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Guitar lovers, what are your favorite European brands? (i.postimg.cc)

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[-] john_lemmy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

What EU brand would I be looking for if I wanted to buy a decent beginner friendly hollowbody?

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Honestly I can warmly recommend the Thomann house brand, Harley Benton. The dirt cheap, entry level ones are on par with beginner models from known bands, and if you splurge a little more and get one of their nice ones, you'll have a really fine instrument for the price of the beginner model in the known brands.

They're German and the reason it's so cheap is they have 0 layers in the pipeline, they "manufacture" and sell directly. Most of their own brands punch well above their weight, but you should still look at the reviews etc for your specific item of choice.

[-] NotLemming@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

I can recommend this store/brand too. I've had a few instruments and other stuff shipped to england over the years and I've always had a great experience (and great prices).

[-] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

EU brand, manufactured in Asia though.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah for sure, and some of it is just curated OEM stuff they slap their logo on, but still the point stands. If you want manufactured in EU prices aren't gonna be the same.

[-] leun089@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Thomann's house brand Harley Benton has some good guitars. Not sure about hollowbody guitars, but I have a semihollow guitar from HB that I play quite a lot and has good build quality.