Should I go for the prestige?

[marty_the_westie]

I bought myself an Ibanez SA160 for Christmas. It's the candy apple red mahogany one. I paid $333 for it through AMS. Along with the guitar, I bought a PAF Pro, a Heavy Blues, and a Pro Track. Also bought a set of Planet Waves locking tuners. I haven't done anything with the guitar yet. Well now I find out that AMS has got a lot of their Ibanez's on clearance. The SA prestige model is now only $429. Also, the SA160 that I just bought is now only only $229, which, regardless, I already called for a sale price adjustment. What I'm wondering is if I should return the Korean model for the Japanese model. For $200 more, I can have the prestige. But for $229, I can get another Korean one to upgrade. It should be noted that I also have an SA160 ash guitar that is totally tricked out that is my main guitar. When I bought that one, I actually looked at the prestige, and picked the Korean based on the price of the Japanese one. Now that the price is much lower, I don't know what I sould do. Any thoughts. Anybody have one of the SA series Ibanez's who would like to voice their opinion, please do.

 

[Xeromus]

Re: Should I go for the prestige?

I had an early 90's Prestige S-series. It kicked serious @ss. I sold it just recently though because I got sick of the floyd. Craftsmanship is amazing.

go for the prestige. Japanese made guitars are the same or better than american made. They are pretty much on par with each other.

 

[Forbes]

Re: Should I go for the prestige?

My RG is jap made and i can't fault it, for what its worth.

 

[XSSIVE]

Re: Should I go for the prestige?

for $200 more i'd go for the prestige for sure!!

-Mike

 

[Johtosotku]

Re: Should I go for the prestige?

If I recall correctly, Prestige doesn't mean the same today as it used to.

How good is your current guitar? There aren't any absolute values in guitars between prices and countries of origin. If it's not a good guitar, change it to something, if it's good, keep it. Seriously, I have a Japan made DK-2, a cheap guitar, and I'd put it against almost any guitar in any price class.