Squid Head wrote:
GUITARSKEETER wrote:
I have always thought they aged wood better overseas. At least that has been my logic for why necks on overseas guitars seem to hold a setup far better than their domestic counterparts.
Samicks in particular seem to have rock solid necks that don't change.
I have had quite a few guitars with scarf joints, and never really paid it much attention.
If you're ever curious, look on E-Bay for "Epiphone broken" or "Epiphone project" and you'll find bunches of bad scarf joints. Actually, most now just pitch the necks and sell only bodies, for a while you could buy them by groups of 6 guitars, all without headstocks.
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I am sure some of them are defective, when companies produce hundrreds of thousands of guitars you can expect some mistakes.
I doubt that scarf joing defects are any more common than any other type. I see domestic guitars on racks in stores that have things wrong with them that would cause me to not buy them. Defects in finishes, substandard fretwork, intonation problems.
In general, the workmanship on asian guitars is superior. But no manufacturing process is perfect. No matter where the product is made, and no matter the company, when there is an assembly line process to making anything some defects make it through.
I have seen guitars that cost over a thousand dollars with imperfections.
I worked for a company that was a vendor for Honda, their quality control is insane compared to when I was a u.s. steel worker, and even there now and then something got through.
I don't consider Epiphones to be consistant with Asian quality , they are more like amexican made guitars. I don't know why that is unless they are managed like domestic companies.