Haha! No. My name here is meant to be "Bad A.I." like Terminator run amok or actually doing what it's designed for. How can I hear these things? And just as comparison from what I'm reading, G&L, all Fender's designs, don't make instruments in other countries. I suppose their prices on a comparative basis to a Lakland USA made is less for what I can only determine to be top grade quality and only that. I have a complaint about the greed aspect of Guitar Center, Sam Ash, Musician's Friend like the're a conspiracy based upon the WalMart business model of having all these disposable beginner's models which should have never existed to begin with. That might have been better for instrument makers because certain woods available in the 40's - 60's are no longer available. Maturity of certain wood species like the Brazilian rosewood Fender used initially aren't available, forested out of existed, protected, etc. There's no substitute for that, is there? I actually don't know. But there was something in those instruments that must have everything to do with prices asked on Ebay. You get a '64 Fender Precision and that's all one needs. The instrument was like the old Hammond B-3's. There were no intermediary. And the premier stuff ordered from a catalog or online with a limited three day return policy isn't enough time to get to know an instrument. I was in marketing for many years and this aspect of musical instruments grates my nerves raw and the policies of these stores even more so.
