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RazrAsh said:
for chinese/ korean/ indonesian products, you just have to see what's on offer. eg: Chinese Ibanez Artcore Customs- extremely fine crafstmanship.
MIJ, MIK, MIC etc. guitars
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for chinese/ korean/ indonesian products, you just have to see what's on offer. eg: Chinese Ibanez Artcore Customs- extremely fine crafstmanship.
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RazrAsh said:
the regular Artcore models are above-average but there still hits/ misses.
i'm refering to the Artcore Custom models, namely:
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Top (AF105): $1,350 (List)
Bottom (AF105F): $1,450 (List)
Bottom (AF105F): $1,450 (List)
detroit_red
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I just hope i don't get a guitar with crappy frets that cause buzzing and other shit ... I already had too much of that in 1 lifetime!!
detroit_red
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Good quality guitar = how much money?
theblueark
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Good quality guitar != where it was made.
Good quality guitar != how much it costs.
Good quality guitar = who made it.
Good quality guitar != how much it costs.
Good quality guitar = who made it.
detroit_red
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I assume that i have to splurge at least over a thousand bucks to get a decent guitar with no problems...
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detroit_red said:
not truE! even an expensive guitar may have "problems". in fact, nearly every guitar does. u can get a 5k guitar and it might not have a nice pop tone? u never know.
but basically if u pay more than $1k, it should be a good guitar with no faults and a good tone. if u want an outstanding tone, $2k+ for something like a StringRay5 or $5k+ for a PWNAGE lakland.
just a little question, does the origin affect in the long term?
i haven't had much experience with guitars, but most other MIC products I know of appear hot on first sight, but once you bring it home and give it a few months, or years for some, it will show that it is afterall not made to last.
if that is so, will it be reliable to go slightly-blindly for MIJ/MIK/MIM products and pay a few hundred bucks for qualities you can't tell just by trying it out in the shops instead of risking it by buying only by intuition?
i haven't had much experience with guitars, but most other MIC products I know of appear hot on first sight, but once you bring it home and give it a few months, or years for some, it will show that it is afterall not made to last.
if that is so, will it be reliable to go slightly-blindly for MIJ/MIK/MIM products and pay a few hundred bucks for qualities you can't tell just by trying it out in the shops instead of risking it by buying only by intuition?
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crozzfire said:
MIM?? Made in Malaysia??
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gjkung said:
in the 80s/ early 90s, buying korean/ chinese products are acts of desperation to say the least, as these wares tend to manifest durability issues as time goes by. the situation is different today as many subsidiary products of the major brand names revise their production philosophies to give players more (quality) for less (money).
the chief of this resurgence in QC is Squier. to date, Fender master builders are actively involved in the revamp of the Squier range, as evident in the master series offerings.