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kdawg2a wrote:
Molly wrote:
jeremyb wrote:Leo is turning in his grave!!!
Well, there's always this one which comes with a healthy NZG discount:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... 1229554705
Don't need a Strat in trade per-chance do you?
I've got three Strats at the moment: CS '60, '77 anchor, and a Suhr that's on its way from the NI. No real need of another. Thanks anyway.

Just been playing the Tele. It sounds great but I'd love to put massive frets in it. If I sell the CS Strat I won't need to sell the Tele.

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This looked like a thread I could maybe use without starting another. Heading over to Fort Lauderdale / Miami then Vegas for a family holiday. Does anyone have a heads up on a shop that sells Fender CS telecasters. I've been hunting the web but email responses have been nil so far.

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MrDINO wrote:This looked like a thread I could maybe use without starting another. Heading over to Fort Lauderdale / Miami then Vegas for a family holiday. Does anyone have a heads up on a shop that sells Fender CS telecasters. I've been hunting the web but email responses have been nil so far.
Guitar Center usually stock CS in their bigger stores....

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olegmcnoleg wrote:
MrDINO wrote:This looked like a thread I could maybe use without starting another. Heading over to Fort Lauderdale / Miami then Vegas for a family holiday. Does anyone have a heads up on a shop that sells Fender CS telecasters. I've been hunting the web but email responses have been nil so far.
Guitar Center usually stock CS in their bigger stores....
Thanks...just emailed them

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jeremyb wrote:Aroused.

To be fair though, any guitar over $2k is a waste of money.... it's just fancy schmantz extras...
Like a case. Or a pickguard.

AM Standard Fenders retail at $3k.
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Polar Bear wrote:
jeremyb wrote:Aroused.

To be fair though, any guitar over $2k is a waste of money.... it's just fancy schmantz extras...
Like a case. Or a pickguard.

AM Standard Fenders retail at $3k.
Which is pretty shocking I'd say. Defo seems a lot.

As far as second-hand goes $2k seems to be the point where quality and value for money are at their optimum (or thereabouts). You can buy a lot of guitar for $2k.

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Molly wrote:
Polar Bear wrote:
jeremyb wrote:Aroused.

To be fair though, any guitar over $2k is a waste of money.... it's just fancy schmantz extras...
Like a case. Or a pickguard.

AM Standard Fenders retail at $3k.
Which is pretty shocking I'd say. Defo seems a lot.

As far as second-hand goes $2k seems to be the point where quality and value for money are at their optimum (or thereabouts). You can buy a lot of guitar for $2k.
And alot of guitars too
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Tube amp and guitar tones straight from 1958… amazing how believable the sounds were back then, even without the modellers...

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sizzlingbadger wrote:This looks interesting http://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instrume ... 996077.htm
I like the finish but not the faded bits on the fretboard.

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Polar Bear wrote:
jeremyb wrote:Aroused.

To be fair though, any guitar over $2k is a waste of money.... it's just fancy schmantz extras...
Like a case. Or a pickguard.

AM Standard Fenders retail at $3k.
And $2.5k of that is paying for the marketing!
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Seems like a bargain once you consider the shipping and GST alone cost more more than $500, you're getting the actual guitar for free.
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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.

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Tired argument, methinks. Brands are worth $. Thats why 'Local Kola' is 50c a can and Coke is $1.50. It's why an unbranded cotton T is $9.95 from K-Mart and one made in the exact same country in similar conditions with 'Country Road' on the tag is $129.
If you persist in trying to break things down to their physical constructs you'll always be disappointed in pricing, cause it just don't add up that way.
I'm not disagreeing with you per se, just pointing out the pointlessness of the discussion - brand, history, perception, X factor - they all have a value even though it is largely intangible. Just ask Evian...

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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...
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Ibanez, of course, would never offer a guitar above such prices... ;)
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Re: Show us your Telecasters

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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.
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