what do you think about this?

For 30-40% of the price, do you guys think they're worth considering. I don't give a crap what the headstock says so long as it plays nice. I'm not a performer so looks/finish doesn't matter either.

In the summer of 2006 it was a real PLAGUE.
I believe I know correct sellers. I live in Europe, and Gibson and Fender are a lot more expensive here.
I bought a "Chinese Gibson" aware that it was a Chinese. Price = 10$ + transport 200$. I had that guitar for only 3 weeks because a former patient who visited me WANTED that guitar. He had only a low budget but he insisted so hard even after telling him 50 times that it was a Chinese. HE WANTED THAT GUITAR, and WHY? Because there was written GIBSON on the headstock.
He is still happy, he had a pair of EMG'S and replaced the originals. I didn't recognize that THIS WAS THAT CHINESE GIBSON I HAD BOUGHT. She played real great.
Are there today still "Chinese Guitars on the web, like on www.ebay.com?
In Europe: the only MAJOR BRAND is DUESENBERG made in Germany.
That guitar is relative unknown in the USA because Duesenberg USA started only in 2004.
This brand is the only brand that is more expensive in the USA than Europe and I think that this brand will be soon "the surprise of the year." It has it all, ART - DECO looks, versatility and a superb tone.

Like many Japanese manufacturers, most of those Chinese LPs are made with basswood which is a lighter wood and does not sustain like a classic mahogany.  Purists dismiss the sound as inferior.

BOOTLEGER WHERE ARE YOU?
He is "the man" who is very very good in all what a guitar should be.
Probably there are still other "chordians", able to make an identical copy of a guitar, but that guitar can sound different because of the woods they use
Mahogany from 1970 will probably sound different than mahogany from 2005. But let's talk about the guitarparts.
The wood, if you are equipped you can cut the top out of a piece of wood. What else do you need?
The neck, really good frets, the right distance, tuners on the headstock which leaves us with the pick-ups, and of course the winding. If you have the skill to analyze a fender single coil, you can make one. These guys have a kind of instrument to check the output.
I really am afraid that due to these Chinese guitars you can buy a Squier, you change the headstock or neck and you use a real Fender neck, or just the headstock, let's say, a beautiful blue squier stratocaster, you change the neck (a lot of neck, headstock WITH Fender Stratocaster USA on it) on ebay. You buy tuners, and once this is done you have a blue real stratocaster BUT STILL A SQUIER for 300$.
I found this "new scamming" somewhere on the net, but I don't know where, and if you sell it the question is HOW MANY PEOPLE will analyze there "great almighty Fender?"Not many buyers.
I HATE SCAM.
Sometimes you can't see the difference between fake and real. I've got a ROLEX from TURKEY, it was a heavy watch. Those scammers buy a real Rolex, they analyze it and in very low cost countries like China they make the inner side of that watch almost identical.
Chinese workers are very hard working people and  smart too. My brother in law's family have a factory in China with 5000 people working for them. They make silk plats, flowers and Christmas trees. They live in a village constructed for them, they all get a bike and every month they get kilograms of rice + an additional $ every day. They are happy, and they earn more than most of other Chinese workers.