bigblackbear
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okay this question will probably be lame to some, but to others like me, it could be a stepping stone to a whole new insight on guitars.
what's the difference between a high-end guitar and a low-end guitar?
what exactly are you paying for?
WAIT, before you laugh, let me justify my curiosity
let's compare an epiphone les paul standard plus top
and a gibson les paul traditional
at face value, they look pretty much the same (minus the colour and headstock)
4 knobs, a 3 way pickup selector, pickguard, etc
the only difference i can see is probably the tuner
next, if we move on to the specs (as seen on the gibson and epiphone website respectively)
both guitars have a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard
both have a mahogany body
tune-o-matic bridge
they do however, have different pickups
the gibby uses a 57 classic and 57 classic plus
where as the epiphone is using alnico classic humbuckers.
yet if you were to compare prices, the gibson lespaul is about 3 times the price of the epiphone.
so what exactly is in the gibson(or any other high end guitars) that cause it to be that expensive?
is it the brand that you're paying for?
and ultimately, is what you pay really what you get?
please do share you views on this. thank you
what's the difference between a high-end guitar and a low-end guitar?
what exactly are you paying for?
WAIT, before you laugh, let me justify my curiosity
let's compare an epiphone les paul standard plus top

and a gibson les paul traditional
at face value, they look pretty much the same (minus the colour and headstock)
4 knobs, a 3 way pickup selector, pickguard, etc
the only difference i can see is probably the tuner
next, if we move on to the specs (as seen on the gibson and epiphone website respectively)
both guitars have a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard
both have a mahogany body
tune-o-matic bridge
they do however, have different pickups
the gibby uses a 57 classic and 57 classic plus
where as the epiphone is using alnico classic humbuckers.
yet if you were to compare prices, the gibson lespaul is about 3 times the price of the epiphone.
so what exactly is in the gibson(or any other high end guitars) that cause it to be that expensive?
is it the brand that you're paying for?
and ultimately, is what you pay really what you get?
please do share you views on this. thank you

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