I've been following this, and have a couple of comments..
Isn't it so that there's often a (maybe even heated) debate against Chinese stuff?
I've only dealt with a few, and not yet with guitars, but always had good contact.
WRT safety on the buy, as mentioned by someone, there's the buyer-protection escrow mechanism, so how bad do things absolutely have to get..
I'll agree that $400 may be a Bit steep for the seemingly medium finish (but hey, so far we haven't seen hi-quality pics) - however, we don't know how it'll flex once in the buyers hands.
As a comparison, you can find comments dating many years back against basses from Wolf Guitars (smaller Korean biz, ocmpared to the larger ones). I've now had my 7-string Wolf bass for a few years, and regard it a fine piece of gear, though not a Conklin (sorry 'bout speleng).
Isn't it so that there's often a (maybe even heated) debate against Chinese stuff?
I've only dealt with a few, and not yet with guitars, but always had good contact.
WRT safety on the buy, as mentioned by someone, there's the buyer-protection escrow mechanism, so how bad do things absolutely have to get..
I'll agree that $400 may be a Bit steep for the seemingly medium finish (but hey, so far we haven't seen hi-quality pics) - however, we don't know how it'll flex once in the buyers hands.
As a comparison, you can find comments dating many years back against basses from Wolf Guitars (smaller Korean biz, ocmpared to the larger ones). I've now had my 7-string Wolf bass for a few years, and regard it a fine piece of gear, though not a Conklin (sorry 'bout speleng).