wala nga si malmsteen, or ritchie blackmore. outrageous... tsk, tsk, but sambora's on the list, the wrong ritchie. plus, john mayer is a new kid on the block. hmmm... nothing against him, i dig his stuff totally, BUT, the omission of the two above mentioned is dreadful in light of this...
MIJ strat can be the toyota of guitars. but if its a Japan Custom Shop or Signature, then it must be a Lexus.
MIM can be the Volkswagen (Brazil make) of guitars
MIK can be the Daewoo of guitars, for Squires
US Custom Shop and Standard stuff, we're looking at General Motors (didn't GM acquire Daimler-Benz, Lamborghini and Rolls Royce/Bentley? Please correct me on this)high end stuff and regular.
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