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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Yamaha is solid, Ibanez is solid, Solar is decent for the money if you get a model with stainless steel frets for under 1k, but there’s also a myriad of smaller Chinese/Malasian/Indonesian brands cropping up on Amazon in the $500 and under range that are honestly kinda crushing it in terms of value.

    Modern CNC processes have really leveled the playing field. At this point I’d trust a brand with 3 good reviews for a particular model from independent sources over just a name on a headstock.


  • The 2 biggest, most famous guitar brands: Gibson and Fender? Most of their instruments suck by modern standards, at least in terms of price vs what you get. Smaller companies are eating up the sub $1k market day by day and these 2 gigantic brands are basically just hollowed out nostalgia shillers holding on due to corporate partnerships, rock star sponsorships, and boomer nostalgia.

    Seriously, it’s basically the same situation as Harley Davidson. Basically the biggest American guitar brands are overpriced pieces of crap barely better than in 1965 because anything they did that looked or (gods forbid) sounded new got absolutely shit on by the pretentious dentists who collect guitars and uphold the secondary market without actually knowing anything about what makes a guitar sound or play well.

    What I’m saying is, musical instruments are not collectors’ items, and the guitar market is a racket when you go over $1000 if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for.

    Anyways I look forward to the big brands’ inevitable demise.