Well i mean $h!t son, i had a 300 buck squier strat package, i wanted a better guitar so i upgraded mine with a seymour duncan hotrail pickup, then i wanted a better amp so i bought a used peavey 112 from my friend, then i wanted a better guitar so i bought a jackson dxmg, then i wanted a still better amp so i bought a crate...and the bad news is that i was probably perfectly fine with the squier pak, but if you want better stuff 99% of the time you have to pay for it.