Different people prefer different things, it's stupid to rag on anyone's instrument choice.

Unless they play PRS. Nickelback and Creed use PRS and those to bands may be the worst things to ever happen to rock music.

_________________

LOL. Line of the Day!

I like to think of it sometimes as a Fender is a Viper and a Gibson a Maserati. The Gibson may be a little more expensive, no matter, no one wants to be in an acceleration contest with a Viper, no one. Enjoy your Fender guitar.

_________________
you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

FENDER ALL DAY LONG!!!!!!

_________________
I got a black cat bone, I got a mojo too.

Try them both. For me it is the sonic difference between the 2. Keep in mind, 2 different guitars of the same make and model will have completely different voices. That is part of the magic of guitars!! Then comes playability. I find the nut width of a Strat to feel closer. And the radius of the fret board to be rounder. The Gibsons are just the opposite. Gibsons have a flatter radius of the fret board.
But in the end, it is what you want to sound like and what you are comfortable playing. Both companies build some of the best guitars on the planet. Anyone who tells you otherwise, does not have a clue.