The reason its always Fender vs Gibson is because they're histroically the big two when it comes to guitars. For as long as electrics guitars have been around... since the early 50's... everyone has to make this choice. You were one or the other... Now there are many other manufacturers out there to choose from. With the explosion of metal in the 80's Gibson and Fender found themselves out of their niche... Gibsons... more specifically Les Pauls, are historically known as better rock guitars... and Fenders... specifically Stratocasters, are known to be blues guitars with the versatility to play any type of music. I have been raised into Fenders... and its all I know. But Niether is neccessarily better than the other... I like Fenders AND Gibsons because both guitars carry so much history. Where as PRS, Ibanez, ESP, Jackson, and so on don't carry the weight that the big two carry. I would die for any one of my Stratocasters... so I guess you could say I'm a Fender man.