I still have that Epiphone Sheraton II and it still plays great. I didn't have the internet at home at that point, so the only thing that I knew about either guitar really was that they were Epiphone's discount version of the Gibson es-335. When he wanted it back, I took my savings to guitar center and bought an Epiphone Sheraton II. My first ever electric guitar was my Dad's Epiphone dot that I borrowed for over a year in high school. Bizarrely though, for the past ten years at least, I have also been completely opposed to the idea. Nords are expensive but have high quality sounds, Martin acoustics do have an undeniable sonic quality that cheaper imitations often fall short of. There are some expensive pieces of gear that genuinely give you more for your money. I have used my own experiences with wanting a Gibson es-335 here, but you could easily substitute many other things. In particular, relatively expensive pieces of gear that have abundant cheaper alternatives. In this thread I hope to explore the psychology at work when we lust for certain pieces of gear.
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