From low price, all the way to fairly high end... Chapman...

Musicman20 · February 2020

https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/chapman-guitars/chapman-signature-guitars/chapman-ml3-bea-pro-baritone-irithyll-burst

That's a fair hefty price...

Philtre · February 2020

Fucking hell you could buy a proper guitar for that amount of money.

Tenebrous · February 2020

Are they still made in the far east at that price point?

Jetfire · February 2020

I'd definitely play one of them

https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/chapman-guitars/chapman-signature-guitars/chapman-ml3-standard-bea-mensis

Baritones are a bit of a rarity ATM so at this price point, it's pretty good

https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/chapman-guitars/chapman-signature-guitars/chapman-ml3-standard-baritone-bea-paleblood

soma1975 · February 2020

That guitar is ugly as fuck.

Love the look of the new fender Baritone Cabronita though.

YellowLedBetterMan · February 2020

I like the look of it

designerseye88 · February 2020

Thats not even a real guitar it's just a photoshop rendering

Philtre · February 2020

I might consider it if it had "Total Fucking Knob" as the signature on the headstock.

CeeJay · February 2020

designerseye88 said:

Thats not even a real guitar it's just a photoshop rendering

Also. 'Pre Order- Delivery Unknown!'
Who's going to lay out £1700 with an unknown delivery date, for a guitar that is probably still a tree?

prlgmnr · February 2020

I seems like only yesterday that you could get a brand new Vigier for 1500 quid

HarrySeven · February 2020

Vile.

The End.

Funkfingers · February 2020

designerseye88 said:

It's just a Photoshop rendering.

Indeed, it is. For instance, product description claims wenge neck (dark brown stuff) but graphic illustration suggests highly figured maple.

Tenebrous said:

Are they still made in the far east at that price point?

This is the deal breaker.

Self-build from luxury/bespoke components should work out cheaper and provide the satisfaction of completing it yourself. If the time to sell ever comes, at least a Bitsa can be parted out.

phil_b · February 2020

Funkfingers said:

designerseye88 said:

It's just a Photoshop rendering.

Indeed, it is. For instance, product description claims wenge neck (dark brown stuff) but graphic illustration suggests highly figured maple.

Tenebrous said:

Are they still made in the far east at that price point?

This is the deal breaker.

Self-build from luxury/bespoke components should work out cheaper and provide the satisfaction of completing it yourself. If the time to sell ever comes, at least a Bitsa can be parted out.

Cant see it holding its value if you bought one

Moloch · February 2020

Christ almighty. That will lose a grand in value the second you take it out of the box.

Philly_Q · February 2020

Does it even exist? Will it ever exist? If you pre-order when do they take the money?

MagicPigDetective · February 2020

What happened to the British Standard range? Did they ever make/sell any? It’s all gone quiet on that front.

Tex Mexico · February 2020

I've got nothing per se against the Chapman/Andertons lot. It was on the strength of a Chapman video years ago that I bought an Orange amp, and they're entertaining enough when they're making demo videos, but my feeling is handing out "signature models" to all your great youtuber mates kind of makes a mockery of the idea of endorsement. Especially at this price point. It's not about the country of origin so much as the pedigree. For not much more than this you can have an American Jimmy Page Tele.

Massaad and Danish Pete are decent guitarists, for sure, but what's been their contribution to popular culture, other than airing their chops in service of flogging kit? What's aspirational about guys who make a living filming themselves comparing overdrive clones?

The problem with Chapman as a brand is that it's not an instrument manufacturer, it's a distribution company. So are Gibson & Fender, to be fair, to the extent their far-eastern guitars are subcontracted, however they also make their premium lines on their own premises, which Chapman do not. So the question is, would you feel comfortable dropping £1700 on an Indonesian product imported by a company whose head office is a PO Box?

soma1975 · February 2020

I seemed to take a lot of stick for saying the same in an earlier Chapman thread.

Signature gear used to be the preserve of the aspirational guitar god. If we are just aspiring to be Danish Pete or Lee Anderson or whoever now it's just kind of depressing.

Buying the signature gear of people who are only known for making videos to sell you other gear.

HarrySeven · February 2020

soma1975 said:

Buying the signature gear of people who are only known for making videos to sell you other gear.

In a single sentence, you’ve encapsulated a significant chunk of the zeitgeist, like the proverbial “famous for being famous” quote.

A huge proportion of the students I work with would accept the above concept without question.

Jez6345789 · February 2020

Bit sad really the power to the people model and crowd sourcing on which Chapman started was interesting and of its time. These days think they are just trying to grab the last few dollars from the faithful.

i have my doubts this will ever be built or they may get enough interest to get World Music to do a small run but realistically there is nothing there you could not buy better from others.

darthed1981 · February 2020

MagicPigDetective said:

What happened to the British Standard range? Did they ever make/sell any? It’s all gone quiet on that front.

Long story short, the British luthier who they worked with bailed when faced with the volume of orders, apparently.

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