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Originally Posted by bostjan

Both companies have always offered classic models, like the 60's Les Paul Reissue, the '50's Telecaster Reissues, etc. The Gibson ES 175 has not changed specs in decades...The specifications do not change, but the price tags go hog wild and the quality suffers, and this is exactly why they should be trying to do new things. It'd keep their QC up to snuff, because if the newer models could keep up with the modern stuff.

I agree. The worse the quality gets, the higher the price. Gibson and Fender are at the bottom of the quality tree now.