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Originally Posted by tosh
Indeed....As consumers we have such a huge choice of things nowadays.I wonder if this era in which we live will one day be considered a 'golden age'.
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I'm already calling it a golden age. I have a Chinese (SX) strat with very little $$$ in aftermarket stuff on it that is totally gigable. The neck and body would be totally acceptable at 5x the price. Bridge must be mystery metal, but has steel bite and definition. Out of the box the frets need to be leveled, like almost any brand factory guitar.
And I am impressed with pretty much anything out of the (Korean) Samick factory. They have a lot of cheesy appointments on the low low end stuff with their own name on it - photo tops, glitter paint - but they seem to knock themselves out making every guitar playable and toneful.
Then there's Schecter. Korean made, inexpensive. Pro quality out of the box IMHO.