Br1ck
Senior Member
When you've become confused, you can't keep stats in your head and you want to explode, revert to the method that was pretty foolproof from 1860 to around the mid 1990s. Play guitar, like guitar, buy guitar. It's as simple as that. If it feels right and sounds right, it is right. Don't buy a guitar because you think you should like it, and don't pass on one because you think you shouldn't.
As an example, take a 65 Epiphone Texan. Most will think it's an import and you won't get much envy. And you have read about the horrible tone sucking plywood bridge plate, and that everyone who is in the know yanks the adjustable bridge out. They majorly suck tone. And the 1 5/8 nut makes the neck unplayable, plus the burst, well, close your eyes. Then there is Gibson's QC. TRUE, TRUE, TRUE.
But it took me five minutes to be hopelessly smitten. So we are back to play, like, and buy. I've spent a lifetime liking guitars rejected by a majority.
As an example, take a 65 Epiphone Texan. Most will think it's an import and you won't get much envy. And you have read about the horrible tone sucking plywood bridge plate, and that everyone who is in the know yanks the adjustable bridge out. They majorly suck tone. And the 1 5/8 nut makes the neck unplayable, plus the burst, well, close your eyes. Then there is Gibson's QC. TRUE, TRUE, TRUE.
But it took me five minutes to be hopelessly smitten. So we are back to play, like, and buy. I've spent a lifetime liking guitars rejected by a majority.