Post by TonyKgull on Oct 21, 2016 23:25:51 GMT -5
Ya, environment is a big factor. I did not remember that you have all your cases stored. Plus, you have an advantage I do not. You can control the climate in your guitar room iirc, whereas I cannot. So ya, environments, they can be the proverbial female dog.
In my apt., if I left my guitars out of their cases for even a couple of months during the Fall/Winter/Spring seasons ( summer they'd be A-OK ) they'd all be toast in under a year.
With factory made guitars, I now only start to question the price after around 3 thousand bucks. Even with machines, all that goes into a guitar can still take a lot of time and work. Inlays, special gradient painting, finishes, binding, headstock plates, bracing, assembly etc, etc., never mind the cost of the machines, their operation and their upkeep in the first place. Machines, time and materials and quality control are not easy or cheap. The only things machines give you is some speed and consistency, but they don't necessarily drive the cost down all that much. I know this because I've worked in machine shops. Sometimes, it can take you years to recoup the costs of better machines. They don't save the company money right away.
So I'm willing to pay up to around 3k max for a guitar. But, after that, everything I know about what goes into making a guitar has me scratching my head when I see price tags of 5k or more. I mean c'mon, I can buy a pretty darn good CAR for 5k and you're telling me some wood, glue, tuners and a pickup reflect the same costs that go into making a car that has more than a 100 times more complicated and moving parts that need to work together?? Nu-uh! lol.
In my apt., if I left my guitars out of their cases for even a couple of months during the Fall/Winter/Spring seasons ( summer they'd be A-OK ) they'd all be toast in under a year.
With factory made guitars, I now only start to question the price after around 3 thousand bucks. Even with machines, all that goes into a guitar can still take a lot of time and work. Inlays, special gradient painting, finishes, binding, headstock plates, bracing, assembly etc, etc., never mind the cost of the machines, their operation and their upkeep in the first place. Machines, time and materials and quality control are not easy or cheap. The only things machines give you is some speed and consistency, but they don't necessarily drive the cost down all that much. I know this because I've worked in machine shops. Sometimes, it can take you years to recoup the costs of better machines. They don't save the company money right away.
So I'm willing to pay up to around 3k max for a guitar. But, after that, everything I know about what goes into making a guitar has me scratching my head when I see price tags of 5k or more. I mean c'mon, I can buy a pretty darn good CAR for 5k and you're telling me some wood, glue, tuners and a pickup reflect the same costs that go into making a car that has more than a 100 times more complicated and moving parts that need to work together?? Nu-uh! lol.