Charvel Nova 7 NAT "Betty"

[spawnofthesith]

The materials can cost the same and the time spent can be more. An LP standard is pretty good value as an instrument but the build quality is not very good. The Strandberg doesn’t have a high margin and has extra tiers of involvement that need paying . I also don’t think it’s overpriced.
Also remember smaller companies don’t have the same preferential pricing on a lot of their materials and processes that the big companies do.
If Cort made their own version with a similar spec it would cost considerably less at the distribution because the manufacturer cut would be the actual cost of production.
With Strandberg it isn’t them adding an unusually high margin it’s a lot more people involved that need a cut.

Maybe it would be more productive to frame this conversation in a different way… I know you are a legitimate expert in this field


Could you break down very specifically what justifies the cost of a current production spec $2400usd Boden prog given the dramatically lower labor costs of having them built by cortek Indonesia?

If I’m off base in my curmudgeon-ness I’d love to be schooled. And again, I will reiterate I own and love one of these instruments so I’m not just blindly Indo-bashing


I realize it uses jescar steel frets, Suhr pickups, and bespoke hardware. That alone isn’t enough to convince me but I feel like you have more intel on the construction itself.

 

[Eagle]

Maybe it would be more productive to frame this conversation in a different way… I know you are a legitimate expert in this field


Could you break down very specifically what justifies the cost of a current production spec $2400usd Boden prog given the dramatically lower labor costs of having them built by cortek Indonesia?

If I’m off base in my curmudgeon-ness I’d love to be schooled. And again, I will reiterate I own and love one of these instruments so I’m not just blindly Indo-bashing


I realize it uses jescar steel frets, Suhr pickups, and bespoke hardware. That alone isn’t enough to convince me but I feel like you have more intel on the construction itself.

The use of the parts you lust would represent quite a high starting point for the overall cost because of the relatively low quantity. Then you have the third party production and the extra cost that brings. Then add transportation and a standard retail margin and you will be at the $2.5k these guitars are pretty much priced using the same margin as any other typical production guitar.