[kj] OT: 'Gibson' [coughs] es295 for $375.00!

[sade1]

> ..how many hand-made guitar makers are there anymore? 

  
   Maybe Geordie and Eddie Van Halen can open up a shop where they make the guitars and sell them.  For $375.00 of course.


... ... ... ... ... ... 

[looking at the current state of things..]
 
'Who has the fun.. 
  ..is it always a man with a gun...? 
    Someone must have told him if you work too hard... you can sweat" 




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From: Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Fri, March 12, 2010 8:08:24 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: 'Gibson' [coughs] es295 for $375.00!

Don 't all the decent brands eventually get sold to some corporate bunch
that wants to take the name, run it into the ground and make a
profit...how many hand-made guitar makers are there anymore? Isn't that
what happened to PRS and Fender, made in Asia on machines now and still
sold for a premium? If I was buying I'd prob pick up something old from
back in the day when quality meant something...I was watching the price of
Guilds for a while and they seem to retain / grow value over time, this is
stuff from the 60s / 70s...


> China/Hong Kong seem to be just havens for this sor of thing. I have to

> admit, I have sen some high-end, name brand fashion stuff for very cheap

> on eBay - only to see the originating place was from Hong Kong or China.

> I was like, "Hmm - is this legit?" I ordered the stuff anyway. And I did

> in fact get it. If they were/are bootlegs/fake designer clones, they did

> a damn good job at it - some of the clothes are indistinguishable as far

> as I can tell, have gotten compliments on them, have held up very well

> over a couple of years, etc.

>

> Of course, clothing is wayyyy different than instrument quality, esp. if

> you are a serious musician looking to use the instrument in a serious,

> studio sorta way. Still, the bootleg thing in China seems to extend

> wayyyy beyond ilegally copying DVDs, etc.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> powens wrote:

>> My God you're right...howr could they have stamped "Made in the USA"

>> on the necks if they weren't made in the USA? It's just impossible...

>>

>> john-paul

>>

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