Quote Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain View Post
Both the copy cats (Yamaha Revstar and Hagstrom Custom deluxe) I played were far superior in look, feel, playability and sound, add in a better price point and it was a no brainer
A few years back there was a big difference between Gibson and it's Epiphone replica but by the sounds of things that has sadly deteriorated in recent times and making it extremely difficult to justify their ridiculously high price point.

Have to agree that what we once sneered at could now be a better proposition, as it is probably only snob value that keeps driving new sales for them.