Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrsbtw, if you took a mahogany bodied epiphone, that had mahogany set neck with rosewood fretboard, and put in gibson pickups, it would sound pretty close to the same as a gibson.. not exaclty like it.. but it would be similar.

That's what I'm saying, you got it backwards. It's more like wood=%70 electronics=%30. You won't usually find a mahogany body with a mahogany set neck with a rosewood fingerboard of any brand for very cheap. Why? Mahogany is the ****.