what year did celestion go chinese for greenbacksand vintage 30s?

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: what year did celestion go chinese for greenbacksand vintage 30s?

Tonally no issues either with the Chinese made Celestions.

 

[Ayrton]

Re: what year did celestion go chinese for greenbacksand vintage 30s?

China's labor cost have risen significantly over the last few years. The average labor cost per hour in China surged from US$0.60 in 2000 to US$2.90 by 2011, equivalent to 1.5 times the average cost in Thailand, 2.5 times the going rate in the Philippines and 3.5 times the cost in Indonesia.

You can get all the quality out of China you want to pay for.

 

[Adieu]

Re: what year did celestion go chinese for greenbacksand vintage 30s?

These are luxury items, and they are in business to make money, not be our buddies and give us the cheapest price they can.

Celestion is a perfect example of this phenomenon, as is Epiphone moving production to China.

I am speaking purely from a business/quality aspect, I am not factoring politics into this.

...you didn't?! Did you just compare elite speakers that cost more per unit than certain entire guitars to such "gems" as the Epiphone LP JR!? Furthermore, these Celestions do the job, unlike Epiphone.

If anything, Celestion's success should be an example to aspire to for those slackers.