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Hello everybody
I‘ve had an eye on T-50 slim for some years now. It's a wonderful instrument. I have a Fender Strat and an acoustic Norman B-20. I’m looking for something to cover that middle ground of electric and acoustic and I think the T-50 is probably the way to go for me.
I especially like the simplicity of it. No tremolo, no cutaway, only one pick up.
Now I looked through the Guild line up again and the Starfier I SC caught my attention too. I see it's a bit less simple and it has two humbuckers instead of one single coil. So they surely don't have the same sound.
But I don't see why the T-50 is basically double the price (I mean it's definitely worth the price tag, no doubt). Is the T-50 made in the US and the Starfire in Korea? Is there a quality difference I don't see? Is it the Tail Piece? Do they look similar and are completely different under the hood? Or is the T-50 just a very unique model and does therefore somehow cost more to produce?
Can anybody point out what causes this price difference?
I'm basically trying to figure out if I pay less, is it because of features / the nature of the model or if it's simply quality that I'm sacrificing.
Would be glad if someone could shine some light on this for me. Thanks for the help
Greetings from Germany
Josh
I‘ve had an eye on T-50 slim for some years now. It's a wonderful instrument. I have a Fender Strat and an acoustic Norman B-20. I’m looking for something to cover that middle ground of electric and acoustic and I think the T-50 is probably the way to go for me.
I especially like the simplicity of it. No tremolo, no cutaway, only one pick up.
Now I looked through the Guild line up again and the Starfier I SC caught my attention too. I see it's a bit less simple and it has two humbuckers instead of one single coil. So they surely don't have the same sound.
But I don't see why the T-50 is basically double the price (I mean it's definitely worth the price tag, no doubt). Is the T-50 made in the US and the Starfire in Korea? Is there a quality difference I don't see? Is it the Tail Piece? Do they look similar and are completely different under the hood? Or is the T-50 just a very unique model and does therefore somehow cost more to produce?
Can anybody point out what causes this price difference?
I'm basically trying to figure out if I pay less, is it because of features / the nature of the model or if it's simply quality that I'm sacrificing.
Would be glad if someone could shine some light on this for me. Thanks for the help
Greetings from Germany
Josh
