I'm a beginner, and I bought a fairly cheap guitar. An Epiphone SG special. Now, I noticed the better models and how they differ. I've been drooling over a Gibson LP or SG Standard... and I was wondering what makes an expensive guitar expensive ?
Can you take a mid range guitar like a Epiphone G-400 and put on some Gibson pickups, and viola you have an almost identical sounding Gibson guitar that costs less ? Some of these guitars look almost identical except for the electronics/gear inside of it ? Both guitars are made of the same wood. I just don't understand the potential difference in quality and tone.
Thanks!
Ken :D