No offense taken at all. Any really guitarist knows that Gibson's and Fenders are both excellent in different way. I own both i play both. I just happen to play one of my fenders a little more than my gibson 335. I cant imagine life without either of those guitars. Gibsons are built better and have great tone, but there are some times that you just need a fender sound. Fenders are also a bit harder to make sound good. any fool can pick up a gibson with perfect intonation and sound killer. Try that with an old strat and you sound like ****. Strat owners really need to know their guitar to optimize it. All strats play differently. Ok im rambling a bit now.... Im about to post some pictures of Ziggy.