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Apr 5 2013, 11:20 AM
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I have heard a lot of times the expressions that we "pay extra for the brand name on the headstock" and also the completely oposite ones where "name doesn't matter at all".
What is your opinion? How much are those letters on the headstock important to you when deciding on buying a new instrument? -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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Apr 5 2013, 02:35 PM
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Hmmm
Depends on the name on the headstock. Some represent companies of really good quality and customer service. The whole Gibson/Fender type name means little to me, they are trading on heritage more than current values. -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Apr 5 2013, 02:44 PM
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Getting a guitar with a popular brand name makes it easier to sell if you decide to do it. If you don't have in mind this, then the most important is that you feel comfortable with the guitar and you like the tone, nothing else matters.
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Apr 5 2013, 02:46 PM
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That's true Gab, I have never thought about re sale value and ease when buying a guitar, it's almost like entering marriage with a prenup!
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Apr 5 2013, 05:32 PM
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QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Apr 5 2013, 05:44 AM)  Getting a guitar with a popular brand name makes it easier to sell if you decide to do it. If you don't have in mind this, then the most important is that you feel comfortable with the guitar and you like the tone, nothing else matters. We've sort of talked about this before in the 'custom' guitar (as in, what would want in a ... ) thread. If you have money and you just don't care about re-sale value then no, it doesn't matter - and it shouldn't. But if you think you might want to sell it you better think about it or pray that some soon to be famous guitarist (maybe even you?) uses it. One of my best playing/sounding axes is an Ibanez. And though it has slightly increased in value (it's 1979 335 rip-off model) it would't bring a 10th of it's Gibson counterpart in resale value. Even though most Gibson 335s of that period are probably some of the biggest POSs on the planet. I cut my teeth in the 70s and 80s and I can tell you first hand that 90% of most Fenders and Gibsons manufactured during those 20 years are substandard instruments - but they command HUGE resale prices these days. History and Name association/recognition. 'Historicity' as Phillip K. Dick called it. For me, if the new instrument is even a little pricey - I won't consider it unless it has a 'name' on the headstock. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Apr 6 2013, 11:39 AM
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The thing about brands is that many times they have become icons, something we've seen in the hands og so many guitarists and bands we enjoy, and that makes us own one too.
Who doesn't love a strat, a tele, Les Paul, SG... they have become more than guitars they are now part of rock history and popular culture. And that's why many of us like to have a certain brand name guitar. Having said that, and maybe because I already know how Gibson, Fender and others feel, if I had to keep just one guitar one it would be my Ibanez! -------------------- Guitars:
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Apr 6 2013, 12:52 PM
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QUOTE (klasaine @ Apr 5 2013, 05:32 PM) We've sort of talked about this before in the 'custom' guitar (as in, what would want in a ... ) thread. If you have money and you just don't care about re-sale value then no, it doesn't matter - and it shouldn't. But if you think you might want to sell it you better think about it or pray that some soon to be famous guitarist (maybe even you?) uses it. One of my best playing/sounding axes is an Ibanez. And though it has slightly increased in value (it's 1979 335 rip-off model) it would't bring a 10th of it's Gibson counterpart in resale value. Even though most Gibson 335s of that period are probably some of the biggest POSs on the planet. I cut my teeth in the 70s and 80s and I can tell you first hand that 90% of most Fenders and Gibsons manufactured during those 20 years are substandard instruments - but they command HUGE resale prices these days. History and Name association/recognition. 'Historicity' as Phillip K. Dick called it. For me, if the new instrument is even a little pricey - I won't consider it unless it has a 'name' on the headstock. That's why I play a 1982 Burny Les Paul ! -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Apr 6 2013, 06:39 PM
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QUOTE (PosterBoy @ Apr 6 2013, 04:52 AM) That's why I play a 1982 Burny Les Paul ! In the states Burnys and Grecos command pretty good prices (if it's known that that's what they are). Probably because 1) they started doing the high quality knockoff thing years ago and 2) a lot of high profile players admit to using them (Slash being the most vocal advocate early on). *Many many players have replicas - but with the 'correct' decal on the headstock. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Apr 6 2013, 10:43 PM
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I'm not a Fender guy - I will say that.
 That don't really produce the style of music I go for. Ibanez is more like it. But there are many more - it's really what the company offers in terms of what the guitars sound, feel, and look like. If I don't like the way a guitar looks - i won't pick it up. I am very image-biased when it comes to guitars. If I like the way it looks, then I will pick it up and try it. Sometimes I will be drawn to a company if a musician I like has one. Like when I bought a Jackson SLSMG exactly like Trond Vold's.There are companies like Mayones and Skervesen guitars - such beautiful guitars but are way out of my price range.  
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Anyway I've owned a few of them and after some pretty cheap improvements those were studio quality guitars. But... As those cheap series where new in europe...those were better guitars than the current production - I mean the range of 200-300 $. Anyway...diamond series is still a taugh one as competition for other producers.|
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Apr 7 2013, 02:27 PM
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QUOTE (Darius Wave @ Apr 7 2013, 02:12 PM) But... As those cheap series where new in europe...those were better guitars than the current production - I mean the range of 200-300 $. Anyway...diamond series is still a taugh one as competition for other producers. Do you mean the SGR Schecter guitars? |
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Apr 7 2013, 03:09 PM
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Omen 6 and Omen Extreme whre from diamond series...that's what is weird - We speak about series and it's a na amount from 300$ to 1000$...I have't opportunity to play SGR yet
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