Re: Anyone thinking of checking this out when it's released?
rspst14 said:
I could build a Warmoth replica for half that.
...and your Warmoth would be worth the same in twenty years that it's worth now; dirt.
There's more to a guitar than the components. The name on the headstock means alot to folks. Fender's gone a long way to NOT going insane like Gibson has. Where Gibson has severed low-end offerings Fender has gone out of their way to make affordable instruments available. And with the QC some of the MIM instruments rival the MIAs.
But building a guitar means you're married to the depreciation. A Warmoth Strat never resells what was paid for it. And while dereciation exists for other guitars as well after a certain point in time the price will increase because they will become "vintage".
Meanwhile the Warmoth is just getting "old."
Curly said:
haha ... I'm with Joneser on this one ... EJ's specs are darn near perfect .. let me ask you, which would YOU buy, an Eric Clapton or this one?
I GUARANTEE that lots of lawyers' and doctors' sons will be lining up to get one
I own a first-year Clapton. I am not a doctor or lawyer. I bought it in my last year of college...not exactly a time of financial excess....
To me the EJ Strats look like a very well thought out instrument. EJ's a cat that has done his homework when it comes to tone. I think it's kinda cool to have Fender be insterested enough in it to put something together to his exacting specs.
If they were just throwing his name on a Reissue then sure....I'd call it a con.
But there's enough there to merit it being a high-end guitar. Whether $1600 worth is a totally different matter. Some folks will find the value in it without a problem. Others won't. I know I personally won't; it's more than I'd probably spend for any guitar no matter what my financial situation was.
