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Post subject: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:00 am
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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:39 am
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Made me look ....

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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:59 am
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Made me look too, but it wouldn't surprise me if it were true. LOL. Does this qualify as "fake news"? :lol:


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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:27 am
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Minnesotaman wrote:
Does this qualify as "fake news"? :lol:
:lol: Yup! And Breaking news too. That's what working around newsrooms for 29 years does to ya. :P
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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:07 am
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Too many vital components of many "American" guitars are already made abroad for the guitars to fulfil the "Made in USA" requirements.


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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:13 am
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arth1 wrote:
Too many vital components of many "American" guitars are already made abroad for the guitars to fulfil the "Made in USA" requirements.


+1000

It's been true for "American" amps for quite some time now.

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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:23 pm
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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:27 pm
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GOOD ONE!!!!

Thanks, Glenn. :D
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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:44 pm
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Got me ! April fool am I, thank you very much FSB :oops: :lol:
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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:57 pm
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The Devil made me do it. :P Wait'll they make the Chinese Deluxe in America. :shock: HMmm. I don't think so. :wink:
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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:54 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
It's been true for "American" amps for quite some time now.


Thing is, I don't mind that it's not made here, as long as it's quality.
I mean, I wouldn't mind an amp made with Scandinavian birch, English woodworking and speakers, German hardware and Czech electronics.
It's the penny pinching and loose tolerances that chafes me.

The last amp I bought was a UK made one, and it was quite frankly so much better made than modern Fenders that it's hard to compare. Overpriced, sure. But designed to be serviceable, with printboards larger than bare minimum and space to go in and replace a cap should it blow one day. Even screws instead of staple guns. Can't say the same for the last Fender I bought, which was pure consumerism: use, toss, rebuy. That's sad.


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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
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Can't say the same for the last Fender I bought, which was pure consumerism: use, toss, rebuy. That's sad.


It really is.

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Post subject: Re: American Deluxe Strat To Be Made In China!?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:21 pm
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