Best used electric guitars for under £500...?

[Kiwi]

What do you think?  Harley Benton?  Tanglewood?  Ibanez?  There are always trade offs, I know Ibanez do a good job of the woodwork but compromise on the hardware and electronics.  But that does make them good for upgrades so long as a better trem can fit.  I have a soft spot for Yamaha as well and some of the older Mexi Fender Strats (from the early noughties) have surprised me with how good the necks are.

 

Any others?

[Crusoe]

You can get a pretty good Ibanez new for that sort of money, so you should be able to get one of their higher spec models for the same price, second hand. hard to go wrong with a Yamaha too.

[ezbass]

So many brands to choose from, pretty much everyone has a good showing in that price range (if you include Squier and Epiphone as Fender and Gibson). Often overlooked are Gretsch, who have a good range of instruments in this range. There are even some rather nice PRS SEs too, but they go over the £500 mark pretty quickly.