Any love here for Jim Deacon guitars?

longjaw

I remember these were quite common 15 to 20 years ago - I used to regularly see them knocking about.

Not sure of the build quality etc but there's a couple of nice examples on eBay at the minute.

Are they decent a standard (proper wood bodies, for example) comparable to Squier CVs?
Cheers!

stimpsonslostson

They're closer to Affinity than CV- budget guitars, but no worse for it. 

I had a Jim Deacon Strat for a while. It cost me £20 on gumtree & was a pretty serviceable Strat, though the trem was predictably cheap.
Mine was a 5 piece body, but not laminate.  

Nunogilberto

I had an explorer that was half decent but it was quite heavy. The other guitarist in my band uses his regularly when we gig.

longjaw

Cheers chaps, thought that would be the case - glad I didn't bid on the one that caught my   fancy last night, I often suffer from short term GAS straight after a gig and live to regret it the next day! :-)

bigjon

The bass-player for Kimberly Rew of Soft Boys / Katrina and the Waves game, Lee Cave-Berry, often plays a Jim Deacon bass when they gig in the Cambridge area.

prowla

There seem to be budget brands which are around for a few years and then wander off.

Marlin, Jim Deacon, Harley Benton (probably), Rockinbetter, and others.

Jetfire

I had a Jim deacon and it was actually ok. Wouldn't mind having a look at another

Bob_Gnarly

The quality varied depending on the year as they were sourced from different factories so can be a bit hit of miss.
Jim Deacon was the brand name of SMIRA (Scottish Musical Instrument Retailers Association) who sourced the instrument direct from factories in the far east in the 90s.

JD50

Bob_Gnarly said:

The quality varied depending on the year as they were sourced from different factories so can be a bit hit of miss.
Jim Deacon was the brand name of SMIRA (Scottish Musical Instrument Retailers Association) who sourced the instrument direct from factories in the far east in the 90s.

So they were made by Cort then?

Bob_Gnarly

JD50 said:

Bob_Gnarly said:

The quality varied depending on the year as they were sourced from different factories so can be a bit hit of miss.
Jim Deacon was the brand name of SMIRA (Scottish Musical Instrument Retailers Association) who sourced the instrument direct from factories in the far east in the 90s.

So they were made by Cort then?

Possibly at some point. What I do remember is, during my time working for a Scottish musical instrument retailer in the 90s who was part of the buying group, the quality varied year to year.