The past month or so, I've attended various guitar shops all over tokyo and I've played Gibson Les Pauls and Edwards Les Pauls. I noticed that there's something extremely "lacking" about the Gibson's. What is it? I don't feel like I'm playing a platinum-quality guitar like I'm supposed to, unlike the Edwards ones that are just fantastically amazing.
It's not bad, but I won't pay more than a thousand dollars for them.
Are Gibson's declining in quality?
I appreciate your post since you are in Tokyo and able to really try a bunch of examples to help confirm where the state of Japanese vs. Gibson / other guitars are right now. Did you try any Tokais? Are they still holding up in quality as well and how did they compare to the Edwards?