What makes an expensive guitar expensive?

What makes an expensive guitar expensive?

Expensive guitars are made with higher quality parts, better construction, and more skilled craftsmanship. Cheap guitars are mass produced in factories, typically with unskilled labor and lower quality control standards, and will have cheaper components that may inhibit the playability or the sound.

Are Jackson guitar necks good?

Jackson is known for having thhat special neck shape that many love and or hate, and obviously something more expensive is going to feel nicer, but the overall neck just feels so nice.

Is Jackson a fender?

Fender acquired the Jackson brand along with its 2002 purchase of Charvel.

When did fender buy Jackson guitars?

2002
Charvel/Jackson was acquired by Fender in 2002, but it has lost little of its original ethos in the years that followed.

Do Jackson guitars have thin necks?

Jackson necks are fairly slim but not to ibanez wizard extremes. due to its “imo akward” feel the jackson necks feel larger to me than otehr necks like les pauls.

How thick are Jackson necks?

The RR’s neck dimensions are 12” to 16” Compound Radius / 304.8 mm to 406.4 mm, the Soloist is 12” to 16” Compound Radius / 304.8 mm to 406.4 mm, the Dinky is 12″ to 16″ Compound Radius / 304.8 mm to 406.4 mm, the Warrior has a 12” to 16” Compound Radius / 304.8 mm to 406.4 mm.

Will I be able to custom build a replica of Jackson Guitars?

I will only custom build you a replica as long as Jackson or their parent company Fender has no objections. We construct all of our neck thru replicas out of the finest materials and no expense will be spared to create you the finest guitar that money can buy.

How much should a good guitar cost?

“No matter what, the consumer still believes a guitar costs $200, so the industry has to come up with a solution to make sure that they can offer a guitar with the right amount of playability — so it stays in tune, it’s not going to be a piece of junk, and it’s going to cost $200 to $300.”

Do American-made guitars hold their value?

Yes, because there’s something else: The value. Augustin says American-made guitars (usually at the “standard” level and above) will hold their value over time, and perhaps even increase. Because they’re more desirable and seen as authentic, in the future, people will be seeking them out, no matter how worn and used they are.

How rare are BC Rich Neck Thru guitars?

As of 2007 BC Rich is no longer offering American Made Neck Thru Guitars, Today even their 7,000.00 ones are all imports so Jackson has only one real competitor “Abstract Guitars” Very rare, highly sought after very few were made because they were extremely expensive.