Well I own a Jackson Performer which is pretty low end, but I've changed the pickups and I think its a kick ass guitar, It could easily be mistaken for a £600 guitar. (I haggled down to £300 when I bought it)

I much rather prefer Jackson to Ibanez, In my opinion Ibanez are way too over rated. Generally if someone I know decides they want to start playing the guitar they say to me "Hey Jamie, i'm gonna get this Ibanez RG series guitar". So I ask them what it is about the guitar that makes them want to buy it and they say "I dunno, it's Ibanez". I think Ibanez are like the designer clothes of the guitar world :)

That said I only own 1 guitar and have only played a handful, but for £300 I think my Jackson plays better than any £300 Ibanez would.

- J