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Old 03-19-2010, 01:43 PM
Jeff M Jeff M is offline
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Don't know about Bateson or Tom Bill's guitars.
For me, McPherson's sound OK..but not anywhere as nice as the competition in their price range...or many less expensive guitars.

IMO, much of what is "innovative" about them seems to be based not on whether those "innovations" actually improve how the guitar performs, but on layman "non-luthier" theory and how much easier they make production.
I still wonder how these "innovations" will affect the warranty return rate...which I understand has been fairly high.

Bottom line..if it sounds good to you, it is good.
If it's worth the asking price to you..it's worth it.

(Specifically re; the "cantilevered neck"..this is not a McPherson invention. It has been around for awhile. Gallagher guitars, for one, was using it long before McPherson came along.
Doesn't seem to have caught on like hot cakes.)
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