Great list, although I wouldn't compare Gibson with Mercedes Benz. Gibson does not have that kind of quality.
But all in all, that was pretty accurate. :D
Ha - you haven't read up on the Mercedes quality control record over the past 5 or 6 years. Very similar to Gibson. Name brand is very good, but actual quality is not on par with brand.
The Benz = high brand recognition, good product, quality so-so
The same with Gibson.
Great point on Fender equalling Ford. Probably a better representation. I guess I was working off the price-point with that one.
Love the Godin = Saturn. I missed that one.
By the way, I drive an Ibanez.
I agree with Wes. MB may have suffered in the QC area, the fit and finish is still great -- not so, Gibson.
Godin isn't really Saturn. Seagull is Saturn. Both have spawned these die-hard, maniacal mini-cults.
-=tension & release=-
Esteban - Trabant
I was thinking Lada.
Compared to a Trabbie, the Lada was quite upmarket (you even got a pot of touch-up paint, to match your car, with a new Lada).
I started with nothing - and I've still got most of it left.
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Esteban - Trabant
I was thinking Lada.
Some might even make it a Wartburg!!!!
I gotta tell you, this thread is a real example of what happens to people with too much time on their hands. :wink:
Well we all shine on--like the moon and the stars and the sun.
-- John Lennon
Yeah, I'll clarify that I'm an electric guy, so this post was electric-based. Sorry to all you Taylor, Seagull, Martin people.
-=- Steve
"If the moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?"
Esteban - Trabant
I was thinking Lada.
Some might even make it a Wartburg!!!!
I gotta tell you, this thread is a real example of what happens to people with too much time on their hands. :wink:
From the man with 6200+ posts !!!! :D
-=- Steve
"If the moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?"
I was thinking Lada.
Some might even make it a Wartburg!!!!
I gotta tell you, this thread is a real example of what happens to people with too much time on their hands. :wink:
From the man with 6200+ posts !!!! :D
Well said! :D
Vacate is the word...Vengance has no place on me or her...Cannot find a comfort in this world.
I guess I drive a Gibson 280SL convertible.
Esteban = 1971 Chevy Vega
Music is the universal language, love is the key.
I drive a Seagull and PRS. Soon to drive a Martin. I play a Saturn!
i would have compared Saturn to Godin because you get good value for the money. Squier is just cheap. I would have compared Lexus to Paul Reed Smith because I think of it as more of the luxury car. although Porsche certainly costs more.
re: Saturn. We are still getting "regularly-scheduled" Recall Notices, (despite numerous phone calls), three years after having disposed of the said " brand-new automobile". We must be up to about 20 by now. Yet, I've never had a recall on my Squier Series 24.
My Squier Series 24 is a SmartCar. Especially with gas prices these days.
Bitter rant over...
Ghost :evil:
(We've never had one recall on the Mustang! Yee haw! :D )
"Colour made the grass less green..." 3000 miles, Tracy Chapman
I drive an Eagle Vision. It is a nice car, but I've never seen another one.
I think it is like Danelectro's. Good guitar, but you never see one.
But I own one. :D
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
Esteban = Yugo!
I've made my living fixing things and take a lot of pride in my ability to at least being able to get something to run or play. The two blemishes on my record was a Yugo that wouldn't start no matter what I did and one of my buddys Esteban guitar that couldn't be made playable even if you set it on fire, buried the ashes in your garden, grow a tomato from it and ate it! You would probably die of indigestion!
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming......
like the passengers in his car.
I wasn't smoking anything, but it seems to make sense...
Are you SURE? :roll:
Volkswagen-----Schecter
A VW?? Thats just WRONG. :lol:
Hey.. How come Ovation isnt in there?
one of my buddys Esteban guitar that couldn't be made playable even if you set it on fire, buried the ashes in your garden, grow a tomato from it and ate it! You would probably die of indigestion!
Now that was classic and needs to be in a sig somewhere. ROFL
Geoo
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
Rolls Royce = Benedetto -- hand made classic lines of top quality that no one can afford or needs but everyone wants
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." -- HST
