@tostrmofo6686 3 ай бұрын

After the intro I thought I probably owned all of these. Turned out I didn't even own one of the exact models but some other of every brand besides the Pacifica. Which I always thought were great but for some reason I just don't like.