American Made & Fender Article

[Thrust]

Re: American Made & Fender Article

Originally posted by kramerhater:
[img]graemlins/rant.gif[/img] Dont like non american made stuff then revolt and throw the losers out who keep GATT (general agreement on tariffs and trade) NAFTA (north american free trade agreement)..Foreign nations import with no taxes ..We cant export and get the same deal..Its all about the top dogs makin more money and screwing the dude or dudette who makes the stuff...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Good post. As the old dead dude in my avatar would say "ah...evidence of a class consciousness exists".......well....he would say it in German anyway.....haha.

[Number Of The Priest]

Re: American Made &amp; Fender Article

Originally posted by John D.:
And how many of us have Schaller (German-made) trems on our guitars? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I believe the Original Floyd Rose trems are ALSO German-made! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[fuel0707]

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And how many of us have Schaller (German-made) trems on our guitars? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[pro-fusion]

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Originally posted by Michael:
Pro -

So Matt from Action told you that story, too? That was a trip. If you look at their guitars back in those days, no two of them are even close to alike.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yup, that was Matt. He's told me some interesting things about the San Dimas C/J shop as well. Mostly how everything was done on an ad hoc basis and that they were always on the verge of going under.

That's not too surprising--you have to be quite a risk-taker to get into the guitar-building business.

[shadowcat]

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Originally posted by Number Of The Priest:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by John D.:
And how many of us have Schaller (German-made) trems on our guitars? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I believe the Original Floyd Rose trems are ALSO German-made! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yay for German trems!!! [img]graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]



<-- *uses fixed bridges exclusively* [img]graemlins/fart.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[RacerX]

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Nice avatar! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[Greg Crowe]

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Uh......... guess what the percentage on non-English speaking Mexican's who are building Jackson USA guitars is???


About 90%

[shadowcat]

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Originally posted by RacerX:
Nice avatar! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Damn, now I have to fix that. [img]graemlins/eyes.gif[/img]

Well, at least IT'S not a spelling error. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[RacerX]

Re: American Made &amp; Fender Article

Heh.