I’m a fender guy first of all. I have waited for quite 30 years of playing to have a Les Paul , so no, I wanted a Gibson .Yep, it’s more important to me to actually get the tone I want rather than settling for something else. I love the Fractal gear more than pretty much any other gear product, but I love gear as a whole so I’m not going to stop buying other stuff just because I love Fractal gear.
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(Very much joking here, I’d snatch up an actual Gibson LP Custom any chance I got if I could get it for a reasonable price!)
These brands that nowadays « musicians » like to put down as much as they can, to be different that their daddy, still don’t get that a fender or a Gibson got this rock n roll tone . Nutella is Nutella .
I have played fender exclusively for 20 years. Now that I am getting older I have others brands, I’m less close minded that I used to . But every time I play a strat or .. well . Hard to beat . These guitar suck technically in a way, they buzz whatever you do etc, but that’s the sound of rock n roll .
My prs Mc carty at 5000 bucks was very well build (except the lacquer in the side of the fret board that make some bubbles ) but it was lifeless compared to these guitars. Sold ! There is way too much lacquer on it . when I tried my lp in the shop, the sound was so open . The clean tone was mad, I fall in love immediately, forgetting the price . I’m very happy about this guitar. I read shit everyday about Gibson … yeah ok sometimes the finish aren’t perfect… so try it in a shop and look what you buy, better than ordering it ….