I think I might prefer this to a Gibson but then I'm the sort of idiot who would happily pay to have it refinished in nitro, add Waverly tuners and Lindy Fralin pickups and rewire it and still convince myself it was an "affordable" guitar :)
The 'cheap' 335 I was looking at turned out to be a Studio, looks like I'm gonna have to shell out at least $4k for the one I want... I really need to move some guitars out before getting anything new in...
It's the Epiphone, an Edwards, Eastman or if I summon big buyer energy maybe a Navigator but I don't think I'd go for a Gibson myself (possibly an Orville) and Collings is too much buyer energy for the foreseeable future...
I think I might prefer this to a Gibson but then I'm the sort of idiot who would happily pay to have it refinished in nitro, add Waverly tuners and Lindy Fralin pickups and rewire it and still convince myself it was an "affordable" guitar :)