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Post by samspade on Jan 27, 2022 19:56:21 GMT -5
Recently reconnected with a guitar that had an original Floyd Rose, but had a bar that didn't feel quite right, I knew it wasn't original. Ordered a Schaller replacement for $22 and the difference was amazing. Same threading, look, etc, but I guess the steel, tolerance, quality was different. What is being sacrificed with pots, hardware, etc by going cheap? I don't mean custom shop realm, but what used to be expected.
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Post by LeftyMeister on Jan 31, 2022 20:11:18 GMT -5
One can take an inexpensive guitar as a platform, gut the cheap hardware and electrics, install quality components, and create a decent instrument. I've done it many times.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Jan 31, 2022 21:41:10 GMT -5
Most of the corners are cut right at the end with assembly, fret work, and set up. Those are things that have proved to be very difficult to automate. Finishing was for a long time, but that has changed a lot in the past 10 years or so.
One thing I've noticed is that VERY often Strat and Tele type instruments below a certain price point will have 500k pots in there. Most people plug them in and hear they are shrill and assume they are just cheap pickups (and they are), but a lot of it is the pots. Why do they do this? 500k must be cheaper and more plentiful when you get to certain quantity purchases or something.
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Post by reverendrob on Jan 31, 2022 23:42:33 GMT -5
I just went cheap on a pedal, but I already have the vintage Japan version in house.
I wanted a second to screw around with to see if I really needed a second (before I blew the bucks on a Boss HM-2 Waza), so bagged a demo Behringer HM-300 (their clone) for $15 shipped.
It's pink and hideous, but everything indicates on my demos I've listened to it's very close to my beloved black and orange beast, and well, I'm not taking it on tour.
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