If you want to play rock, forget the Fender. It CAN do it, but it's not the best choice. Look at Epiphone Les Pauls, or my personal opinion is the Paul Reed Smith "SE" (the Student Edition are made in korea, still very high quality but a lot cheaper than the Maryland USA made line) line of guitars. You can get a SE Singlecut around $800, or an SE Custom. They are high quality instruments, don't let the made in korea sign put you off. If you have money to burn, the American PRS start at $2000 and go up. I own a USA Strat, USA Gibson LP Custom, an SE Singlecut PRS, and 2 american made PRS Custom 24's, so I'm not bias to one company. But PRS is by far a better instrument than either Gibson or Fender.
That being said, Fender and Gibson have their own UNIQUE sound that nothing else has, but for pure versatility and QUALITY, PRS is unbeatable.
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