I mention this in my introductory post, but I've been playing guitar for quite a long time, but went through this period where I played nearly nothing. In January this year I bought a Squier Bullet-Strat at a local Cash Crusaders and have been pretty happy about the purchase because it reignited my love for playing, except as time has gone by now I'm noticing things about the guitar that are definitely a testament to the low price tag of R1100. (Granted, I bought it second hand, but I figured it would be a better quality product compared to other strat copies, seeing as it is a Fender product... albeit cheaply produced.)
Anywho, I'm looking to upgrade, so I'm posing the question:
Between a higher-up Squier, Yamaha, Ibanez or Cort (and a budget of about R3500-R4000), which would be the better option? I like my single coil pickups, but I would like a guitar that has a humbucker on the bridge position. My style of playing is generally a blues-rock type mashup.
The MAIN problem I have with the bullet strat is that it doesn't stay in tune. I have my pickups set pretty low so as not to pull on the strings, I set my intonation correctly when I put new strings on, but the G string is always out around the third fret, but in around the seventh and higher. This is super annoying.
Anyway, I welcome suggestions! And if it's advisable to just save up for an even more expensive guitar then so be it, although I'd like to get a new guitar with next month's paycheck! ?
Anywho, I'm looking to upgrade, so I'm posing the question:
Between a higher-up Squier, Yamaha, Ibanez or Cort (and a budget of about R3500-R4000), which would be the better option? I like my single coil pickups, but I would like a guitar that has a humbucker on the bridge position. My style of playing is generally a blues-rock type mashup.
The MAIN problem I have with the bullet strat is that it doesn't stay in tune. I have my pickups set pretty low so as not to pull on the strings, I set my intonation correctly when I put new strings on, but the G string is always out around the third fret, but in around the seventh and higher. This is super annoying.
Anyway, I welcome suggestions! And if it's advisable to just save up for an even more expensive guitar then so be it, although I'd like to get a new guitar with next month's paycheck! ?