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Originally Posted by franchelB
IMO, I definine "quality" with "value".
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if you use the terms that way they have to work forward and reverse.
Can something of quality not be a good value?
Can something that is of great value not be of good quality?
Once a person spends some time with those two questions... I think you'll find that your formula may work for you as a way of making choices, but it can get much more complicated than simple.
Thought exercise: Put all the guitars you listed above in a pitch dark room but each connected to an old fender bf deluxe (or the amp and settings of your choice.. not a twin, the other guy in the experiment is old and can't lift stuff)
play them all without seeing them. Pick the one that sounds the best plays the best.. the guitar that you'd love to play every day and own the rest of your life... say you are going to live another 40 years. Would it really matter to you if it was a 1000 or 2000 or 3000 dollar guitar? Over time the cost would be negligible... but you'd have a guitar that you truly, truly loved. For me, when I buy on price... I always feel like I'm 'settling' and at this stage of my life I'd rather do without than settle. You may still choose your MIA but at that point you'd be choosing based on 'quality' rather than 'value'.