What the??? HUH?

[YJM_Rocks]

I found this Johnson guitar. I have a johnson distortion pedal but i never seen their guitars. They have this guitar, a Js-330 Catalyst. They claim it comes with and original floyd rose. List price is only 299.99. And it is $244 online. Is this possible?? Doesnt an ofr cost 170 alone? Plus it's gold. They must be lying.

http://www.johnsongtr.com/Catalyst.113.0.html

 

[Bones]

Re: What the??? HUH?

I found this Johnson guitar. I have a johnson distortion pedal but i never seen their guitars. They have this guitar, a Js-330 Catalyst. They claim it comes with and original floyd rose. List price is only 299.99. And it is $244 online. Is this possible?? Doesnt an ofr cost 170 alone? Plus it's gold. They must be lying.

http://www.johnsongtr.com/Catalyst.113.0.html

i dont see the stamp of Floyd Rose on the trem so I think they aren't really Floyds, maybe licensed.

 

[chcjunior]

Re: What the??? HUH?

mother of toilet seat.

:laugh2:

 

[aleclee]

Re: What the??? HUH?

I fully realize that price does not necessarily correlate with quality but a guitar of that price is going to have some corners cut in terms of materials if not workmanship.

 

[B2D]

Re: What the??? HUH?

You get what you pay for.

 

[Peterku]

Re: What the??? HUH?

I very much doubt it's really 'quilted maple' and 'mother of pearl' too... more like, foto-flame and mother of toilet seat.

Hey Matt, no need to be so... you know. Some weeks ago I tried a Johnson Tele-copy for $200. It had a real flame-maple fretboard w/ a deep figure. There are lots of old forests in China, they mainly cut costs w/ electronics. Chinese electronics suck. But the guitars are very well-constructed sometimes. There's plenty of inconsistency at Johnson, so there are several gems outside as well. Brand name doesn't prove anything for me. Yesterday I tried a signature (don't know which) SG and the fretwork was a piece of junk.

This one for instance, has a flame-maple top, not quilted. I found this at a shop. I'll ask them whether that's a real flame.

 

[krankguitarist]

Re: What the??? HUH?

It aint a real OFR, check out the big pic, there isnt a floyd stamp on it, and you can make out writing that looks like the "licensed under floyd patents" that goes along with licensed units.

But...yeah. Flame top is probably real, just very, very thin. Mother of toilet-seat is a definate possibility though.

So they're not really lying about the whole floyd thing...just...misleading people while not telling the whole truth. Which is pretty much lawyer-speak for lying. Only now its legal.

 

[Artie]

Re: What the??? HUH?

They are, surprisingly nice guitars though . . . after a few tweaks.
This is my Johnson Strat:

It was around $120. The tuners worked, but needed changing, and I added a couple extra springs to the tremolo claw, (plus, tightened down the claw.) Slapped some SD's in it, and this baby rocks!

Solid alder body, true 3-ply pickguard, nice deep sunburst. It blows my boys Squier away for quality, and sounds killer to boot. (Now with SD's.)

btw - the original EMG designed pups were surprisingly good also. I just wanted SD's.

Artie

I have a Johnson dealer close by. If I get a chance, I'll swing by and see if they stock the Catalyst.

 

[Peterku]

Re: What the??? HUH?

But...yeah. Flame top is probably real, just very, very thin. Mother of toilet-seat is a definate possibility though.

Yup, I've just asked the shop about the pic below. They told me it was a real flame top, only 2 mm's thick, though. They haven't written me about the inlay yet.

 

[Davey]

Re: What the??? HUH?

those are licenced floyds

 

[YJM_Rocks]

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Ya, i knew from the price it couldnt be real. Those liars.

 

[Davey]

Re: What the??? HUH?

yea, you can see the writing on the fine tuner part

'Licenced under Floyd Rose Patents'

 

[YJM_Rocks]

Re: What the??? HUH?

Ya i just looked at that pic