I regret not buying up several Gibson guitars when thought they were overpriced..the 2000 era faded models were a bargain.. as you stated they have all gone crazy high now. The Chinese make some very affordable and dare say "guitars on par with American classics." Of course, that is the nature of most things with Chinese where they copy with improvements. Ball end stainless steel frets are nice.In a related topic, have you seen those chinese copy guitars? I bought a real gibson les paul in the early 90s when they were cheap, kept it about 20 years. A few years ago my friend was looking on DH gate. They had the identical one, the two pickup black les paul custom with gold hardware, for about $275 with shipping. He ordered it, came in about 3 weeks. I swear it was really hard to tell it wasnt the real thing unless you got into the cavities under the covers. It said made in usa, and if you looked up the serial numbers in a registry they matched one of the real guitars. At that time the real one was $4500. Which is stupid.
A no name chinese set neck seymour duncan black-out electronics mod - guitar that plays extremely well. I’d say it plays as well as anything on the market and it cost around ~$125 plus more for the mods. The chinese StageRight amps for ~$200 sound fantastic after retubed too. Most ppl play via their computer now. To me just not the same. FireFly from guitar gardens sells some nice chinese guitars under $200. IYV has a really nice PRS copy they sell on Amazon for $150 when on sale….damn good guitar. I recently bought one - worth every penny wished had this one about 40-50 years ago. The amp too. I’ve got boxes of pedals - some of the new chinese are impressive. ?
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Edit almost forgot just turned Netflix on watched a movie called “Ballad of Buster Scruggs.“ Netflix has added a lot of content the new version of lost in space is interesting. The monthly price is lot higher then it use to be.
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