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But it only cost £500.
Chapman have championed the idea that the quality of mass-produced far-eastern instruments has skyrocketed and the builders they have out there easily rival Western manufacture, and that's a legitimate argument when you're turning out guitars at a Mexican Fender price point.
I suppose in one sense you could see it as pioneering that they're prepared to make a guitar over there at this price point, but it is ultimately asking the buyer to take a lot of the risk.
Rabea comes across as a nice guy to me... And a great player.
In theory. Just need to wait for them to exist!
What, he was scared of the thought of making just 2 guitars?
It'll never be built.
What we tend to forget is that everything about their online presence is to push a brand and/or to make money. Fortunately for me I am very cynical when it comes to business and I see right through any sales talk.
The other thing is, have any of these players been in good credible bands as writers/contributing to songs for years? Not just a dude playing session work etc...because again there are a lot of people capable of that.
I mean no offence, but none of the Rob/Rabea/Pete projects are that exciting, in my eyes. They can all play, lots better than me, but that IS their job.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
In a way I don't think Massaad has any less right to a signature model than for example Eric Johnson, who in my ever so humble opinion is a noodling musician's-musician with garbage tone and yet rubs shoulders with the true greats in the FMIC artists' catalogue - Massaad at least plays with flair and panache and sounds like he knows how amplifiers work.
I think really the issue here is that gigantic price-point for even a well-specced far-eastern guitar. Expecting Massaad, an unsigned player with a modest youtube following, to carry that seems a big stretch. Even Kirk Hammett's latest sig is £150 less.
NB: I said this on tdpri and the backlash was so strong I got banned. So just in case: I'm not saying other people shouldn't be into it. It's just my opinion.