whats the cheapest prs guitar?

[Whitestrat]

then add in some "how to hook hot chicks with hot cars"
softies = digressors

That's me!!!:mrgreen:

 

[Whitestrat]

alright, theres a reason why its "part of"


Okay, so you want a les paul, you go and buy a Epiphone Les Paul and its shit. now you cant blame GIBSON because it isnt a GIBSON guitar, theres no Gibson stamped on the headstock is there? you can say that its the lil brother company and all of that but in the end it is NOT a Gibson.

Its an Epiphone Les Paul.

If you own an Epiphone, im sure everyone here has at 1 point, If someone asks you what you played, would u say, "Oh, I play a Gibson Epiphone Les Paul"

thats just freakin dumb.

also please dont look to deep into the matter, its also for people who've asked me if its a REAL GIBSON for that price and why so cheap?

so there, End of discussion.
call it what it is-

PS: dont bring the allender SE in this, "KYM" brought it up not me.

No. Actually, you're right. My bad. Apologies...:mrgreen:

In Gibson's case, it's not the parent company. So, I guess you should be calling both Gibsons and Epiphones as Norlin Guitars? But in Fender's case, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation IS the parent company, so a Fender and a Squier are both Fender guitars.

The SE is a different thing, because there is no separate company set up to produce SE guitars, so it remains part of PRS...

But c'mon... why nit pick? If people want to call it what they will, then why not just let them?

 

[Whitestrat]

But for squire, they were formed mainly because Fender wanted a cheaper offering to everyone before the mexican plant came about. And it has stayed with them ever since, and true to its founding, it has stayed affordable to the those who cannot afford a mexican/american or even now japanese model.

As such it would be a market segment based on price. Not forcing it down anyone's throat but looking at it in a marketing perspective, by adding a squire name, fender is telling everyone that it is their cheaper offering and made in indonesia/china etc, but still backed by the mother company (whether or not this is a good move is really up to the QC offered by the offshore factories).

If I remember correctly, Squier wasn't formed... It was a company on it's own, until FMIC bought it over... I could be wrong though...

But yes, you're talking market segmentation. But that's not at a product level. It's more of a corporate level. They used the brand equity of Squier to address that market, but the MIA and MIMs were really product segmentations. As in, the base of an MIA is actually an MIM with upgrades... Or rather, the MIM is partly an MIA with downgrades. Whichever way you wish to see it, it's basically the same plant producing for 2 different target markets.

I think the Squier thing is a good idea. But I think they should CAN the MIM section, and keep the MIJs for that middle market...

 

[guitarsan]

But c'mon... why nit pick? If people want to call it what they will, then why not just let them?

I agree. Why get so touchy over something so...er...trivial? I want to call my Thai made NNG guitar "PRS IE* Custom 22". So there!



*Inspired Edition

 

[lightice]

If I remember correctly, Squier wasn't formed... It was a company on it's own, until FMIC bought it over... I could be wrong though...

I stand corrected, it was an acquisition in the 60s via a string company.

But gibson owns epiphone, no?

Well, I think George, Paul and John did think enough of Epiphone to use them quite a bit in ths 60s.

 

[AzNjT]

Haha!!

Ahh I was just havin some fun

anyways!! it was a good discussion!!

 

[kym]

aznjt, no offence to u k? chill, reconcile k?

do not sound so agitated k? of coz i know a little of my facts before posting, just wanna spite u and see how u respond in the name of fun. dun overeact too much k? haha.

 

[AzNjT]

aznjt, no offence to u k? chill, reconcile k?

do not sound so agitated k? of coz i know a little of my facts before posting, just wanna spite u and see how u respond in the name of fun. dun overeact too much k? haha.

lol!!you TOTALLY sound like one of the lecturers i know!!

yeah it was all in good fun

 

[shioks76]

unfortunately not much talk on the cheapest usa prs.

No love for the mira anyone?

 

[Punkd]

Thou i noe less about guitars, but i recently bought a Billy Martin Series PRS. The sound and tone came out great.
Worth the money.

 

[shibby]

I WAN A PRS TOO
I tried one PRS SE singlecut trem, and I fell in love with it.
Excellent guitar for recording and live playing.

 

[saintmortal]

PRS is always expensive. If you want cheap, you can get TGM

Similar, 3 letter abbreviation

nice joke bro hahah !

 

[AEnimic]

Guitars are guitars, you are only governed by how well it's advertised. All the better companies have slogans bragging about the quality of their products. It stretches to all brands and companies.

To me the thing is, if you hold a guitar and it feels right, and the amount that you pay is comparable to the quality you hear/feel from the guitar, THEN it's worth it.

There's no such thing as looking at guitar and judging it's worth from the price tag nor are bigger brands guilty for bragging their QC and workmanship and increasing their price cause of that. And popular brands will ALWAYS be priced according to it's popularity, workmanship quality and legacy of the brand by retailers, have you ever bought clothes? It cnt be possible that a certain branded piece of clothing that made out of 100% cotton is so much more different than a 100% cotton no-brand shirt, it's because of how it's tailored is what we're paying for.

If you ask me, all the big brands are overpriced in one way or another due to their legacy. Just legacy alone. Tell me you didn't buy an Ibanez/Fender/Gibson/PRS cause of the great artists that have used it in the past.

 

[relinquish69]

I think the cheapest PRS guitars are the fake ones you see around. terrible construction and not even close to an SE.