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How long a period of time depends on whose word you choose to take. \n\nROOTS\n\nSome trace punk’s roots back to the 1960s, citing experimental outfits like The "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/7321690329996305105"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/7321690329996305105"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/planetbotch.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/uk-punk-guitar-style-defined.html","title":"UK Punk Guitar: A Style Defined"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjQ4xMpZw3BZlXCKMEz7f6eArVLMiFlezZgWvSD6M3GbccOTdyke_D4PXVqofKjyGk8NDWox07eIM5tUCIUaMZzgtNP2uKIFxpTHqOUMtQoGYrapfYprISJHZTbq6RcqJSzzJXuhwoXlsw\/s72-c\/Punk+Guitar.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485063470815328574.post-5089960523759381815"},"published":{"$t":"2015-03-09T21:29:00.003+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-20T17:32:22.594+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fender"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gibson"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"guitars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marlin"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Squier"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tokai"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What's The Difference Between a Cheap Guitar and an Expensive Guitar?"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"It’s a really good question. Why does a budget guitar cost so little, whilst a range-topper, which may well ostensibly look the same, cost so much? Just how different are the two extremes, and is it worth paying, say, ten times the price of a budget guitar, for a high-end piece?\n\n\nA Fender AVRI ’57 Reissue Stratocaster. 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I daren’t even calculate what I’ve spent over the years on these small but often very expensive items of hardware. 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