Author Topic: MOST UNDER RATED GUITAR COMPANY (Read 8519 times)

ussfdoc · « **on:** January 18, 2007, 08:38:45 AM »

Again, bang for buck.

I am thoroughly impressed with RJ and Fernandes. All companies have their lemons, but I haven't found one with these yet. Since Fernandes is "branded" I make it second. I make RJ the most under rated guitar company in the world. Great guitars. Great looks, great playability and great tone. You just have to pick out the right one - but then again you have to do that with ALL guitars.

I've had several Yamahas and they were all great. I had a Schecter Pete Townsend Tele that was awesome and it broke my heart when it got stolen. And I sold an Aria Les Paul copy with two P-90's which was one of the best LP's I ever played and still kick myself in the ass for selling it.

abyssinianson · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:48:54 AM »

hands down, for me at least, Fernandes doesn't get as much props. I love their Monterrey and Hide guitar models. Amazing tone, amazing value and great workmanship. Light too!

progressive_pilipinas · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:09:35 AM »

RJ. and im guilty.

Avayaman · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:24:28 AM »

i'd go for yamaha n fernandes. used to have a fernandes, still have my yamaha. excellent bang for buck.

Machine_Head · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:33:59 AM »

Yamaha all the way!! I have a Yamaha SG800s and a Yamaha Pacifica Tele. Love 'em both. I cant imagine selling 'em ever.

Phil · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:38:32 AM »

here in the states.....

C-A-R-V-I-N

...everybody wants Fender.....PRS....Gibson....and bowteek guitars....

Kulas · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:42:36 AM »

i'll play...

for me it's a tie between aria and fernandes. good looks, playability and most important of all, tone. yamaha, for me, is what i'd call a "safe" instrument. kasi even their low-end products are good sounding, not as excellent as the others, pero good na in itself. as for rj, yeah, you'd have to really look for the gems in their stuff. and i don't know anything about schecter, hehe.

zasam_4 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:47:51 AM »

fernandes and yamaha for me

Machine_Head · « **Reply #8 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:49:42 AM »

Yamaha's leading!

jack in a vox · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:51:58 AM »

Tokai for me

jack in a vox · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:56:01 AM »

choosing one from your list.. i'd say yamaha.

vegetablejoe · « **Reply #11 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:03:24 AM »

In my case I feel Squier guitars made in the Chinese, Indo, Korean factories are under-rated. Quality has vastly improved, and that's why my 2006 acquisitions were Squiers. The recently issued Squier '51 has its own niche as a modder's project axe.

It bothers me that, while I have been happy making music with my MIK, MII, and MIJ strats, I hear and read from people who say their MIA strats sound dead. If the law of percentages ends up in favor of MIA, I guess I've just been lucky so far...

Essex SX strats are also bang for the buck guitars.

alon · « **Reply #12 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:04:50 AM »

Not on the list, but for me i would say Cort, Guild, G&L, Charvel and DeArmond

ussfdoc · « **Reply #13 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:08:51 AM »

Yep there are a lot of other under rated guitars out there. Squier has improved, but then again, I just consider them a fender since fender owns them and I consider an Epiphone a Gibson since Gibson owns them as well as Kramer - which are under rated also. Cort, Carvin, Godin, G&L and SX are all under rated also.

People are catching up with Fender and Gibson in quality and doing so at a price people can afford.

That's good.

jun_gats · « **Reply #14 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:27:14 AM »

all for me, but yamaha is expensive here in the ph

Machine_Head · « **Reply #15 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:29:22 AM »

They are??

I got both of my Yamahas here in the forum and i got them for a really really really good deal.

Quote from: jun_gats on January 18, 2007, 10:27:14 AM

all for me, but yamaha is expensive here in the ph

AkelleFusion · « **Reply #16 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:33:20 AM »

Aria's are wonderful Japan made guitars.. I would want to own one

Taoistguitarist · « **Reply #17 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:34:12 AM »

Quote from: Phil on January 18, 2007, 09:38:32 AM

here in the states.....

C-A-R-V-I-N

...everybody wants Fender.....PRS....Gibson....and bowteek guitars....

i agree! there was one in JB park square that i reaally like. locking tuners, wilkinson trem (?), set neck. i think it's still there walang pumapansin. ganda ng tunog nun! you can really hear every nuance. i don't know if it's because of the pickups or the wood or what! kaso i don't have the money and i don't like the color. masyadong pula.

marzi · « **Reply #18 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:59:38 AM »

well at first i thought schecter guitars are kinda "low-end"...until i met this guy who has one and when i tested it, i was blown away!!!

and i didnt know back then that the guy from slayer plays schecters!

it was sold to him for just 150 dollars...when i checked it on the internet it costs 400...

very solid thing...i plugged it into a marshall amp and it kicked my chest pretty hard!

from clean tone to heavily distorted...its really a good second hand guitar...

cumbersome · « **Reply #19 on:** January 18, 2007, 11:19:06 AM »

Ditto on the Carvin. Custom shop specs for factory prices. Amazing value.

Al_Librero · « **Reply #20 on:** January 18, 2007, 11:23:04 AM »

I would have picked Cort above everything else.

As for Carvin, they've always been just by the doorstep of the mainstream with their marketing model. And that is probably what's holding them back in terms of mass acceptance.

nathanmanansala · « **Reply #21 on:** January 18, 2007, 11:28:16 AM »

where's godin?

nathanmanansala · « **Reply #22 on:** January 18, 2007, 11:29:37 AM »

and G&L?

cryingfreeman · « **Reply #23 on:** January 18, 2007, 12:40:36 PM »

Quote from: cumbersome on January 18, 2007, 11:19:06 AM

Ditto on the Carvin. Custom shop specs for factory prices. Amazing value.

Really?

all along my impression of Carvin is $$$$. Is it because you have to buy it from the factory?

psychic_sushi · « **Reply #24 on:** January 18, 2007, 12:54:18 PM »

Yamaha.

The stuff they had during the MIJ 60's-early 80"s period were amazing, like those red label acoustics which really made c.f. martin sweat, and their lawsuit ear stuff are just fantastic. I've never had difficulty adjusting to a yamaha in my whole guitar-lifetime, and i've played more crappy US fenders and gibsons.

Although yamaha does have quite a number of top name endorsers, I don't feel that they have been taken seriously enough. perhaps its because they are involved with such a diverse "universe" of products! speed boat engines, motorbikes, entertainment systems... oh man! It's the same "curse" that great guitars made by Suzuki (MIJ lawsuit era, like the S series, which are fantastic) and Kawai share.

The taiwan stuff is all good too, great quality and tone. its the stigma that the company cannot grow out of. Tsk tsk...

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