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Any one of the bigs except Gibson. The last Gibby I bought was a lp "supreme" and the headstock binding was crooked and had broken lines. They have a lot of nerve demanding that much money for pure garbage like that. I bet the cheapest Fender could whoop any non-custom shop Gibson's ass.

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PRS makes fine instruments, very fine. Their finish work is some of the best in the industry at all of their price points.

 

Fender does, too. At a given price point, you can pretty much expect a consistent product, and they turn out thousands. Remember, QC is about ensuring that you turn out a product exactly as intended, not necessarily about the most (fit and finish) bang for your buck.

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I grew up a Gibson guy and really loved LP's. My problem with them is that the USA models became too inconsistent during the last decade. I know you are paying for the name, but you can't slack off and expect to compete. I remember plenty of Gibson lovers on this forum who were slamming Henry and believed he was destroying the company and it's rep. I don't know if they are better now and I really don't care, too many other guys do it better. I really hate it, they made some really great stuff in the 1990's (best product since their hay day).

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This may be sacrilege, but I don't like most Taylor guitars I've played.

The necks don't feel right.

G&L is kinda small compared to PRS; Gibson; Fender & Martin.

Speaking of Martin, I was very excited to play an Eric Clapton Model and then very disappointed. I was underwhelmed.

There's a low priced Martin that doesn't have quality bracing that I think will fold over time. Ever since Martin came out with those multi grained necks and flat black budget line, I've looked at them as forgetting their standards.

I love Gibson BUT you need to try as many as you can to find the one.

I used to think Hamer was an incredibly fine guitar but I played a few dogs lately. Not trying to start a flame war with Hamer lovers. Okay, early Hamers were just flat out great. I think they set such a high standard that's difficult to maintain.

 

I think Rickenbacker has great Q/C but they're an old company that wants to be run like a small company.

McInturff; Melancon; Brian Moore (American, not the i series); Tom Anderson James Trussat; Don Grosh; McNaught; Driskill; Crook; James Tyler; Pensa; Collings; Nik Huber; Warrior.........are all relatively small but make top shelf instruments.

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