Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery Smith wrote: China is making electric guitars better than they were made 40 years ago and for about the same price as electric guitars 30 years ago. Computer automated machine tool technology is a great equalizer these days. For us, it means quality stuff at rock bottom prices. Unfortunately, it also means that products made in the USA are just too expensive to buy for their mediocre quality. --------------------- I don't feel ripped off when I play my Tom Anderson Cobra, or Gibson L4 or Hamer Archtop (not that pricey actually) or any of my other USA guitars. Quality is top notch. Same goes for my Mesa Boogie Mark III, or Fender Princeton (nicely rehabbed). Or how about some nice Joe Barden pickups in my Strat? Love'em. Look folks - cheaper is just that: cheaper. I believe that nice things *can* be made all over the world, sure. I believe that there are probably *some* nice things made today in most parts of the world. Why not? But in general, I don't think that lots of nice things are the generally the byproduct of using whatever happens to be the world's low cost unskilled labor pool at any given moment. Nope, generally just cheaper and cheaper junk for us, and the "Walmart set" consumers just seem to keep lapping it all up. Dismal. Scott -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)