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I think it makes no difference, Breedlove or PRS or Fender or Gretsch or Taylor or Martin, et. al. do not "suffer" from having the same name on the imports...
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If I correctly recall the original announcement from Dana Bourgeois, it stated that Dana and crew are going to keep building Bourgeois guitars in Maine. Whatever else happens with Eastman isn't going to change that. I see no reason why the Bourgeois brand will suffer.
Perhaps a closer analogy would be Bashkin when he launched the Avian line that was built overseas. I think Avian is gone now, but I don't recall seeing any sign that it affected the "cred" of Bashkin guitars. |
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Lexus' are great cars. They are also, in most people's view (and in fact), simply somewhat fancier Toyotas. Not boutique low production cars. You are making my point for me.
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Martin, IMO, is an interesting case. I think they did hurt their brand some with the imports and formica guitars, etc. But they are so established as "the" acoustic guitar maker, their brand is pretty hard to shake. And they are primarily known for their "Standard" line, which are at the high end of the middle of the market, or the lower end of the high end of the market, depending upon how you look at it. When someone says "Martin" one still thinks D-18 or D-28, not a formica import. |
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https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/...alue-cars.html https://www.jdpower.com/business/pre...e-value-awards As already noted, PRS, USA Made Electrics do not appear to be negatively impacted in the resale market by their offshore counterparts, however like others, I do not consider the re-sale value of a guitar when my ears and hands have decided on a purchase.
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I have a thought---why don't we wait and see how good the guitars turn out to be?
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Except of course as I said and you have ignored, Breedlove from the very get go before going offshore, had notoriously low resale value. So your statement is a false cause association. But more importantly why would I try to sell it.
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What ever "status" Boutique builder might have attached to it is in more in the eye of the individual beholder, even here on AGF and certainly not in the perspective of the guitar buying public at large. Attaching this " status to be lost" automatically to moving up in production and sales numbers (which what will likely happen) is the personal view of just yourself and perhaps a few others , not a consensus perspective by any stretch of imagination as clearly evidenced in these two threads so far. I get it you think this move will cause Bourgeois to lose "status' I do not think it will,,,,, we will simply have to agree to disagree . Belaboring the issue is fruitless
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