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A good setup probably means more than the country of origin.
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A good setup probably means more than the country of origin.
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i can imagine the esp QA going "man you ruined this guitar, we cant sell this" and then the cc worker going ah it's Eii is okI'd choose Japan every single time if the budget isn't in consideration.
It's not that Korean, Indonesian, or even Chinese, people are inherently unable to make a great quality guitar. But when a company outsources their production to those places with low wages, they're doing it to save money and keep their margins while selling a cheaper product. QC, and sending things backwards in the production line adds a lot of cost to the process. By the very nature of producing a product on a budget, the quality is going to suffer because you simply can't dedicate the time to making things perfect.
Same goes for work in the same factory. Look at E-II vs ESP original. All my E-II guitar have some sort of minor flaws. Binding that isn't perfectly straight. Fretboard dye that spilled over a bit. But my ESP originals, made in the same room, are perfect. It's because they spend more time on those guitars, and they charge 2x the price for them.
Do you have a source on this, because I don't think this is necessarily true.But my ESP originals, made in the same room
i can imagine the esp QA going "man you ruined this guitar, we cant sell this" and then the cc worker going ah it's Eii is ok
Do you have a source on this, because I don't think this is necessarily true.
Do you have a source on this, because I don't think this is necessarily true.
I dunno, but all I own are MIJ Ibanez's that are all 20+ years old, most with the original hardware and frets and they are just fantastic. Tight tolerances in the fit and finish, and clearly they have stood the test of time.
I specifically ordered a Korean Black Metal Eclipse and a few things were a bit of a mess. Not what I expected at all at that level. I hate shipping things and can do the fixes myself so I kept it. A Japanese guitar or anything more expensive would have went back.
I have an older Korean made MH-400 that is incredible so like most things it just varies piece to piece.