Post by LeoThunder on Nov 5, 2018 9:50:53 GMT
Oh no! This is a Vision. It sells for 70€ new including shipping. They also have Strat' copies for 57€ (including shipping) in lovely cheap colours or even with a flamed top.
Now, at this price for a new item which has been a recurring offer for quite a while, and therefore is not some stock someone is throwing out, I expect the worst quality possible. I fully expect a travesty of a guitar, a "product" designed to catch the adventurous who's heard that cheap instruments can be good nowadays.
Let's not fool ourselves. For all the advance in manufacturing processes which make things like Harley Benton possible, there still remains room for something even cheaper with lesser materials and less quality control. There is still room for pick-ups with less wire, weaker magnets, softer metals in bridge or tuners to a point where these things become noticeably bad. And if there is such a room, then someone will fill it. They will fill it with a name that is not part of a broader product range, so it throws no bad light onto more expensive products.
Vision basses and guitars fill both points above: they are the cheapest available and unrelated to anything else. There are Vision amplifiers too.
Here's the 20W guitar amplifier for 36€ (or rather 15W?):
And here's the 40W bass amp for 37€ (or 25 or 20 - it says 40W "musical" power):
There is a 70W amp (or rather 40) too for 67€.
Are these sub-70€ products the lowest quality level on the market? I cannot tell but it certainly looks like it could be.
I almost wish someone would give them a try and report. Sellers do not offer an unconditional return policy, so buyers will be stuck with the item.
When the product title, description and picture give conflicting information (is it a GW-15 or a GW-20?), I don't expect any fulfilled promises.
Now, at this price for a new item which has been a recurring offer for quite a while, and therefore is not some stock someone is throwing out, I expect the worst quality possible. I fully expect a travesty of a guitar, a "product" designed to catch the adventurous who's heard that cheap instruments can be good nowadays.
Let's not fool ourselves. For all the advance in manufacturing processes which make things like Harley Benton possible, there still remains room for something even cheaper with lesser materials and less quality control. There is still room for pick-ups with less wire, weaker magnets, softer metals in bridge or tuners to a point where these things become noticeably bad. And if there is such a room, then someone will fill it. They will fill it with a name that is not part of a broader product range, so it throws no bad light onto more expensive products.
Vision basses and guitars fill both points above: they are the cheapest available and unrelated to anything else. There are Vision amplifiers too.
Here's the 20W guitar amplifier for 36€ (or rather 15W?):
And here's the 40W bass amp for 37€ (or 25 or 20 - it says 40W "musical" power):
There is a 70W amp (or rather 40) too for 67€.
Are these sub-70€ products the lowest quality level on the market? I cannot tell but it certainly looks like it could be.
I almost wish someone would give them a try and report. Sellers do not offer an unconditional return policy, so buyers will be stuck with the item.
When the product title, description and picture give conflicting information (is it a GW-15 or a GW-20?), I don't expect any fulfilled promises.