Gibsons are great guitars too I guess... To each his own... but no one should have to pay 3 thousand dollars for a F'n Gibson Les Paul... Buy a Paul Reed Smith. Better sound, better workmanship... better looking... Gibsons are overpriced, overrated, and by-and-large.... poorly made. I think you'll find that the stock of Gibson will be steeply declining in the next 5 years... mostly because PRS won the lawsuit to produce its own Single cut design guitars... which are muuuuuuuuuuuch better looking IMO.
So... I guess a better question would be PRS or Fender??
I would say PRS... but there is no better value out there than a Fender Stratocaster... Great guitars for all genres... versatile as all get out... highly customizable... and super playable... and for a quarter of what you would pay for a dual humbucker three way switch LP...