That is fine. No one ever said you has to make quality a priority. You know your needs and available resources. I do not disrespect that. Please return the courtesy to those who value quality.
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DiabolusInMusic
Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
If I had a nickel for every time a girl said that... I'd be flat broke.
lower prices for more content
more quality?
OK, good luck brotha, I love me some fenders but the squire to elite difference ratio is not worth 1200. bucks
to me
again,
to me
id rather explore lower cost customs
true one offs with features I want
Do whatever you like. I simply do not care. I mostly make my own basses and install the features I like. But I do not talk down the choices of others to justify my own choices.
And like that, another troll gone. TB used to have a higher signal to noise ratio, but at least the ignore function helps get it back to acceptable levels.
Your personal values are not at question, but they have no relationship to market price, especially when your point of reference is anecdotal and unverifiable by data which is what your one-off builder is. No one ever wins a data driven conversation by bringing one anecdote and one opinion to back it up.
You think of yourself as "above the herd" which is fine because 90% of the people in the world think that they are above average.
But the bottom line is that you are a classic example of what is called "adaptive preference formation". Enjoy whatever you like, but as you claim to understand economics, then realize that your one-off approach does not create market pressure.
Is something worth $1200? Much of that depends on what resources you have available. If you have the cash and the difference has value, sure. Go for it. If you're struggling to pay the rent, then I'm with you 1200%. But, just because you are struggling to pay your rent doesn't mean the rest of us are, or making decisions based on your available resources. I, for one, most certainly remember struggling to meet the rent. Now, I'm not. and I like having a quality instrument.
never said it did, choose what you want
it's obvious mychoices don't set equilibrium price, I'm way off that curve, and dgaf,
Ok sure...............I always find it curious when a person tells someone he or she will be ignored: it is contradictory.
whatever it is, the price it is worth is what someone is willing to pay
I'm not paying 1700 for fender anything
especially when there are other options and one of a kind substitutes out there
If Leo got it right the first time, isn't any deviation from the original design wrong? They should call these the "Not as good as the originals but still OK series".
Your arrogance will be your undoing. If you consider $1700 to be a sh^&load of money, you simply do not understand cost. Yes it is a lot of money. But no one is going to starve to give you a high quality low price instrument.
Looks similar to the deluxe for sure, truss rod access aside. Looks like its got different pickups, hopefully that atrocity of a preamp was upgraded too. That said, the skeleton of the deluxe was solid, so these could be some nice improvements.
