Fender and Gibson, the cost is it worth it...Discuss amongst the group.

[dshaw]

Having traveled the world and having more than a few custom shop guitars built for me by Fender, Gibson and Taylor, I can tell you the electric I take on stage is a custom luthier built tele. Everyone who picks it up wants to play it. It plays and sound fantastic. I always regret it when I pull out one of my others for the stage. That guitar is what made me decide to try my hand at building my own(along with the help of my luthier who takes care of guitars). There is no sense unless you are a collector to pay such crazy prices for guitars with out the true craftsmanship of a small talented luthier.
-Dan

[HoneyBadgerJM]

Having traveled the world and having more than a few custom shop guitars built for me by Fender, Gibson and Taylor, I can tell you the electric I take on stage is a custom luthier built tele. Everyone who picks it up wants to play it. It plays and sound fantastic. I always regret it when I pull out one of my others for the stage. That guitar is what made me decide to try my hand at building my own(along with the help of my luthier who takes care of guitars). There is no sense unless you are a collector to pay such crazy prices for guitars with out the true craftsmanship of a small talented luthier.
-Dan

Very true, my mine gripe is the custom shop Artist Models...It is a poorly kept secret that many Guitarist considered gods by the fans play "ghost" built models and not ones made by Gibson...Slash is a prime example his 'famous' 59 that was used on all his recordings is a Chris Dehring replica.