Yes, it sounds like you bought at the right time, and those are great guitars.:
Hello!
I took a look at the new Fender Mexico Standard Stratocasters. They changend the headstock logo, that now is in black instead of silver. The plastic parts and the necks now are tintend vintage (looks very good).
But what's that: Instead of 445 Euro (595 USD) for a Stratocaster in sunburst the price is no 535 Euro (716 USD).
So, I think, to buy my Squier Classic Vibe STrat was really at the right time.
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Christian
Guitars: Fender Telecaster Standard, Squier Classic Vibe 50's Stratocaster, Yamaha Pacifica 412V, Dean Vendetta, J&D LS-1, Collins Stage Western
Amp: Vox Valvetronix AD50VT, Fame GX60R
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Yes, it sounds like you bought at the right time, and those are great guitars.:
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal
Wait 'til the rumoured "Road Worn" series arrive. Then you'll see high MIM prices.
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It's getting a bit ridiculous. A MIM Strat is not worth $595.00, not with the Squiers being made so well these days at $299, or less. A new sticker, neck tinting, and "aged" parts aren't worth the $$$, in my book.Originally Posted by markb
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
I second this. When they made the first upgrade of the MIM series with e.g. medium jumbo frets, a better tremolo block and a gigbag the price was nearly the same. Now only for some minor cosmetic changes they want so much more money . I can't understand that.Originally Posted by Katastrophe
Btw: The new price of a MIM strat is about 716 USD here in Germany :
Greetings
Christian
Guitars: Fender Telecaster Standard, Squier Classic Vibe 50's Stratocaster, Yamaha Pacifica 412V, Dean Vendetta, J&D LS-1, Collins Stage Western
Amp: Vox Valvetronix AD50VT, Fame GX60R
Pedals: DIY Box of Rock Clone, DIY Linear Power Boster, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Regenerator, Digitech Bad Monkey, Harley Benton OD-100, Harley Benton DD-2, Behringer Hellbabe HB01 Wah, Boss DS-1, Boss TU-2, Boss DD-7, EXH Small Clone
Sorry, Chris. I didn't read the post correctly. :
You're right, though, the 06 upgrades were worth the extra $30.00 they cost here in the States. My MIM is an 06, and I thought the upgrades were great!
$716.00 is just silly for an MIM.
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
Ach du lieber!
Man, guitars are so much cheaper in the USA. Although I'm sure the price will rise here too.
At this point I almost always buy used anyhow.
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Yes, when I see it right, an actual MIM Standard Strat is about 400 USD, right?Originally Posted by Brian Krashpad
Greetings
Christian
Guitars: Fender Telecaster Standard, Squier Classic Vibe 50's Stratocaster, Yamaha Pacifica 412V, Dean Vendetta, J&D LS-1, Collins Stage Western
Amp: Vox Valvetronix AD50VT, Fame GX60R
Pedals: DIY Box of Rock Clone, DIY Linear Power Boster, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Regenerator, Digitech Bad Monkey, Harley Benton OD-100, Harley Benton DD-2, Behringer Hellbabe HB01 Wah, Boss DS-1, Boss TU-2, Boss DD-7, EXH Small Clone
Ja.Originally Posted by Guitar-Chris
The current "street" price at large retailers is $399 USD.
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Also sunburst run higher normally.
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I just checked and the Musicians Friend online store lists two versions of the Standard. One is last years with the silver logo and the other must be this years edition. The list prices are 599, and 699 for the latest version.
The new one is selling for 449 to 474 depending on color. The old one is showing 399.
So I guess they put the price up 100 bucks on the list!
The Blues is alright!
Guitars: 1968 Gibson SG, 2005 Gibson SG Standard, 2006 Gibson LP Classic Gold top, 2004 Epiphone Elitist LP Custom, 1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard. 2001 Epiphone Sheraton II, 2007 Epiphone G400.
Fender Strats: 1996 Fender 68 Reissue CIJ, 2008 Squier CV 50s, 2009 Squier CV 50s Tele Butterescotch Blonde
Amps: Blues Junior Special edition Jensen in Brown Tolex with Wheat front, 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue,1970 Sonax reverb by Traynor, Avatar Custom 2/12 Cabinet with Eminence Legend V1216 speakers,
2008 DSL100 Marshall Amp , Fender Super Champ XD,Fender Vibro Champ XD
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It's their best selling guitar, so the price goes up. mabey even drive people to go ahead and spring for and american made. simple economics fender style
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You will probably see an initial rise in prices, but I wouldn't buy right now. My feeling is they are going to see slumping sales and be forced to slash prices.
Gibson/Epiphone are or will be putting price increases through, but I think they will find it tough to sell guitars. Epiphone downsized the number of guitars they offer. It will be interesting to see what happens in the guitar world.
Used guitar prices would normally rise, but people are thinning there collection to pay the rent.
I'm filing for bailout money so I can keep mine. I figure I will ask for only a million and it should skate right through for approval.
Mark
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I just bought a 3 tone sunburst MiM Roadhouse Strat on Ebay for £400 which would be about $600 US . The clincher for me to win over the wife was a 15 % voucher from ebay which brought it down to about £350 which I`m very pleased with . Only 4 days to go before I can run it through the Marshall , c`mon Santa . I`ve noticed guitar prices on Ebay going down {with a few exceptions which were out of my price range anyway} , but these usually are the busiest 2 weeks for guitar shops so no doubt prices will drop in the new year .
The Langhorne, Pa Guitar Center is selling mim strats for $359 plus tax. Not bad at all for a quality instrument.