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Old 06-12-2011, 08:48 PM   #14 (permalink)
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To be honest this whole argument is mute. With enough modding any guitar can sound like any other guitar. Also how one is better than the other I dont know, they are typically used for different purposes.
It would still be nice to buy a guitar off the rack and not have to mod it, or worry about dull pick ups or fret buzz etc etc.

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Not every time but Fenders have been long used for cleaner sounding music while gibsons (at least as of last) are more used in distorted music.
That was a rule of thumb that carried over from the 60s when they needed the humbucker to overdrive tube (valve) amps. I don't know how much it really matter nowadays when using distortion pedal, but imo humbuckers still do a better job for a tighter distortion, but not every humbucker have the same treble response and the ones on certain mid range guitars are dull when playing clean.
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