To answer the original question of what to buy with $1000, I almost bought a new Epiphone Ultra-III mainly for the cool factor. Has some nice features on it for a mere $749.

But after researching and lots of debating, I just bought myself (with my wife's permission) a Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded. It was $799 from Sweetwater.com, and I love it. I need to put new strings on it (the stock strings leave something to be desired), and I need to buy a hardshell case. I'll be just under $1000 after all that.

So far, I dig it a lot. I thought I'd enter the realm of Gibson after having a Fender bass for almost 8 years. So far, so good...

I just need to start collecting pedals...

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Edited 1 time by givetoandy Dec 21 11 2:01 PM.