Made in Mexico? C'mon give a break. Answers plaese.

[Epitaph04]

And most people wouldn't spend more than a few hundred on a bass guitar.

[chef wong]

Fender instruments always sounded "mexican" to me, especially the Strats. I still think it would be best if Fender was based entirely in Mexico.

[Showdown]

Originally Posted by Epitaph04

And most people wouldn't spend more than a few hundred on a bass guitar.

I have 30 basses, but I've only paid more than $1000 for a bass once. I buy used, and sometimes I buy cheap (SX, Brice, etc.). My current main bass is a Gibson Thunderbird short scale, which cost $1000 and was a major splurge for me. I had just returned from Las Vegas where I won $5400 on the Mega Bucks slots, so I treated myself. My best sounding bass is a $300 Ibanez, and I play it a lot. I have 3 US Peaveys (which are a steal, I didn't pay more than $300 for any of them).

I am definitely NOT a gear snob. But i can understand why someone would pay a lot for a bass - it is a tool and if you are a professional you use the best tools you can.

Jeans are just jeans.

[George Mann]

Originally Posted by Showdown

Hey, if someone wants to waste $300 on a pair of jeans that is their right. But even if I was Bill Gates I wouldn't spend $300 on a pair of jeans.

Women are the targeted buyers of such jeans, not men.

[One Drop]

Originally Posted by chef wong

Fender instruments always sounded "mexican" to me, especially the Strats. I still think it would be best if Fender was based entirely in Mexico.

I'm sure they'll move operations if you explain it to them like you did to us.

[Thunder_Fingers]

I'm actually starting to like my Fender Roger Waters Bass more than my Rickenbacker.. It just sound and play great, I see no reason why people say that mexican made sucks. all the mexican Fender's I have played have been great instruments that I'd never been afraid to gig.

[Buster Brown]

Gotta agree here. my $1,000 basses make me money. Funny thing...in all my years of playing, I have never needed anything other than a pair of $20-30 dollar Levi's.

However, I WILL say this again, if one of my buds told me that he paid $300 for a pair of jeans....There is a better than even chance that he is going to get punched in the head, because SOMEONE has to knock some sense into his noggin.

And, to be fair, if I told one of my buds that I had just spent $15,000 for a new Fodera, I have no doubt whatsoever, that he would kick my ass...immediately before my Wife filed for divorce.

But what the hell, if you want to drop that kind of cash on threads....go for it.

[xroads]

You guys crack me up.

So a musicians credibility is harmed when his sig instrument is made in Mexico?
Oh really....does this have an impact on his music? Would it sound mexican?
Can you only play Asian scales on a MIChina bass?

Only MIA is high quality?
Check out the prices MIJ Basses from the 80s fetch, and report back...

Prices in general?
Manufacturing cost is only one parameter for setting a price. It's really what people are willing to pay for something.

[Buster Brown]

Oh, make no mistake about it....I'm no hypocrite here. Yes, I own several basses that ran Over $1,000 (and are all American made) but I ALSO own MIM basses and cheap(ER) American made Fenders. And, as of late, I have been playing the living daylight out of my new American Special Precision $699, and the MIM Antigua Precision $750 and absolutely LOVE them both.

When I leave next week to hit the road after Thanksgiving, I wil be playing those 2 every night for 6 weeks.

[Epitaph04]

I might as well pitch in and say I own an MIM Jazz that I absolutely love...

[kedo]

Originally Posted by chef wong

Fender instruments always sounded "mexican" to me, especially the Strats. I still think it would be best if Fender was based entirely in Mexico.

Another gem. Keep 'em comin, Chef!

[Slackerprince]

I guess we need another 5 or 10 years before this normal business practice becomes accepted and not even questioned.
Thought it was already happening, but some are holding onto the old ways.
It's global, kids. Get used to it.

S

[lowfreq33]

Most I ever paid for a bass was $900... For a Tobias made in Nashville. That was a pretty good day. I try to buy American as much as possible, but that's getting harder all the time.

I did buy a $135 pair of jeans once. I had just come off a 2 week stint in Vegas, had about $2000 in my pocket and decided to splurge. They looked awesome... Lasted about 6 months before I got a huge rip down the leg. I'm back to shopping at Kohl's now.

[Epitaph04]

Originally Posted by kedo

Another gem. Keep 'em comin, Chef!

I always thought Yngwie Malmsteen's playing had a mariachi vibe to it.

[Suntory]

Your Jeans could cost $50 or $300, the point I was making is that they still cost $5 Dollars to produce. No one will pay $150 for a pair of Levis but will pay that for whatever brand a fashion victim is wearing these days. I was trying to make a point about branding.

[One Drop]

Not being confrontational, but your points are not very clear.

Are you saying Fender is ripping us off by making too much money on the basses not made in the US?

[Poopoutyouridea]

Originally Posted by One Drop

Not being confrontational, but your points are not very clear.

Are you saying Fender is ripping us off by making too much money on the basses not made in the US?

No no no. He's saying that we deserve to buy only American-made products because as hard-working, all-American Americans, thats how we should treat our fellow man. And because stuff is only made in America, it seems right that we pay less because we too are Americans. Also, he says that our fellow Americans are ripping us off because its apparently very cheap to manufacture a bass in America where there is minimum wage among other things such as quality control and professional inspection, which coincidentally are the things that push prices up.

But then again, this argument falls apart because as you can see, I am not an American. So I suppose that means that I should buy MIC or MIIndonesia basses only. You know, to support my fellow man.

[ale29]

That's off topic but, 20-30$ for Levi's jeans?? Here they cost 80 to 100€, unless there's some special discount going on.

[nukes_da_bass]

Originally Posted by ale29

That's off topic but, 20-30$ for Levi's jeans?? Here they cost 80 to 100€, unless there's some special discount going on.

Well, yeah of course you pay too much for Levi's.
The import tariffs, and the price of democratic socialism

I'll stick to my 80 hour work week with no benefits, and cheap Levi's made in Asia!

THAT'S the American way.

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by ale29

That's off topic but, 20-30$ for Levi's jeans?? Here they cost 80 to 100€, unless there's some special discount going on.

Yeah, we wear them once and then throw them away.