I own a Fender Strat and a Gibson SG and I enjoy the company that both provide. However, I do tend to play my Strat more and do react in a biased manner towards it, but that is partially a senority-based view since I've had my Strat for a longer period of time and hold more memories with it. On the other hand, I bought it used, not that that's bad, but I worked my ass off and saved my money up for my SG and bought it brand new so that I could imbed my own personality unto it. It took me a long time to get it and I got it because it was the one I wanted and that alone earns a notable place in my history book since it's actually the first brand new instrument in my collection... well, that I paid for anyway. So both have earned a great deal of respect to me and since I grew up with both Fenders and Gibsons, I don't think I could choose one over the other... maybe. Besides, why compare Fender and Gibson? They're completely different. Why not Gibson and ESP? In that case, Gibson over ESP.