In terms of sound is there any difference between the standard

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>buying a guitar in 2017

>>70927886

12 year old detected

>>70927886
^This. Guitars are so 1971.

>>70927845
Yes the Americans sound a bit better, but it can mostly be attributed to the cheaper pickups. If you buy a Mexican standard and put CS69s or any other Custom Shop pickups in it you'll probably have a better sound than an American standard and save a little bit of money.

>>70928105

OP here, do you think a 600$ standard strat would be a good upgrade to a 200$ epiphone sg?

>>70927886
As dumb as the "guitar is dead" reddit meme is, if it encourages fewer people to play guitar I'm all for it, it's way too popular

>>70928173
Not the guy.

Anything is an upgrade from an Epiphone, but yea, Mexi Strat is not a bad way to go. Ive got 2 they work great.

>>70928267
my epiphone lp is probably my favorite guitar.

>>70928173
Honestly save a bit more and buy a gibson sg. it's a guitar for life kinda thing.

>>70928563
Fuck off, do not buy a Gibson OP. That shit is literally expensive for no reason other than it sells better as it gets more expensive.

Buy an expensive asian knockoff like a Tokai and you'll get a better guitar for the money.

>>70928528
Hey man my Epiphone ES335 is probably my favourite guitar, but I still fucking hate it for having shit electrics and havinging the worlds shitest tuning stability. The electrics have crapped out like 4 times. nothing a bit of duct tape and glue won't un fuck.

>>70928563
Aaha and a Strat isn't?? that shit will do a fuck ton of stuff and last you just as long...and won't crack its headstock.

>>70928615
>>70928679
US SG is cheaper than a US Strat

>>70928818
I meant any strat US, MiM or MiJ, any will do more than an SG and sound better. Not saying it isn't a good guitar, but a strat is better.

>>70928863
>Blues lawyers

>>70928818
Yeah, and my opinion is that you shouldn't buy a US strat. The mexican ones do the job just fine.

>>70928679
>Gibson
>won't crack its headstock
nigga Gibson LPs are notorious for having ridicilously weak headstocks that snap off all the time

>>70928650
I don't know how old your axe is but the newer guitars are pretty good usually. I usually change the pickups and suddenly it's a 1500 guitar

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>>70928882
thats what I said...

>>70928991
Four or five years old maybe, just every Epiphone ive ever owned has had below average electircs. and ive had a Yamaha Pacifica for 10+ years and its still going fine.

>>70927845
YES THEY USE DIFFERENT WOOD WHICH AFFECTS THE SOUND

>>70928882
ffs meant for him >>70928951

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>>70927845
they have different pickups and the mexican body is usually cut for hsh setups whether you have humbuckers in there or not. that being said the mexicans are way better bang for the buck. i think the upgrade is only worth it if you're an actual musician and you dont give a fuck you're paying a lot more for something barely better. it's probably a bit of placebo aswell, i mean if you're a serious musician you'd probably just drop the money instead of always having the thought in the back of your mind that your sound could maybe be better and that maybe your ears weren't right the day you compared the two and didn't hear a difference. i mean still there is a difference but its super small and you could just get better pickups for the mexican too. even the american pickups are not the end all be all so you could probably get better tone out of the mexican if you put really good pickups in them.

pic rel is my beautiful strat

>>70928885
if you never plug it in then yeah.

>>70928528
i had one of those and they are completely shit

>>70929194
every guitar is shit. the more you pay the bigger the retard you are. 50 dollar guitars sound just fine

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>>70927886
>2017

>>70929247
> Stratocoustic 200$
Buy a guitar pussyhands

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>>70929247
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyv0GEG0HLw

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>>70929247
>>70929313
>its real