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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 11:05:18 GMT
How can a guitar cost so much money ?!!! Seriously! Which parts cost so much? Bone nut maybe? I mean if they at least used the Mastery Bridge which is the best solution for this style guitar then maybe, maybe ... not really! And who are those people giving so much money for a guitar that should cost maximum 500 Euros?! LINK to Fender AM Original 60 Jaguar |
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Post by MartinB on Feb 7, 2018 12:34:33 GMT
Yeah, the pricing of many guitars leaves me scratching my head.
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Post by salteedog on Feb 7, 2018 13:47:59 GMT
Don't fall into the trap of relating price to manufacturing cost. Price is set based on what the market can support - Fender sets the price at €1880 (or a bit less allowing for retailers' margins) because it believes it can sell them for that price. And it's will try and convince people that it is worth that through:-
- 1. Celebrity endorsements
-2. Limited availablity (so future rarity)
-3. Adding a bone nut that costs $1 more than a plastic nut but which tone afficinados reckon sounds $200 more.
-4 Adding 'quality' components which may cost twice as much as budget components - as in perhaps $50 more at most.
-5. Building them in the USA - adding perhaps another $100 to cost at most.
-6. If you are lucky they would have one of their skilled luthiers review each guitar - max another $50 to cost.
You are paying for the brand and the cost of marketing...but mostly for the 'perceived' value.
This is how pretty much how all consumer product pricing works.
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Post by rtm on May 25, 2018 18:29:55 GMT
You are paying for the brand and the cost of marketing...but mostly for the 'perceived' value. This is how pretty much how all consumer product pricing works. Meanwhile, in China
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Post by tarn on May 26, 2018 9:06:01 GMT
its well known that is the tone wood that makes all the difference  there's always a way to push this a bit further with tone bars  |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 9:58:58 GMT
That's a great site tarn . Bonkers with lot's of weirdness there. But I've got to ask; if loads of his guitars are called 'Birdfish' how can he have missed the chance to call this a 'Swordfish'? I mean, look at it!  It's even got it's mouth open.  |
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