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ive heard gibsons and i love them, ive heard fenders and i love them as well. ive been playing different guitars at the music shop and ive come to the conclusion that even expensive name brand guitars can sound like crap... maybye its old strings or not being set up right, or just my ears depending on the day.


with my limited budget i could only get one good guitar, and i would like it to be as versatile as possible, to play heavy metal to blues type music... and the catalogs have a wider selection than the stores and they hopefully wont have the dings like the music shop guitars.

im considering fender/gibson models because their standards, although i know their are other great guitars out there. i know all i can do is try them out but this feels more stressful than buying a car.

but is just the name brand safe enough to trust getting a good guitar out of a catalog if every piece of wood is different and craftmenship varies? maybye i can get the music shop to special order me a guitar at no charge to try it out.

sorry to keep on about this but its a difficult choice... anyways thanks for the replies its helped....
 
The bottom line - GO PLAY THEM - THEN DECIDE -

There are so many differences from the way they paly and sound. I have about 15 guitars of various types. I can tell you each one has advantages and disadvantages. The way they feel, play and sound are all a matter of subjective opinion. Each person will give you different viewpoint, but yours is the only one that matters, so go play them. It is the only way to tell.

Just make sure, when you compare them, do it with the same string type, same amp settings and so on. Also play them for at least 10 minutes each. I tell you that, because I hated my SG for the first 5 minutes but then it really grew on me. It is now my favorite one to play.
 
A good compromise might be a Tele with humbuckers. I love my LP but that thing is a heavy SOB. If you are going to be gigging for 3 hours you might get the Tele just to save you from the back/neck pain.
 
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