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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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Football is rubbish.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57632/
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
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Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Football is rubbish.
Model Name: Coronado
Model Number: 024-3000-(Color #)
Series: Modern Player Series
Colors: (500) 3-Color Sunburst,
(506) Black,
(509) Candy Apple Red,
(531) Black Cherry Burst,
(Gloss Polyester Finish)
Body: Laminated Maple with Alder Center-Block
Neck: Maple, “C” Shape,
(Gloss Polyester Finish)
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5” Radius (241 mm)
FRETS: 21 Medium Jumbo Frets
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
Width @ Nut: 1.650” (42 mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Machine Heads: Fender® Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
Bridge: Pinned Adjusto-MaticTM Bridge with Floating “F” Trapeze Tailpiece
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
Pickups: 2 Fideli’TronTM Humbucking Pickups
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 1. (Bridge Pickup),
Volume 2. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Strings: Fender® USA, NPS, (Gauges .009-.042)
Unique Features: Semi-Hollow Body with Center-Block,
White Bound Top, Back, Fingerboard and “F”-Holes,
Distinctive Coronado® Headstock Shape,
Vintage Tinted Neck,
Vintage-Style Skirted Control Knobs,
White Pearloid Block Position Inlays,
Synthetic Bone Nut,
Single Wing String Tree,
Fender® Engraved Neck Plate
Source: China
Accessories: None
U.S. MSRP: $899.99
INTRODUCED: 8/2013
Case: Optional Deluxe Gig Bag, P/N 0991612206, (Not Included) Available in December
WRENCH SIZES: Truss Rod Adjustment Wrench, (5mm Hex), P/N 0074911000
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57632/
There is absolutely no reason why a MIC guitar can't be equally as good a quality as a MIA guitar. Many Gibsons out there attest to the fact that MIA can be truly shit. It is true that the MIC guitars are usually the ones built to a tighter budget and have lower manufacturing costs, but what when they are built to a spec and then priced to suit?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I don't think it is as simple as saying anything manufactured in China is now good.
Chinese manufacturing is generally good at superficially copying other designs, but they take time to get it "right".
Just look at the chinese car industry, the cars are an utter joke, and probably 10 years away from being competative - designed to look like a BMW say, but with absolutely no engineering skill behind it.
Chinese guitars have a pretty lengthy history now and are vastly improved but not many I've tried yet compete with US made ones, I think you're kidding yourself if you think that this is the case.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Nobodies saying that.
Just like Japan was, Korea was/still is.
Considering the Chinese are perfectly capable of producing military technology comparative to anything in the 'West', it's kinda ridiculous to suggest they don't have the skill. What's happening is they are in the process of adapting what they have to a more consumer centered production.
As Japanese did in the '80s when they started to get good.
I agree, it certainly would be mightily frustrating to find out your USA guitar is no better than a Chinese one.
Of course most Chinese ones aren't going to compete, they're the ones being built to a budget, although the recent Andertons Squier/Fender blind test certainly upset some people.
But the price difference would be big. Thing is, alder is alder and maple is maple. Beyond that, it's minor differences.
I've played epi les pauls that are, 100 percent, better than a gibson studio in the same shop. They felt better, played better and had 57 gibson pickups in, which sounded miles better than the ones in the studio. And it came with a hardcase and an electronic tuner mounted in the pickup ring.
As for these reissues, they have to get some details wrong so that people will buy the newer, updated version in a year or two. Gibson will tell you all about that, but they're clutching at straws with glue types now...