Originally Posted by: SPLBoth brands have a tremendous amount of crappy, overpriced guitars; yet, they do also have some very good, also overpriced ones. It all depends on what model you get.

I have owned both, but I will never buy a Jackson or Ibanez guitar again. Both of these brands have survived so far solely based on the name recognition they built years ago.

What brand I would suggest you wonder?

Carvin.