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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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