Originally Posted by PedallingATX

i'll throw some ideas out there and you can decide:

-yamaguchi (custom, amazing, pretty, and street cred)
-Panasonic (semi-custom, P.M. Deathhare, good if you want that NJS street cred)
-Old italian track frame (make sure it's not dented/cracked and that it fits)
-waterford (light, stiff steel)
-Bob Jackson (cheapest of these options, but still a great framebuilder)
-Sanner (custom lugged steel but a little meh compared to the rest)
-Broakland (Dope ass SF style...)
-Vanilla (nice, but a little gaudy and over-hyped)

OKAY, now it's time for you to do the research. You really can't go wrong with ANY of these. If $1500 is your total budget, I would go w/ a Bob Jackson and then put some nice parts on it. If $1500 is for frame only, you can pretty much afford any of these except maybe the broakland, vanilla, and waterford.