Favorite "Sleeper" Guitars

Ibanez. The hard tail RG's are hard to beat and I don't mind the lower model Trem's either. I don't whammy much so as long as they stay in tune I am straight.
I bought this Ibanez S Classic for $125 in a Pawn Shop. It was like brand new and MIJ! Swap out the electronics, pots are normally on off for the most part as expected with budget guitars.
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Indo JEM
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current RG..
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lowely $100.00 toss off Ibanez...................................SCORNED by many ..............................
"massaged" by @Hackmaster
and totally punches 2 weight classes above its pedigree. People SCOFF ....laugh -- 1 guy RETURNED IT after a reverb sale as "UNPLAYABLE" --- either he is a MORON or Im an idiot but it plays WIONDERFUL sounds like metal destruction is THIN .... light....fast.... and ..................has a proper floyd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its a few "frets" away from being a flat out GEM --- thought about colored pup covers and a FUNKY bowling ball paint job ,........................................but then...................................it WOULDNT be a basic black (ew its ugly and plain) "sleeper" now would it ???????
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gball said:
My fav sleeper ever were the original (late '70's/early '80's) Epiphone Genesis models.

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They were extremely well-made and sounded for all the world like a Les Paul.
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Did you have one, G? In all my life, I never heard of this guitar. My similar yummy DC type guitars are the Yamaha 2000/4000 models I think they are called. And some Framus's,. And how can I forget,. MY Washburn HB 30 I got from smittyp. One heck of an awesome Es335 type guitar at 1/5 to 1/10th the cost of a Gib ES 335/345/355
 
My LTD MH-100QMNT (such a catchy model name). It's the bolt neck version of the more expensive through-neck models. I prefer bolt necks anyway.

I got it as a Christmas/birthday present in 2015. I have changed the pickups, rewired to '50s style wiring, leveled the frets, beveled the fret ends, rolled the fretboard edges, and re-cut the nut. Now (as most of y'all probably know) it's become my favorite guitar. It plays like a dream, and sounds fantastic.

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chilipeppermaniac said:
Did you have one, G? In all my life, I never heard of this guitar. My similar yummy DC type guitars are the Yamaha 2000/4000 models I think they are called. And some Framus's,. And how can I forget,. MY Washburn HB 30 I got from smittyp. One heck of an awesome Es335 type guitar at 1/5 to 1/10th the cost of a Gib ES 335/345/355
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No, by this time I had my '77 Les Paul Custom, but several guys I knew had them and they were excellent. Made in Japan if I remember correctly and they had no-BS hardware and pickups.
 
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