Copying Fender's Bodies

[Drew]

@steve506

I don’t think they really care about what happens with those masterbuilt guitars and the situation is a little more straightforward: they immediately legitimized their entire lineup by associating themselves with the Fender Custom Shop and the 60 fancy guitars sound like a moderate PR investment regardless of whether they’ll be able to sell them because the real moneymaker most frequently is the assembly line.

yeah - I went on to elaborate:

@Drew

But, on the other, 60 guitars at $2k, you’re looking at total revenue (before expenses) of $120k, and these don’t appear to be high margin. That’s not covering Cruz’s salary, I’d wager. Rather, I think this is a shots-fired move to stake out legitimacy, with the aim of making their other mass produced guitars an established brand.

I think you and i see perfectly eye to eye here.

[steve506]

@Drew

I think you and i see perfectly eye to eye here.

Yes, and while we are at it, we might as well get matching JC-1s .

EDIT cause I can’t double-post:

A classic “no shit, Sherlock!” moment .