NEW or OLD .. the best guitars are the ones you want to keep and play and mod out , the ones you want to make your own!
Playing guitar is all about being inspired and never giving up on that search for the tone and feel you desire.
If you look at some of the legendary guitars and the people who've played them, they all seem to own guitars that have a cool story...
and 9 times out of ten those guitars get customized to suit the desires of that players ear... then they become priceless!
I have had lower end guitars that I wish I had never sold because there was something I missed about it...
and then I've owned some very expensive guitars that either began to collect dust or I'd sell them just to end up with something different.
Of course I wouldn't mind hearing some of those guitars OLD or NEW cutting through the rig I have now!
Happy Hunting!