Members Into Nation Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Maybe Squiers are going up too. CV's MSRP $550 http://www.squierguitars.com/support.php MF shows $499 currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benricci Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Maybe Squiers are going up too. CV's MSRP $550 http://www.squierguitars.com/support.phpMF shows $499 currently. Yes, we covered this on page one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kid Klash Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Prediction: Days of finding $200 used MIM Standards are over! Yep - $300 to $350 is going to seem like a bargain in a few months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yeah the Bullets are cool, I love mine, can't wait to start modding it If I was looking for a new Strat or Tele I'd definitely look into Squiers, not Fenders, because of the new prices. There is a bubble-gum pink Bullet at the Fountain Valley GC for $99...sorely tempted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Buy used. No taxes. Untraceable. Good deals. Cases and other miscellaneous crap usually thrown in. Meet new people. FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Orange Jackson Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Ibanez prices are up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueHeaven Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 HOLY {censored} I had no idea this was happening. $1600!!!! I got mine for around $950 in 2005. Thats goddamn crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benricci Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Ibanez prices are up too. Everyone's prices are up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 I thought MF wasn't going through with the increase?There were rumors floating around. Nothing concrete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TeleCV50VBMF hasn't changed the price on the site yet - but in the catalog I received yesterday, it's listed at $349... jesus...that's absurd!!!!! Inflation is getting ridiculous. I got mine for 240.00 brand new. No way would I pay 350 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shoremac Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 This thread should have been entitled "{censored} Fender" That's the way I feel about Fender right now. I really want a Telecaster, but these prices are crazy. I'm thinking about saving some cash and getting an Xaviere Butterscotch Tele with a maple neck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stumpy Joe Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 I knew the price increases were coming, but I still couldn't believe the prices on the Classic Vibe Tele's. I paid $358 (w/ coupon) for my MIM Tele last January. And got a watch, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 HOLY {censored} I had no idea this was happening. $1600!!!! I got mine for around $950 in 2005. Thats goddamn crazy. Maybe the guitar market is where the NEW INFLATION starts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tinear Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 My collection of Fender guitars just suddenly increased in value! Prediction: Days of finding $200 used MIM Standards are over! They have been for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eddie Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Everyone's prices are up... Except the G&L in my signature. That is down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Holy banana crap that's expensive for a Squier! about 10 years ago, the Squier Pro Tone series guitars went for around $350. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members in_rainbows Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Anyone have any idea if the Squier Tele Custom is going to go up? I was thinking about getting one but I might just go with a rondo or xavier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhorne Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 So you mean GC/MF really wasn't fighting Fender just to keep your prices down? I'm shocked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jayers Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 I suppose, then again - prices have been pretty steady for the past 15 years or so. If they gradually added $10 per year to the price over 15 years, instead of $150 all at once (which they just did), would we still be complaining as loudly? Yeah, come on. I bought my MIM standard in 1992 for $400. Guess what you could buy the exact same model last fall for? $400. Yeah price increase sux, but damn they held that price for WAY longer than anybody else did on anything. Look at cars, levi's, even tacos! And I make approximately 3.5 times what I did in 1992, so I'm not gonna complain too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yeah, come on. I bought my MIM standard in 1992 for $400. Guess what you could buy the exact same model last fall for? $400. Yeah price increase sux, but damn they held that price for WAY longer than anybody else did on anything. Look at cars, levi's, even tacos!And I make approximately 3.5 times what I did in 1992, so I'm not gonna complain too much. You paid what for it??? I bought Layla in my sig, an MIM Standard Strat, in 1995 for $285 plus tax from RONDO (when they were a brick and mortar store in NJ). However... If you were to take any of Fender's prices of yesteryear and convert them to today's dollar via standard inflation figures, the new prices still aren't that high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavidMgT Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 I've said it before, and I will say it again: Get a G&L:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TWSS Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 I think I'll switch to Godin. They seem to be the only company that has great prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hardtdc Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Damn, I knew I should have already picked up a CV Tele. {censored}, $50 higher now. This sucks. I have to re-think this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GodBlessTexas Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Wow, paying $400 for a Nashville Tele doesn't seem so bad now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Florbastang Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 Here's fender's strategy, raise prices and get people all upset. As the economy moves toward "deflation" give out HUGE rebates to stimulate sales or give dealer motivated rebates to lower the instore price.Then when the economy gets better, they will have their products at the higher list price to take advantage of the booming economy 5 to 10 years from now That would work better if there weren't a plethora of excellent copies that are just as good for a fraction of the price or high end custom guitar copies that around the same price but miles better. Whatever. Even the MIM Standards were a rip off at the old price, when you could get a Xaviere Strat or Tele that is of equivalent quality for a fraction of the price. Now at the new price, anyone that opts for a MIM Standard is just ignorant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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