Guitarist magazine collectors - a favour please?

[dave_mc]

careful, dave, with all those prses and cs fenders you're skating on thin ice.... :lol: though i'd agree about caparisons, based on the, er, one i tried anyway....

[Simon D]

If we're talking "Hysterically overpriced", don't make me start on Caparisons!!!!

Caparisons overpriced? Surely some mistake...

[nfe]

If we're talking "Hysterically overpriced", don't make me start on Caparisons!!!!

The average Caparison is twice the price it really should be.

The Modern Eagle, well, it's probably not far off quadruple.



EDIT: Actually, I'm thinking Caparisons sit around a grand in the UK. But they're mostly about £1500 aren't they? So let's call them thrice the price.

[Twinfan]

careful, dave, with all those prses and cs fenders you're skating on thin ice....

:lol:

It's only one CS Fender, and I swapped 4 guitars for it.  Does that make it better?????

[noodleplugerine]

If we're talking "Hysterically overpriced", don't make me start on Caparisons!!!!

The average Caparison is twice the price it really should be.

The Modern Eagle, well, it's probably not far off quadruple.



EDIT: Actually, I'm thinking Caparisons sit around a grand in the UK. But they're mostly about £1500 aren't they? So let's call them thrice the price.

O.o

Caparisons are hand made in tiny batches with great woods, and hand wound pickups.

Why are they overpriced?

[Philly Q]

Caparisons are hand made in tiny batches with great woods, and hand wound pickups.

Why are they overpriced?

There's a thread somewhere in which MDV (I think... sorry if it wasn't you, Mark) describes a Caparison which was a shocking piece of shite.  Or words to that effect.

[dave_mc]

^ i liked the one i tried, but for £1500 i was wondering what the fuss was. around about half that would be ok, probably quite decent value actually, which is roughly what they went for in japan before the pound plummetted against the yen...

:lol:

It's only one CS Fender, and I swapped 4 guitars for it.  Does that make it better?????

haha, not really, i'm just keeping you going, though. :)

[nfe]

Caparisons are hand made in tiny batches with great woods, and hand wound pickups.

Why are they overpriced?

There's a thread somewhere in which MDV (I think... sorry if it wasn't you, Mark) describes a Caparison which was a shocking piece of shiteeee.  Or words to that effect.

And that was my experience too.

The one's I played I'd put on a par with the gamut of mid-priced Ibanez/LTD/Jackson metal for undemanding novices guitars.



EDIT: I am aware that last sentence is appalingly elitist and pretentious, but it's the best phrase I can think of to describe the feel of those instruments and their target audience that I can muster.

[dave_mc]

nah, i disagree, the one i tried was quite a bit nicer than those, but they're weren't nearly as nice (imo, of course) as stuff like tyler, vigier, etc. or a custom build.

[noodleplugerine]

nah, i disagree, the one i tried was quite a bit nicer than those, but they're weren't nearly as nice (imo, of course) as stuff like tyler, vigier, etc. or a custom build.

That I'd agree with.

But I'd put them along side the expensive Ibanez Prestiges, and the US Jacksons.

[dave_mc]

i'd need to try a bunch head to head, but i'd agree broadly with that, i think. then again i think the USA jacksons are ridiculously overpriced too. ibanez is ok if you go with the 1570, i think, but i wouldn't pay £1000 for a prestige, apart from anything if you're paying that much you should probably try to find a J-custom (if you want to stick with ibanez, that is).