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Modern like an Ibanez?jeremyb wrote:Fender, Gibson et al are so meh, still riding the coat tails of 50+ years ago, they charge a massive premium for the name.... Just don't do anything for me, so many better modern builders offering better instruments for less...
I don't think you've kept up with the times at all! And no, I'm not talking Ibanez, theres some growing volume builders like Ormsby who are turning out truly great guitars at better than Fender / Gibson prices...GrantB wrote:Yes JB, and good to see those makers like PRS breaking out of the "big names" moulds by producing flame maple topped, mahogany bodied, humbucker fitted sunburst guitars.
Almost everyone is on the coat tails of those trail blazers from the 40's and 50's.
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
And they're IMHO not worth it either...Polar Bear wrote:Ibanez, of course, would never offer a guitar above such prices...jeremyb wrote:Fender, Gibson et al are so meh, still riding the coat tails of 50+ years ago, they charge a massive premium for the name.... Just don't do anything for me, so many better modern builders offering better instruments for less...
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
jeremyb wrote:I don't think you've kept up with the times at all! And no, I'm not talking Ibanez, theres some growing volume builders like Ormsby who are turning out truly great guitars at better than Fender / Gibson prices...GrantB wrote:Yes JB, and good to see those makers like PRS breaking out of the "big names" moulds by producing flame maple topped, mahogany bodied, humbucker fitted sunburst guitars.
Almost everyone is on the coat tails of those trail blazers from the 40's and 50's.
Ormsby Guitars website wrote: BASE PRICE
$5351 AUD (see what i did there?!?!?)
($1000 deposit, 12 x $250 monthly payments, plus remainder of $1351 + options on completion)
Aquila Rosso wrote:I don't a mind an iced tea rimjob one little bit
Molly wrote:Trousers are no substitute for talent
druz wrote:I present to you, the whogivesafuckocaster
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
AUD...jeremyb wrote:Thats for his customs, the production ones are about $2k....
Aquila Rosso wrote:I don't a mind an iced tea rimjob one little bit
Molly wrote:Trousers are no substitute for talent
druz wrote:I present to you, the whogivesafuckocaster
Out of interest, how come?sopachrga wrote:As someone who owns two of the production models. I can safely say they are good, yet don't come close to my two > $3,000 big name guitars.
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
jeremyb wrote:I don't think you've kept up with the times at all! And no, I'm not talking Ibanez, theres some growing volume builders like Ormsby who are turning out truly great guitars at better than Fender / Gibson prices...GrantB wrote:Yes JB, and good to see those makers like PRS breaking out of the "big names" moulds by producing flame maple topped, mahogany bodied, humbucker fitted sunburst guitars.
Almost everyone is on the coat tails of those trail blazers from the 40's and 50's.
The most obvious reasons are cosmetic. Small paint flaws and not as perfect fitting of parts. Then there is the hardware, pickups not quite a good as I'd like and floppy feeling pots.jeremyb wrote:Out of interest, how come?sopachrga wrote:As someone who owns two of the production models. I can safely say they are good, yet don't come close to my two > $3,000 big name guitars.
I don't think innovation has ever paid particular dividends for the big two. That's not what their customers look to them for. Even some of the newer builders know it's commercial suicide to stray too far from the norm. But that's OK because there are also other, more radical new builders carving a niche, so we're all well served.jeremyb wrote:Fender, Gibson et al are so meh, still riding the coat tails of 50+ years ago, they charge a massive premium for the name.... Just don't do anything for me, so many better modern builders offering better instruments for less...
This is an accurate statement JB.jeremyb wrote: I don't think you've kept up with the times at all! ..
Ormsby Guitars wrote:.ASIAN EBONY
Try searching for Asian Ebony on google, and you'll find everything BUT the timber....
Oh Dear!GrantB wrote:This is an accurate statement JB.jeremyb wrote: I don't think you've kept up with the times at all! ..
This from the Ormsby site.
Ormsby Guitars wrote:.ASIAN EBONY
Try searching for Asian Ebony on google, and you'll find everything BUT the timber....
NSFW.It gives JB the timber though...GrantB wrote:This is an accurate statement JB.jeremyb wrote: I don't think you've kept up with the times at all! ..
This from the Ormsby site.
Ormsby Guitars wrote:.ASIAN EBONY
Try searching for Asian Ebony on google, and you'll find everything BUT the timber....
Aquila Rosso wrote:I don't a mind an iced tea rimjob one little bit
Molly wrote:Trousers are no substitute for talent
druz wrote:I present to you, the whogivesafuckocaster
