I hate string thru bodies, I’m to the point where I won’t even buy a bass or guitar with that feature.
the whole sustain quest is quite silly, am I going to play a single note and let it ring out until the audience gets bored and leaves?
aren’t Les Paul’s famous for their sustain? They don’t have a string thru body...
I had one of the Phantomatic Epiphones, and it was very nice, but it wasn't as nice as a Wilshire, there are some reissue Wilshires that are on my radar, but I'm trying to limit my treble guitars to SG's and Flying V's.
I prefer Gibson to Epiphone in most things, but Epiphones punch way above their weight class for the price.
PRS are really nice with the SE model in a similar class to Epiphone.
I have an S2 PRS languishing in my closet, if you want it let me know, it's going to be WAY cheaper than 1500