Fully upgrading rig. Require suggestions
So basically I am upgrading my entire rig, my budget is 1,50,000 INR which is roughly 1640 USD. (1 USD=90 INR approx) I am running a band and I plan on doing small gigs in the near future (mostly studio though) and I am the lead composer, so I will spend most of the time at home. I need help with cost effective solutions to my needs and this is a long read so I appreciate your patience.
Following is a list of my needs: 7-string guitar (like the Jackson JS-22 7 dinky), guitar with single coils and trem (like a squier sonic strat) and a 5-string bass guitar which is good enough to get things done. Both of the guitars will be modded, I'll change pickups, tuners, bridges if needed but I won't be spending so much on the bass, just a setup.
In total I am splitting my budget to 50-60k INR for the guitars, bass and the mods. The jackson costs 20k INR, the squier sonic costs 15k, and modding both takes roughly 10-15k INR from what I've calculated. The rest is for the bass (can be stretched)
Next, I'll need a guitar amp (like the boss katana 50/100 gen 3) which is good enough for home and for gigging, same with a bass amp(like the nux mighty bass 50bt or a fender rumble 40). The katana 50 costs 33k inr and the 100 costs 45k inr. The nux mighty bass or the rumble 40 cost approx 25k inr. So that's approx 60-70k inr for the amps.
Next up, a guitar processor (Like the nux mg30 or the valeton gp200). The nux costs 20k inr and the valeton costs 37k inr. If i get the nux, i will get a cheap audio interface like the behringer uphorias, which go for 5k-7k inr roughly.
So after all this, using whatever is left, i will need a cheap sm57 mic (2k inr) and some studio headphones (5-6k inr) and other accessories like guitar stands (1k inr) and cover bags/boss bluetooth module/ ga fc footswitch etc.
Now, sorry for the extremely long read, but I need your advice and suggestions in distributing the budget and finding the best solutions for my scenario.
Thank you
Posted Mar 6, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC