Let's see, there's oil and gasoline, steel and copper, power companies, insurance, health care...
Quite a few other industries have had significant price increases. Seems like my local power company asks for 20% every quarter.

Maxwel,I dont agree with it but there is nothing nobody can do and the topic has been beaten to death,as I said earlier that Fender was kind of low on the totem pole compared to other company high end products does not mean I am happy about the increase,Because the increase affects even the used guitars sold on ebay because everyone knows the price jump.Right now if I wanted to buy I would go look all over for a VG strat as I here people on here picking them up for $999 because there not making them anymore.It even has me tempted to grab one.But let me close with this there has never been a Fender I bought that I did not make money on when I sold it unlike most other companies that you lose a third of what you spent the moment you leave the store.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.