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--- dave wronski <> wrote:
> I've been told by a guy high up the Fender food
> chain that the cheepo Jags and Jazzmasters being
> sold by MF are made in a different factory than the
> Japan made guitars we usually see. The price
> reflects the quality.
>
This is a bit confusing. If the price reflects the
quality, are the $399 guitars that MF sells different
than the $699 versions they (and many music stores)
have been offering? The Jags and JMs sold through
Ishibashi are actually cheaper than $699, before the
massive shipping costs are added in. They might be
built in a different factory, and they may be lower
quality, I don't know, but the fact they're being
talked down now that the price has dropped seems out
of line.
FWIW, I've played a both a mid-90's matching-headstock
JM and a new one (almost) side-by-side, and the new
one felt, and sounded, a bit better to me. Both were
set up horribly wrong, of course (music shops can't
seem to set these things up to save their lives), but
they did feel different.
Ric
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