Dirt Cheap Project Guitar

[thechamp96@hotmail.c]

I am interested in picking up a super cheap guitar body routed for two humbuckers as a project guitar.

Basically, I have the electronics I would like to put in and I'm prepared to replace the hardware, so all that I really need is a body with a neck attached to it! I don't really care about body style.

Anybody have any recommendations? I might be nieve in assuming that I can pick something like this up in the $50-$70 range, but that is what I'm hoping for.

Anyone know of any good eBay sellers for this type of stuff?

[al3d]

at that price, for body and neck, might be a bit hard. i got a load of parts, body's, Necsks and stuff...i can send you a list if you want

[Lincoln]

that puts you in the price range of National Music Supply on Ebay. They have stripped down, finished, set neck LP's (neck & body) (made in China) for right around $50 to $80 that are very playable.

The company is less than "perfect" but sometimes they do really good - it's a luck thing.

I think they sell new, complete LP copies for under $100. If you got one of those and put your pickups, tuners, bridge, etc on it......you'd have a decent player.

On Edit:

Same place also has cheapo Strat bodies $5 + $37 shipping. You can get a good strat neck from Wendy's Music in Calgary - $19.99 if you catch them right.
Bezdez might have a few of those $34 unfinished strat bodies left too but they're cut for a Floyde Rose so that's another $50 for a bridge.

[Kenmac]

As has been mentioned here before, the Gibson/Baldwin learners guitar would make a good project guitar. I've seen some of them over on Ebay. They've got them in both a Les Paul and SG style.

[Ripper]

Have you checked out some of the local pawnshops etc?

[LaRSin]

here's one for sale

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/msg/759325711.html