$1000 average run-of-the-mill Mexican Stratocasters how did we get to this point ?

[JMP/HBE]

So you are saying the first time you heard Pour Some Sugar On Me, you thought it was Tom Scholz?

Nope im saying first time i heard ZZ top w/a Rockman i knew it was a Rockman. Same with Def Lep & Parts of Dokken ULAK.
Tom Scholz had different era's of guitar gear and so did Barry Goudreau. The Rockman device didn't come out til after the first 2 Boston Albums.
Plus you are trying to equate a face to a song or something.
Boston used Marshall Super Lead Stacks with power soaks to get that thick saturated sound and the "power Soak" was SR & D's first product marketed.
Rockmans didn't come out til later.
And Keyboards are part of Scholz too, Hammond B-3's to be exact.
I can pickout a Rockman a mile away and they are cool for what they are but i much prefer a 100 watt Marshall.
Def Leppard did alot of mixing on their Hysteria / Rockmans with the majic of Mutt Lang.
So when folks say they used a "Rockman" yeah but thats not all.
Joe Satriani used RM on Surfing with the Alien also. Alot of folks did.
That doesn't mean thats the "Satriani sound" or i see Joe's face everytime i hear a Rockman.

 

[Securb]

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[Mr. B]

When corporations run low on resources to manufacture with, they end up making less items and charging more for them. Simple as that.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Bottom line:
Corporations/manufacturers charge what the majority of buyers are willing to pay for an item. If nobody bought the $1000 MIM Strat, mfrs would either lower the price or discontinue it (they aren't going to continue making an item that doesn't sell...if they want to stay in business).

 

[Clint 55]

I'm pretty sure stepping on the distortion box makes a bigger difference than who is playing the guitar.

 

[jeremy]

in what? a good player can play regardless of the equipment or tone, usually play better when they are happy with both those things. distortion can only cover up so much of a bad players mess

 

[Securb]

Distortion can also make bad things like bad intonation sound even worse.

 

[Aceman]

people pay the prices so it makes sense for the companies, maybe not to us

Good point. We are not people. At least not regular buying ones...

 

[Aceman]

Bottom line:
Corporations/manufacturers charge what the majority of buyers are willing to pay for an item. If nobody bought the $1000 MIM Strat, mfrs would either lower the price or discontinue it (they aren't going to continue making an item that doesn't sell...if they want to stay in business).

Or - like Gibson, you would wood-chip them, because, Gibson.

 

[Aceman]

Nope im saying first time i heard <> i knew it was a Rockman. Same with Def Lep

So, an album, that was one of the most excessively produced in the history of music, that had a vid by Phil Collen that shocked most players that it was a Rockman, was identified immediately by you instantly.

I find it hard to believe that you are not in demand for studio production work in the booth with such amazing ears...

 

[beaubrummels]

I'm pretty sure stepping on the distortion box makes a bigger difference than who is playing the guitar.

A million EVH wannabes says you're wrong.

 

[JMP/HBE]

So, an album, that was one of the most excessively produced in the history of music, that had a vid by Phil Collen that shocked most players that it was a Rockman, was identified immediately by you instantly.

I find it hard to believe that you are not in demand for studio production work in the booth with such amazing ears...

Quite amazing actually. I have a life already but thanks.
Im an outdoor guy, i would find studio work boring af >

 

[Securb]

If a Rockman falls in the forest, does it make a sound?

 

[GuitarDoc]

Or - like Gibson, you would wood-chip them, because, Gibson.

No. Definitely not!

 

[JMP/HBE]

If a Rockman falls in the forest, does it make a sound?

Only falling Faginas ===>

 

[Top-L]

If a Rockman falls in the forest, does it make a sound?

It does, but everyone can tell the sound it made was from a Rockman.

 

[Clint 55]

A million EVH wannabes says you're wrong.

Nup. You won't get EVH tone without the distortion box on no matter how much tone is in your fingers.

 

[Securb]

Nup. You won't get EVH tone without the distortion box on no matter how much tone is in your fingers.

But surprisingly even without distortion EVH sounds like EVH

 

[Gtrjunior]

What?! I got an MIM about 5 years ago for $200 with a set of EMG SAs.

Glad I got mine back then.

I paid $400 for mine. Humbucker in the bridge and a Floyd Rose (Ping) bridge.

 

[Demanic]

Someone gifted me this.
They found it in a trash pile.

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