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Well, I changed my order with MF right after I posted
here. I got to thinking about it the Jazzmaster,
looking at my Cyclone, and realizing that no matter
how much I enjoy playing surf, it's not what I'm doing
band-wise and may not ever be, so I called them back
and ordered a Standard Telecaster instead.
At $399.99 the Japanese JM seems like a killer deal,
hands-down, but whenever you a buy a cheaper guitar
there is always going to be a question of value (what
you're getting for what you're paying, whether the
up-market models are really worth the higher price,
etc), but as somebody pointed out, down-market models
are there to make money by catering to a larger
portion of the market. I'm not trying to say it's a
nefarious plot perpetrated by The Man to deceive us
and sell us crappy guitars, but cheaper also means
cheaper.
I'm really happy with my CIJ and MIM guitars but
they're like any other hobby-affectation (which is
exactly what they are when we're not playing
them)--they are a potential money-pit, and aftermarket
parts and guitar manufacturers know this. It's up to
you to decide whether something on the guitar actually
warrants replacing or if you've been convinced by hype
that you need to replace something that might be
working just fine. I bought all my guitars with the
intention of upgrading tuners, getting fretjobs,
pickups, etc, but after really sitting down with all
of them and realizing how much all that would be for
what might not even be noticeable improvements, the
only thing I've ever done is purchased one pickup. If
you buy a $500 guitar over a $1000 guitar, how much
money can you justify putting into aftermarket parts?
At what point is it no longer worth it, and you start
nagging yourself with the thought that maybe you
should have just saved the extra money for the next
model?
Richard
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