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Richard,
I wholeheartedly agree with you. The time you invest in upgrading
and the unaccounted for headache associated is reason enough to pass
on a cheaper model and go for the quality product. If you want a
thrasher guitar then pay as little as possible and maybe do a few
upgrades but not enough to where you start thinking, "I should have
just bought the next model up." I would kick myself squarely in the
rear if I spent $500 out the door on say a MFriend Jag only to want
to upgrade the pups, pots, finish, etc. Upgrades are ok. Total
restoration or transformation is costly. Like I have always believed.
Don't try and make a Ferrari out of a VW Bug. If you want the Ferrari
buy the Ferrari. JWL
--- In , Richard <errant_jedi@y...>
wrote:
>
> 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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