New Budget Heritage Guitars

By now I am not sure if this is a good move....
same Headstock and brand-name on €3000 and €300 guitars
Don't think the world need more of such guitars
 
So many coming from the same factories at this point (I suspect). I have two HB LPs, so I’m out.
 
I might try one for under 300 bucks. But I have purged my collection and only kept the absolute best. I am down to 6 guitars now. Three of them are considered “Vintage” now. I decided that I were to die, I’d be leaving an awful mess to my wife and son with 40 low end to mid priced guitars that they would have to deal with selling.

And I can’t play guitar like I was able to just a couple of years ago due to arthritis.
 
3bolt79 said:
Man I just looked. A bolt on is a no go for me unless it’s a Fender.
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The lower range is understandable at the $195 entry price.

At $699, the Plus line has no excuse. It uses Mahog and other better materials so I'd expect a set neck also.
 
stormsedge said:
So many coming from the same factories at this point (I suspect). I have two HB LPs, so I’m out.
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Which factories are those? There's probably hundreds, if not thousands of guitar factories in China. You can go to any number of them and get essentially the same guitar. It's just a matter of who/where you want it made.

Go look on www.made-in-china.com and www.Alibaba.com and places like those that sell to businesses. Any time I've looked, it seemed like every seller had their "own" factory they were using to have their guitars built.

Edit: yea. Look on Made In China. Every seller I clicked on for guitars was using a different factory than the last seller.

 
OK this is getting confusing.

They said the H-137 is the lower level with bolt on necks but here's one for $499 set up like a Les Paul Special with P90s and a set neck and contoured heel.


Edit: aha. I didn't notice that. They have lower level Ascent H-137s and 150s and they have better spec'ed Ascent+ H-137s and 150s. What I posted is an Ascent+ H137. I got it now lol!

Yea I'm an idiot lol. Somehow I missed that the first few times I looked at these. 🤣

Tbh, that makes these even more desirable as long as they're built well. That's a really good approach to it. Seems like they put at least a little bit of thought into this. Hopefully it doesn't pull the value of the main brand down. I don't think it would since they're clearly another thing entirely but you never know.
 
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