I'm a fender & gibson guitar fan. I only use a 22 fret guitar. My preferred guitars are Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Gibson SG, Gibson Explorer, Les Paul & Ibanez Artist.

The major difference between Fender & Gibson is its pickup design. Where Fender Guitars mainly using 2 or 3 single coil pickups and Gibson Guitars mainly using 2 humbucker pickups. Fender guitars has a trademark sustain sound and it suits musician of all kind. For a heavier sound especially playing rock music, Gibson guitars is preferred. It has a fat bottom sound compared to Fender.

Another guitar to checkout is Ibanez Artist Prestige. It has the design almost identical to Gibson, which has 2 humbucker pickups and a sustain block bridge. But the best thing about this guitar is that it has a Tri-Sound pickup switching system & a solo switch. Some models also comes with a volume knob that can be pull/push for more sound variety.

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Added on April 13, 2009, 7:11 pmFENDER GUITAR MODELS

Fender Stratocaster:
* American Deluxe Stratocaster
* American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster
* American Standard Stratocaster
* American Vintage 57 Stratocaster
* American Vintage 62 Stratocaster
* American Vintage 70s Stratocaster
* Classic 50s Strat
* Classic 60s Strat
* Classic 70s Strat
* Acoustasonic Start
* Deluxe Fat Strat
* Deluxe Players Strat
* Deluxe Power Stratocaster
* Lone Star Stratocaster
* Roadhouse Stratocaster
* Highway One Stratocaster
* Road Worn 50s Stratocaster
* Road Worn 60s Stratocaster
* Aerodyne Classic Stratocaster
* Stratocaster XII 12-Strings
* Standard Roland Ready Stratocaster (upgrade)
* Standard Stratocaster
* VG Stratocaster
* Vintage Hot Rod 57 Stratocaster
* Vintage Hot Rod 62 Stratocaster

Fender Telecaster:
* American Deluxe Telecaster
* American Deluxe Ash Telecaster
* American Nashville B-Bender Telecaster
* American Standard Telecaster
* American Vintage 52 Telecaster
* American Vintage 62 Telecaster Custom
* 50s Telecaster
* 60s Telecaster
* 60s Custom Telecaster with Bigsby
* 69 Telecaster Thinline
* 72 Telecaster Custom
* 72 Telecaster Deluxe
* 72 Telecaster Thinline
* Blackout Telecaster
* Nashville Telecaster
* Nashville Power Telecaster
* Highway One Telecaster (upgrade)
* Highway One Texas Telecaster
* Road Worn 50s Telecaster
* Custom Telecaster
* Standard Telecaster
* Vintage Hot Rod 52 Telecaster

Fender Esquire:
* 50s Esquire Classic

Fender Jaguar:
* American Vintage 62 Jaguar
* Classic Player Jaguar Special
* Jaguar Baritone Special
* Jaguar HH

Fender Jazzmaster:
* American Vintage 62 Jazzmaster
* Elvis Costello Jazzmaster
* J Mascis Jazzmaster
* Classic Player Jazzmaster Special

Fender Mustang:
* 65 Mustang

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Added on April 13, 2009, 7:12 pmGIBSON GUITAR MODELS

Gibson Vintage Acoustic Archtop Models:
* Style O acoustic archtop
* L-Jr acoustic archtop
* L-1 acoustic archtop
* L-2 acoustic archtop
* L-3 acoustic archtop
* L-4 acoustic archtop
* L-4C acoustic archtop
* L-4CES electric archtop
* L-5, L-5P, L-5C acoustic archtop
* L-5CES electric archtop
* L-7, L-7C acoustic archtop
* L-10 acoustic archtop
* L-12, L-12P acoustic archtop
* L-30 acoustic archtop
* L-37 acoustic archtop
* L-47 acoustic archtop
* L-48 acoustic archtop
* L-50 acoustic archtop
* L-75 acoustic archtop
* Super 300, Super 300C acoustic archtop
* Super 400, Super 400P, Super 400C acoustic archtop
* Super 400CES electric archtop
* Johnny Smith archtop
* Citation acoustic archtop (1969-1975)
* Kalamazoo Award acoustic archtop (1978-1985)

Gibson Vintage Electric Archtop Model:
* ES-100 electric arch top
* ES-125 electric arch top
* ES-135 electric arch top
* ES-140 3/4 electric arch top
* ES-150 electric arch top
* ES-250 electric arch top
* ES-175 electric arch top
* ES-295 electric arch top
* ES-300 electric arch top
* ES-350 electric arch top (1947-1956)
* ES-5 electric arch top
* Tal Farlow electric arch top
* Barney Kessel Regular & Custom electric arch top
* Trini Lopez Custom (Deluxe) electric arch top

Gibson Vintage Electric Thinline Archtop Models:
* ES-120T electric thinline archtop
* ES-125T, ES-125TC, ES-125TCD electric thinline archtop
* ES-140 3/4T electric thinline archtop
* ES-225 electric thinline archtop
* ES-330 electric thinline archtop
* ES-335 electric thinline archtop
* ES-345 electric thinline archtop
* ES-355 electric thinline archtop
* ES-350T electric thinline archtop (1956 to present)
* Byrdland electric thinline archtop
* Trini Lopez Standard electric thinline archtop

Gibson Vintage Flat top Models:
* L-0 flat top
* L-00 flat top
* L-1 flat top
* L-2 flat top
* Nick Lucas flat top
* Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe (Hawaiian) flat top
* Roy Smeck Radio Grande (Hawaiian) flat top
* L-C, H-G Century flat tops
* HG-20, HG-22, HG-24 flat top
* Jumbo flat top
* Advanced Jumbo flat top (1936-1940)
* Jumbo 35 (J-35) flat top
* Jumbo 55 (J-55) flat top (1939-1943)
* Super Jumbo 100 (SJ-100) flat top (1939-1943)
* SJ-200 and J-200 flat top (1938-1969)
* Southern Jumbo flat top (1942-1962)
* SJN (Southern Jumbo Natural) flat top
* Country-Western flat top
* J-45 and J-45ADJ flat top (1942-1969)
* J-50 flat top (1947-1969)
* CF-100, CF-100e flat tops
* J-160e flat top (1954-1969)
* J-185 flat top
* Everly Brothers flat top
* LG-0, LG-1, LG-2, LG-3, B-25, B-25N flat tops
* Dove flat top
* Hummingbird flat top
* Les Paul Jumbo flat top
* Heritage flat top
* FJN (Folk Singer Jumbo)

Gibson Vintage Solidbody Models:
* Les Paul (standard) solid body electric
* Les Paul Custom solid body electric
* Les Paul Junior solid body electric
* Les Paul TV solid body electric
* Les Paul Special solid body electric
* Les Paul Deluxe solid body electric
* SG Standard solid body electric
* SG Custom solid body electric
* SG Special solid body electric
* SG Junior solid body electric
* Melody Maker solid body electric
* Firebird I, III, V, VII solid body electric
* Flying V solid body electric (1958-1963, 1981-1984)
* Explorer solid body electric (1958-1963, 1983)
* EDS-1275 Double neck 12 string solid body electric (1958-1962)
* EMS-1235 Double neck Mandolin solid body electric (1958-1962)
* EBSF-1250 Double neck Bass solid body electric (1962-1963)

Gibson Vintage Lapsteel Models:
* EH-150
* EH-100
* EH-125
* EH-185
* EH-275
* Roy Smeck Special
* BR-4
* BR-6
* BR-9
* UltraTone/BR-1
* SkyLark EH-500
* Century-6
* RoyalTone

This post has been edited by amranhashim: Apr 13 2009, 07:12 PM