Hey, I've purchased my first guitar about a year ago (Donner DMT-100) and honestly it's pretty solid. Gave it some tiny upgrades like some Jackson entry level pickups and it's serving me well.
However, I feel the need to add another guitar to my arsenal to use it for standard tuning and keep my donner for drop tuning and metal. So I've been looking for HSS or SSS guitars that I like and oh boi my country is charging twice the price for guitars.
I love the slightly aggressive strat model of Ibanez, but take a look at these prices (see pics) . I'm really at a loss. I had a budget in mind of up to 700 dollars, 800 if I really like the guitar but seeing how ridiculous these prices are, will 700 even get me a decent mid range ? Any advice is highly appreciated