I've been playing for around 1 year and 7 months, and since my current guitar is a a shitty, ugly strat clone with one pickup I think I need to buy a new one,  and I'm undecided between two: A Cort X-6 and a Gio GRG-270.

Cort X-6
Pros:
- The widest and most comfortable frets I've ever seen

Cons:
- The body is routed in a way that is also very comfortable but it's not exactly like the normal ibanez rg bodies
- The headstock is not so pretty and it does not have a "Ibanez" printed on it

Gio GRG-270


Pros:
- It has "Ibanez" written under the Gio logo
- It has a normal RG body

Cons:
- Thin frets
- Ugly finish



So which one should I choose?? Do you think the benefits of looking almost like a RG outweights the fact of not having jumbo frets??

The criteria you are going on here=terrible, cheeto.

Id say the first one. Theres isnt much info to make a good decision, I mean, you have to take tone into consideration, price etc. In terms of looks, Id say get the X-6. But since the GRG is an Ibanez[although budget] I guess it would be a more trust-worthy guitar. Theres no doubt that ibanez is a good company. Although I have a question: What kind of tone are you looking for?

Yes Ibanez is a good company but Cort is a good company too. They even make some "middle-budget" guitars for Ibanez in a factory in Indonesia, like, I know a guy who has a RG350 and really likes it, and his RG was made by cort. And GRGs are probably made in China.
I'm looking for a guitar that sounds good without effects but also sounds good with a lot of distortion

I know this is a stupid undecision Couch but I can't do anything about it  Except making a topic here

well I cant help you out as I TOTALLY DISLIKE Ibanez.
But I'm going to point out that your pros and cons are pretty stupid because what matters is the sound, the tone and then if it's easy to travel through the fretboard
oh and flexibility in the tone range

I have a suggestion: http://www.rickenbacker.com/

expensive as fuck
although the 330 is one of my dream geetars

Pepoke: They both have basswood bodies, rosewood freboards and maple necks, and I guess their pickups and bridges are also identical in quality. The only difference is that the Cort's body has a different shape and it has wider frets.

Shepperd: Why do you hate ibanez?

Rockman: Hmmm maybe in a distant future!

expensive as fuck
although the 330 is one of my dream geetars

Well, you have to pay for quality.

I find them really ugly and without this "soulful" sound I feel with fenders

Fenders are all alike, and there are a thousand brands that sound, look and play exactly like them.
But I wish I  had one! A japanese fender I mean

there's a pretty huge difference tonality wise between a Jaguar and a Strat. or a Tele and Strat!

Maybe a jaguar sounds different, but I've played a telecaster and it sounded just like a strat.

BTW now I'm decided, I'll get the cort because I realized I don't need a guitar with "ibanez" written on it to give me any kind of imaginary status.

Locking tremeloes? Man, good luck with that. You're not going to be able to change tuning without a bloody team of engineers.

Maybe a jaguar sounds different, but I've played a telecaster and it sounded just like a strat.

BTW now I'm decided, I'll get the cort because I realized I don't need a guitar with "ibanez" written on it to give me any kind of imaginary status.

you must have been using a shitty amp because teles and strats sound nothing alike

Are you sure ryan, what is the theory behind that?

Are you sure ryan, what is the theory behind that?

Well I think it has something to do with them having different styles of pickups and being built very differently.   You can't base the sound of a guitar simply through one amp.  Sure, they have a similar sound, and they do sort of have the same body style and everything, but you can tell a difference between them on the higher range level at least. 

Are you sure ryan, what is the theory behind that?

different builds, different woods, different pickups. they're about as different as guitars can be!

for example:

telecasters have more of a bright sound, while strats have more of a fat "quack" sound with the middle pickup, and on the neck pickup more of a trebly sound