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Plus unless you get a nitro finished guitar, theyre coated in plastic anyway
On the bodies, the Mexicans sometimes seem to be made from more pieces than their US equivalents.
Modding cheap guitars can always work out pricey. Not to mention the obvious Bermuda Triangle money pit - If you buy a £200 guitar and put in a set of, for example, Bareknuckles, you’ve spent the same on pickups as you have on the guitar. If you buy a £2000 guitar and do the same, you’ve only spent 10%.
Fwiw, I had a Lite Ash Tele which had a totally weird neck shape. D with sharp shoulders. Hated it.
In a nutshell? I don’t think fender give a shit about “wood quality”. They use anything and everything to make their guitars. Leo also used anything spare to make the originals... nothing went to waste.
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Its like paying a main dealership technician to service your car vs an independant. I've had a really shoddy experience with Renault lately, but a random bloke off the internet who drove his rental van round one night fixed the problem in 30 minutes, then a small alloy wheel set up in Thurrock advised and sorted things better than the dealer the wheels came from.
Sometimes its a shit shoot and you'll get a lemon anywhere though.
But, look at it this way, you've spent £800 with mods and fettling on a mexican and you like it no?
You could have bought an American for £1000 but theres no guarantees it wont need a set up or a bit of fretwork anyway.
+ the Americans come with a hard case which I would imagine adds to their price too.
But how much cheaper or whether it really makes a difference to the player is a different story.
The routing is neater on American made instruments I believe.
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