Quote Originally Posted by Fantantiddlyspan View Post
Gibson famously have a messed up price/quality ratio, to the extent where a lot of people believe they're better off going with the better Epiphone instruments as at least they have more consistent quality and are cheaper/easier to replace. Plus a lot of Gibsons have bad stock pickups.I really don't like the idea of buying a guitar just to upgrade it - if I was doing that, I'd get a Squier or Epiphone, but even then there's some I wouldn't touch.
I thought Gibson's pickups were the one thing gets by little criticism. Even if you don't like a particular style, it is only a matter of taste rather than quality I think.