MIM strat is the same price as a Squier CV strat -- both are 399 retail
lol are they are about to close the mexican factory?
Re: what the heck is going on
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:44 pm
by 71Smallbox
brainfur wrote:MIM strat is the same price as a Squier CV strat -- both are 399 retail
lol are they are about to close the mexican factory?
Maybe they aren't selling since the introduction of the better sounding CV series?
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:50 pm
by brainfur
i hope they try to do better instead of just banning chinese guitars like how fender japan isnt allowed to compete w fender usa anymore
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:52 pm
by 71Smallbox
brainfur wrote:i hope they try to do better instead of just banning chinese guitars like how fender japan isnt allowed to compete w fender usa anymore
Fender doesn't always make good decisions, see the Eric Crapton $25,000 Stratocaster.
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:57 pm
by brainfur
the 25k clapton strat should have one of Clapton's fingers encased in lucite on a keychain as case candy
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:23 pm
by Snake
Squires are okay if you're starting out, but every one I've played felt like a toy.
Nothing beats a good ol' US made Fender
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:34 pm
by blane
Snake wrote:Squires are okay if you're starting out, but every one I've played felt like a toy.
Nothing beats a good ol' US made Fender
except for a good old Japanese Fender.
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:55 pm
by Dillon
blane wrote:
Snake wrote:Squires are okay if you're starting out, but every one I've played felt like a toy.
Nothing beats a good ol' US made Fender
except for a good old Japanese Fender.
Idunno, I think US-made Fender guitars are still a cut above CIJ stuff if you ask me. Better finish, better pickups, better hardware, etc. Not by much though, and certainly a lot of American Strats / Teles have pokey fret ends.
As for price on the CV stuff. Fender is probably just doing what makes sense. People will still buy both in spades---those who want a player go for the CVs, those who want the Fender name go for the MIM.
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:30 pm
by Gabriel
Dillon wrote:As for price on the CV stuff. Fender is probably just doing what makes sense. People will still buy both in spades---those who want a player go for the CVs, those who want the Fender name go for the MIM.
This is a big point, there are probably quite a lot of people who'd rather pay the extra bit just to get the 'proper' name on the headstock.
I'd really love one of the CV Jazz basses as they are seriously nice instrument. The price hike is a bit annoying but they don't cost too much secondhand.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:48 am
by 71Smallbox
Snake wrote:Squires are okay if you're starting out, but every one I've played felt like a toy.
Nothing beats a good ol' US made Fender
I had a US made strat that was a dog to play. My 1983 Squier kills it.
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:11 am
by izodiak
I have a mim (deluxe) stratocaster, and when I try out amps I always use the squier cv.
I think the pickups sound a bit nicer and the small details are better but the overall sound on the CV Squiers is really good,
tho wouldnt change it for my mexican built strat (nostalgia,my first electric)..
