Well, here she is;

I went for a fender 60th anniversary strat cause of the whole limited edition thing, so hopefully it'll be worth more and rarer in a while.
Plays-like-a-dream :grinthumb Only annoyance (just a small one) is some buzz on the third string but apart from that the whole tone is just what I wanted, which is lucky, cause I found it on eBay for about €850. The asking price in Dublin for one of these is €1500!!! But customs screwed me around a bit so I ended up paying just over a grand for it, but I'm far from complaining
Here's the headstock

Now all I have to do is get a good amp...
Apologies for the sidewaysness

My friend has two Les Pauls and he just sold his Joe Satriani Chrome Dipped guitar. He's also an amazing guitar player...

He'd want to be, to justify owning two les pauls! Get some pictures of them, that'd be cool, if a little sickening
Maybe when I become the president of the world, maybe then I could afford two les pauls...

have you picked out an amp yet?

Boy, never thought I'd see this kind of debate here.. hehe.

Well, as Im a long-time bassist, I lean way towards Fender as far a basses go. Gibson basses are just..bleh.

I have a 1980 Fender Precision, and 1975 Fender Jazz... both very customized (full active on the jazz, brass-nut, custom bridge, and various other tweaks across both).

As far as electric guitars go.. I cant believe any *good* guitarist would be picking between the two since you truly need both for versatility.

Fender strats/tele's have that clean, thinner tinge with a lot of good feeling overtones, but do need a lot of work to be perfect... talking USA Fenders of course as the Japanese and Mexican models of years past were really a joke IMO.

Gibsons have that incredible sustain, warmth, depth and dynamics of tone along with great playability out of the case/stock.

I've never known a pro/studio guitarist that didn't have at least one of each and used which was best suited to the tone/sound they were looking for. Quite frankly, I don't believe you can compare them as same-same due to the mass variety of tone/overtone and feel of both.

I guess if you HAD to choose one, the choice would really be determined by what music styles/tone you were looking for...

I was going to go with something expensive but then I'm saving up to get a ps3 when they come out , so I think I'll go with a vox AD15VT and this ****-kicking pedal here
What do you think? I won't need any more power than that yet but if you think it's not good enough for the strat say so and I'll get something better.

Sharkfood, the only thing I mean by the poll is who actually makes better guitars, but at the time of this thread's creation I was unaware of the price difference between the two It's a big factor I suppose and I hope Gibson make better guitars 'cause they cost a hell of a lot more.

Putting the boot in! Well let's say I'm not rich like you, and I have a grand five hundred in my pocket, and I want to get a guitar. I'd get a deluxe American strat, but maybe you'd get a gibson sg. Why? Cause you'd think it's
better, for one reason or another, and then you'd vote gibson on the poll. That's all I meant by the poll. Funny too that you have two fenders (very nice btw) and you prefer Gibson! Personally I think Gibsons are very overpriced and don't have as much versatility as a deluxe hss strat let's say.
But it's split down the middle if you look at famous guitarists, and I never saw
Hendrix whipping out a lp mid-gig, so was he not a good guitarist?

having used both digitech and dunlop pedals for both guitar and basses, i can say that digitech has NOTHING on the original cry baby. i'd get that before anything else!

vox does make solid guitar amps. just make sure that you're getting an all-tube model. for playing in a group (which everyone should to improve thier skills) you'll need a 60 watt minimum all-tube amp or a 120 watt minimum solid-state.

if you can't afford any of the all-tube models remember that a tube power amp will produce at least twice as much power than a solid-state amp of the same wattage.

Yup I just ordered that vox ad15vt, should be here on the 18th. Seeing as I'm not in a band at the moment I decided I'd just get that to muck around with for a while. When I eventually need something louder, I'll go with a hot rod deluxe.
I was also thinking of picking up a bass guitar and learning it too, is it much different from playing guitar?

i play bass, but i didn't play guitar first. most guitar players find basses difficult to play at first because of the much wider spacing of the frets. bass is best enjoyed with a powerful amp

I might give it a shot. Know any good starter bass guitars?

i like fender but i think gibson has more to choose from. i would like to buy a new fender but cant afford it, so i have to make do with a yamaha pacifica.not a bad guitar but its unamplified sound isn.t anywhere near as good as fender or les paul.

good basses? yamaha makes some cheap but good beginner models. but i'd go to a local shop and see if you can get something good used.

I ended up going with a vox ad15vt, cause it's quiet enough and I'd heard good things. I love it. Tomrca, I've heard good things about those yamaha's too, for the price, and why would you play it un-amped? Annoy some people!
Zephead, if I get one, I'd be getting it online. You wouldn't believe how much I'd get ripped off here. Lakland eh? I'll look into it. Thanks.

They both have different sounds tbh but I personally prefer Gibson sounds much crisper to me.

As a part time working bass player, The Gibson is a great overall rock-n-roll axe. When playing classic rock covers, it can immitate alot of great bands sounds with only one guitar player. The Strat, how ever, has an unmistakable blues sound, even if heavily effected. SRV, Blackmore,Clapton and the likes have a signature tone that is all Fender
I prefer the Fender P-Bass special deluxe, but I am a bass player.

www.rockwithteaser.com checkit out

i made a mistake, which i corrected by editing my post. i meant yamaha but ended up writing lakland because i guess i was thinking about them at the time.

lakland specializes in high end custom built basses for famous musicians. thier cheapest one starts at $3500 (USD). i apologize for the mixup.

back to the point, many a bass player started out on yamaha bass guitars. they do not have killer tone or very impressive looks, but thier general playability and low price makes them a good choice for a beginning player.