Members CrystalLake Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Looks like the '52 RI Tele went down to $1599 (from $1800ish). Some American Standards (Teles and Strats) went down to $999. Check the Price Cut section here: http://www.zzounds.com/cat--Fender-Electric-Guitars--3077 Are they going back down for 2010? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jisatsu Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 No they just found a different country to exploit the child labor of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 If you've got evidence Fender actually uses factories that employ child labour let us see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 That's the benifit of putting the prices up last year.... now everyone is talking about 'Price Cuts' when it's totally artificial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jisatsu Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 If you've got evidence Fender actually uses factories that employ child labour let us see it. Whoa slow down there studly mcmuffin. It was a joke on the sad commentary of outsourcing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mis5dis6gis7 Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Whoa slow down there studly mcmuffin. It was a joke on the sad commentary of outsourcing. ror, studly mcmuffin I thought the standards used to $999 anyway. Thats what my local shop had them for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CrystalLake Posted January 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 ror, studly mcmuffinI thought the standards used to $999 anyway. Thats what my local shop had them for. $1149 - 1349, throughout AMS, Zzounds, MF, and Sweetwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FlyGuy10 Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Yeah it looks like they just went back down to where they used to be before the economy went in the crapper. Thank God. I might be able to buy a Fender in 2010! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 MF dropped a lot of fender prices too - http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?doc_id=105505 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CrystalLake Posted January 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Yup, and Sweetwaters was yesterday too.http://www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=Fender+American+Standard+Tele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FlyGuy10 Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Well at least some of them anyway...The Mexi standards are still $150 higher than they used to be, but those American Standards are a little more managable. Weird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CrystalLake Posted January 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 I remember when the MIMs were $349. I got my black one for about $378 last year. Still a great price, but $499 is a bit steep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members six acre lake Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 No they just found a different country to exploit the child labor of. Fender's Madagascar plant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeremy Skrenes Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Whoa slow down there studly mcmuffin. It was a joke on the sad commentary of outsourcing. Why is outsourcing such a bad thing? Some of the outsourced jobs pay better than any other job that the outsourced country has. They've got to start somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members six acre lake Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Why is outsourcing such a bad thing? Some of the outsourced jobs pay better than any other job that the outsourced country has. They've got to start somewhere. Get ready for the monster thread derail that is right around the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jak83 Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Why is outsourcing such a bad thing? Some of the outsourced jobs pay better than any other job that the outsourced country has. They've got to start somewhere. Relatively speaking sure, but it's still exploitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 I know my local shop didn't have the price hike like the larger shops had. I think they did eventually, but I expect to see their prices drop as well. They're going back to 2008 levels, again. I can see a little increase, perhaps, but they went up a lot, just when the economy really tanked, not good planning. I think sales of new guitars over $1k is probably pretty stale right now, at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jisatsu Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Why is outsourcing such a bad thing? Some of the outsourced jobs pay better than any other job that the outsourced country has. They've got to start somewhere. Whoa whoa whoa, this is tough guy central today! Out sourcing is a great thing! Especially for displaced laborers laid off to allow it to happen! Especially since the companies producing the products are spending less to create a product and still charging the same or more! And how about those tax breaks for companies based in the US who outsource! Whoopee! I don't know why I don't just move to Indonesia! I really want to make what they make there in those outsourced plants! Do you think I'll get to keep my dental plan?? I sure hope so! Man someone played right into that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members claytonjohn18 Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 I think it's cool that they're at least back to something reasonable. Sucks for anyone who bought in 2009, though. Makes me really want a Jaguar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members claytonjohn18 Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Since when is there a classic player tele deluxe with p90s!? {censored} me. http://www.zzounds.com/item--FEN0141902 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vinnies Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Get ready for the monster thread derail that is right around the corner.this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules-RM Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Fender really pissed me off when they raised prices. They lost a lot of good will when they did that. Lowering prices to where they used to be before the crash wont cut it. They should have lowered prices by 20% to begin with, to show their solidarity with the working man. Now they are in the same league as Gibson for overpriced bull{censored}. Congrats Fender you are now in the "only buy used gutiars" category. My next guitar is going to be either a Hagstrom or a Schecter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CrystalLake Posted January 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 Since when is there a classic player tele deluxe with p90s!? {censored} me.http://www.zzounds.com/item--FEN0141902 Those came out around the fall I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members butterknucket Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 I wish the prices of the amps would go back down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members booher Posted January 6, 2010 Members Share Posted January 6, 2010 I remember standards going for about 800 before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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