Gretsch, Strat or Chinese?

[NigeG]

My Grandson has an "inspired by Gibson" LP Standard and it is very good. It does feel rather as it has been dipped in plastic rather than the nitro of a real thing and the hardware, plastics etc is rather Chinese but great VFM.

Here they are together.

This is what I tried. ‘59 Les Paul Standard. Spec and playability was amazing for the money. Unfortunately SWMBO reiterated 1 in, 1 out. So I passed.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/e...ged-dark-burst




I agree that the finish is not quite authentic nitro though. My only LP is a Special Tribute with P90’s - love it




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[tixntox]

Thanks for the replies thus far. great info. It seems that the Chinese are getting better and better at copying things and that the quality control is also improving. They still make a lot of tat for nowt money (in general terms - not guitars!) but once you go into three figures and above, everything seems to sharpen up a bit. I get the impression that a bit of "modding" and "upgrading" will go a long way as they are now making a lot of gear for the major (branded) manufacturers.