I love Gibsons, own the faded SG that I thought was a great bargain at ~$700 bucks. I dig the guitar, it's been an inspiration to keep me interested in practicing and playing but when I look around at guitars, it seems like you could get more for your money buying a different brand. I'd really love to own a SG standard, I'd also like to own an American made strat but they are both very expensive when compared to say a very nice ESP. I know alot of the decision depends on what you like to play, I'm open to just about any type of guitar music, from country to thrash but tend to stick with rock and blues. At my stage of ability it really doesn't matter what type of guitar I'm playing as long as it's decent quality, comfortable and fun to play. I have a $200 washburn accoustic that I absolutely LOVE! And really the quality seems pretty good, especially for the price I paid. I also had a $200 squire strat that was a hunk of crap. So I wonder just how much of the price is for quality and how much is for name.

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