true dat Rat520, They are hailed as high quality, time honored instruments. And yes i admit i did buy my fender for the name but it also has a sweet tone. I had been wanting one since i first started(i actually was set to buy one at my one year mark of playing but some shrewd fellow at guitar center talked me out of it i wish he didn't. Damn that fellow!!!!!!!!) because my idols hendrix, vaughan, and clapton used one, and i guess i wanted to be like em and played what they played. I guess Marshall goes along with it cause that's what the greats used also.