A New guitar

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Right, I've been looking for a new guitar to replace my good ol' Squier Strat.

Any ideas for a guitar that's is similar? I have a £300 budget.

I tend to play things like Arctic Monkeys and Muse. But for when I'm creating my own stuff I range in different areas.

I was thinking a Chromed HSS Squier Strat. That way, I don't have to give up my strat's feel and shape, and have a humbucker up in durr.

For £300? Wouldn't really know what to suggest other than saving up and getting something better that you won't want to get rid of in a few months. I highly recommend American made Fender strats. I bought a 2008 model for £700 a while back, and the thing is beautiful. Your profile says you live in Bristol, I know of a 1989 American series going for £500 in Bristol...I think that's an absolute steal, if you can stretch...get it. Other than that, if you really are certain of your budget, Japanese strats are around for £300 second hand as well...they are far superior to Squier's and also to the Mexican mades as well. I've been considering getting a Japanese strat as a backup, myself...the quality of the wood and construction is supposed to pretty much on par with American mades, the electronics are not so good.
http://bristol.gumtree.com/bristol/76/46289776.html
http://bristol.gumtree.com/bristol/09/45616809.html
http://bristol.gumtree.com/bristol/22/43641322.html
http://bristol.gumtree.com/bristol/72/43017572.html
That last one I have been considering, myself. I could offer you an Epiphone custom with Gibson burstbucker pickups and wiring for say...£350 or so. Other than that...all I will do is reiterate to stay away from squire's and Mex made strats(actually, mid 90's Mex's are pretty nice...the rest are shit).
Hope I'm helpful.

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

Ok, wait. Wait until you have at least 500 to spend, you cannot get any kind of step up with 300, and stay away from anything with Squire written on the headstock, my advice is you get a Pacifica, they're decent gig worthy guitars.

 

[Natsuhiko]

I would actually suggest an Strat-Modeled Epiphone. Not sure of the actual name, but i picked one up a few years ago. It gets a nice gibson sound along with the playability and durability of a Fender.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

Well if you're a fan of the fender shape, I would go with an Ibanez, an ESP, or a gibson SG
I'm quite partial to my Jackson RR5

Spoiler: Click for awesome giant pic

Great tone on the high strings, great chug on the low ones, and it looks fucking sexy. If you're looking for a rock-metal guitar, look no further.

 

[Berethond]

What music do you play?

Also, another good point. Anything ranging from blues to metal. But, I have a Les Paul for the harder stuff anyway.

So, I'm looking for something that can play blues to hard rock. For example, Hendrix, Arctic Monkeys and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I was about to suggest a Les Paul, or failing that an Epiphone substitute before reading this. Congratulations with that guitar, you lucky bastard.

I'd say that guitar in your OP looks pretty good, judging from what you want to play. Two single coils and a humbucker seems perfect. I, alas, have only a Stratocaster (ok, I have no right to complain whatsoever, I'm just saying that single coil-only guitars don't perform as well when you add distortion effects). I did have a cheap Ibanez once that had two humbuckers and a single coil in the middle. Maybe look around for a decent Ibanez guitar?

That's all the advice I have, really. I mean, you've got a frickin Les Paul. What more can you want? To be honest the only thing any guitarist will ever need is a Fender Strat and Gibson Les Paul, and you can at the very least more-or-less recreate the sound of every worth while song in popular music.

Untrue.
They can't touch the semi-hollowbodies. Such as a <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_ES-175>Gibson ES-175. You just can't get that sound with much else.

 

[G-Dragon]

squiers and epiphone guitars tend to be cheap but good, so look at those, stay away from the "fender starcaster" because thats the cheapest quality from fender, and stay away from the "maestro" from gibson cause thats basically the same. also stay away from anything from "first act" because that will break on you almost immediately

 

[Sven und EIN HUND]

I'm gunna whole-heartedly suggest a Schecter guitar. Mine is a Diamond series Omen extreme with floyd rose tremolo, I've been playing it for about 3 years, the first couple years of which were accommodated by my squier strat, which I still sometimes play. It cost me around $500 AU (not sure about the AU-pounds conversion, sorry :S) and it plays beautifully. It has two humbucker schecter alcino pickups which sound great and have sounded great from day one, 24 jumbo frets, 3-way tone selector, and well here's a pic

Spoiler: there are different colour schemes, but this is basically the same as mine

There's also another minor difference in that the logo writing at the top is printed horizontally on the headstock of mine.
But yeah, I really do recommend it, or anything by schecter, it gets great tones for anything.

 

[Spacelord]

(snip)
That's all the advice I have, really. I mean, you've got a frickin Les Paul. What more can you want? To be honest the only thing any guitarist will ever need is a Fender Strat and Gibson Les Paul, and you can at the very least more-or-less recreate the sound of every worth while song in popular music.

Untrue.
They can't touch the semi-hollowbodies. Such as a <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_ES-175>Gibson ES-175. You just can't get that sound with much else.

Well, all right. Good point. I forgot about those.

OP, get one of those! They're frickin sweet.

 

[Berethond]

(snip)
That's all the advice I have, really. I mean, you've got a frickin Les Paul. What more can you want? To be honest the only thing any guitarist will ever need is a Fender Strat and Gibson Les Paul, and you can at the very least more-or-less recreate the sound of every worth while song in popular music.

Untrue.
They can't touch the semi-hollowbodies. Such as a <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_ES-175>Gibson ES-175. You just can't get that sound with much else.

Well, all right. Good point. I forgot about those.

OP, get one of those! They're frickin sweet.

Yes, they are!
They sound amazing.

 

[Horticulture]

But yeah, I really do recommend it, or anything by schecter, it gets great tones for anything.

+1.

I've had a C1 since I started playing; it's still one of my main guitars. The models with coil-tapped Duncans are very versatile.