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Originally Posted by Det_Nosnip
lol. Would win irony points, but I'm not really interested in taking this thing live so the audience effect would be lost. 
So it seems that as far as bang-for-buck I may be better off with knock-off/indy companies. These guys have been req'd a lot:
http://www.rondomusic.com/
What should I look for in terms of pickups? I've heard EMG is supposed to be good but they have hundreds of different ones. |
They make some pretty solid guitars, but the cheapest I would recommend going with them is 300 bucks-ish. EMGs are pretty good pickups, if you like the way they sound, which is hard to quantify when determining their inherent value to any given person; they also bump up the price of a new guitar a fair amount, as they're expensive on their own to begin with.
Like LFD said, either save up a bit more cash or look for a nicely priced, used RG321. There's nothing wrong with looking for used pickups either, as long as they're in good condition.