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Gibson Les Paul Standard for me. While Strats are sweet in their own right, I'll always go back to the set neck singlecut with dual humbuckers. It's the ideal guitar for me.

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Gibson Les Paul. But then again, I haven't tried that many.

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Originally Posted by gravitas

I was lucky enough to find my Strat used for 250 bucks (and buy it myself) which is around half price. Mexican, Blonde Neck... The pots just needed to be tightened, but that was about it. Damn guitar shop charged me an extra 10$ to whip out a screwdriver and have it done in a few minutes. But if you want a Les Paul, hoo-boy...

New, a Les Paul is anywhere between 3500-5000$. You might be able to get one used for a grand and a half, and that's if it's really crapped up.

Got mine for $600 from ebay (probably should add $75 for setup). It's in pretty good shape too. But I really like my son's Epi too.

I love the looks of the Les Paul style (not that the others aren't great looking as well).

Sorry for the double post folks, slow response today.