W4RP1G

"bang for your buck" means a good deal in a price range. I don't think there is really any debate about what it means.

The preferences I was talking about were guitar features, like neck profile, hardware, pickups, ect.. But if you take those variables out of the equation, then the guitar with objectively better components and craftsmanship is the better guitar.

So the expression "bang for your buck" isn't really subjective. A guitar can be the best bang for your buck.

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peskypesky

Mexican Fenders have gotten damn good in recent years. The last few I've played seemed like MIA's.

Alucard817

I agree, but people have different ideas of what constitutes a good deal, even within a price range. Thats my whole point

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W4RP1G

It doesn't matter though, if something is objectively better, then it is better. Opinions can be wrong. If a guitar is built identically to other guitars in a price range, but with better components and craftsmanship, then it is better than those other guitars.

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JustRooster

This thread is now about posting pictures of cool stratocasters:

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peskypesky

W4RP1G

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Maximus_2005

This ones a little beat up, It must not be good bang for buck ...

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Alucard817

It is only better to the person who sees it as being better, whether their opinion is wrong or not.

If someone sees a Squier Affinity as a better bang for their buck than a MIM Fender then the Squier is better TO THEM. It's their opinion. It's their preference. They're still stupid, but it's what they deem to be better.

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Mephaphil

Maybe it's just me, and I could be wrong.

But when I hear people say 'you get a lot of bang for your buck' It's always about cheap items, almost like a justification. I've never heard someone say that about something that is known to be of high quality, so I always assume that someone is trying to convince me that although it's cheap you get a lot for the low price.

But you know, sometimes it doesn't matter how cheap something is, if it's still shit. But that's not what I think about the Squiers as such, I just thought it wasn't the right term to use as a lot of the time people associate cheap with quality. I think they are great guitars to start with and have the CV which are ok for a budget guitar but I don't understand why you'd get one when you can get a MiM used for not too much more.

But that's just my interpretation of it and I wanted to explain my original comment on it, I feel like the phrase has a lot of negative connotations and didn't fit in with an argument to promote a brand.

But I could be wrong

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Alucard817

Okay. All of that makes perfect sense and I have heard people use the term when getting a killer deal on a nice Gibson, or even another sweet guitar, but you do hear it most often with inexpensive guitars.
I differentiate between cheap (Crappy quality) and inexpensive (decent or good quality with a low price tag).

I myself got the VM Mustang bass. I consider it a good deal (250 bucks) for a decent short scale that gives me a good Fender-ish tone. Could it be better? oh yeah. Would I rather have a Fender? **** YEAH! Right now though it's not feasable, so the Squier will do for now. I think that with what I got it's the best choice out there to get as close as I can to a Fender tone until I can get a real Fender (my opinion) so I use the term "the best bang for my buck".

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Mephaphil

Not sure if sarcastic or not

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Alucard817

Nope. Being honest man. No reason to be sarcastic with you.

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JustRooster

Hey, guys, get back on topic:

My dream Strat:

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peskypesky

Ok, now I know they have bad QC in China, but that is pretty inexcusable.

JustRooster

That's a custom shop, bud. They painted it paisley, then covered that with Olympic White, then relic'd the white to show the paisley. I think it looks pretty rad.

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peskypesky

Clearly, it came from a Chinese factory where they're forcing blind people to paint guitars.

JustRooster

Alright, you got me

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heyjoe73

Zaphod Beeble said


So very true. This needs to be posted as a sticky on every "is x better than Y" post.
Its all about going and trying guitars, building up the experience so you know when you have the right one. By all means do your research, but nothing can replace trying lots of guitars before you buy one-trying without bias- forget the name, the wood type, the pickups, the colours- try as many as you can, then make an informed decision.

I've played original 50's &60's Strats that sounded like utter garbage, and cv squiers that sounded fabulous- to me. Its all about peronal preference.