So your personal enjoyment begins by starting to play guitar on a branded guitar which you don't know you're gonna like or not after you get better. Why the need to bash? Because you just began playing the guitar, hence you don't know what's good or not for you yet. You believe that it's a Gibson. Therefore it's decent. And here I am in a position, more experienced than you, saying that you made a wrong step to start off your experience.. Therefore I bash not just you, your guitar as well. LOL. There's nothing wrong with what you think makes you happy, but there's nothing wrong with me telling that it's wrong to get something "good" just because of the brand to start something. Buy another guitar if you bought a cheaper guitar? Even better! More guitars! Heck, you could even spend the money to change the pickups, electronics, tuners, bridge and etc to make your guitar outperform more popular-branded guitars!
It's similar to this forum. You buy, let's say a K701 for instance when you just began your audiophile journey. You don't have a clue on what other headphones sound until you go to a meet. At that point in time, you'd learn about the varieties and there's a possibility of regretting your "investment" in the K701. Indeed you could sell off your K701 and buy the headphone of your liking next or you could upgrade yourself and get the K1000. How long will it take to reach that new goal? Since you've basically wasted your time on something midrange? If you're loaded then by all means, it'll be easier, if that's what you're implying, you have the money to change your mind as and when. Hell you could even not like the hobby at all and just discard it.
Now back to topic. Ah yes. Gibson SG Special. The low-end of the Gibson family. A budget Gibson which is as good as let's see.. 3-pickup, SG shape, ah yes, an Epiphone G400 Custom. Price difference: AUD$1~1.4k in terms of street. Quality. On par. Sorry, you've just wasted AUD$1k at least, sad to say, just on the brand name.
Why the urge to bash? Experience. That is all. Buying Bose, being pleased with it, being bashed because of it, listening to better products, regret buying Bose. Similar cycle, which could've been skipped if you didn't make the "I want a well-known brand product" choice. How you enjoy the sound is indeed individual taste, but the quality of the product producing the sound is comparable to something else with a lower price range. So to Bose owners, "HAHA, you just wasted your money on something that costs $300 but has similar quality to something in the $100", saying that is similar to me telling you as a Gibson SG SPECIAL owner, "HAHA, you just wasted your money on something which costs more than double than something with similar or better quality." Emphasis on the SPECIAL in the Gibson SG SPECIAL. Cheers.
You should learn to know what is good and what is bad first, price isn't relative to quality, and being branded doesn't mean its quality is tip top. Now, come back again after a couple of years, tell us again if your SG Special is still stock, or broken, or not even with you at all, or just kept as a memento of being your very first guitar. Then we'd share the laughs. But for now, I'll laugh at the guy who bought a Gibson because it's a Gibson.
tjkurita,
If you think the SG Special means business, I don't know what to think of your two other Gibsons. *facepalm*
intoflatlines,
Indeed. Screw the brand and the models. But of course, learn to know how to differentiate quality first, that's what I have to add to what you said.
NeonPirateKing,
Like what intoflatlines said, Telecaster or Stratocaster would do you good. But I'd say a Tele is more versatile than a Strat.
