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Can I get Jerry Garcia's Wolf and a cheaper Ferrari instead? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jerry-garcias-legendary-wolf-guitar-sells-for-1-9-million-at-auction-195734/amp/

The Korean Lite Ash guitars were not inexpensive guitars. They were priced above any Mexican Fender and also higher than the entry USA made Highway Ones. The story I read was Fender was touring either the Cort or Samick factory in support of some other guitars and they saw a few pallets of Ash...

I never really knew much about Savoy Brown other than knowing the name. Bu I did go see Kim Simmonds a few years ago in a small local theater, he put on a great show.

I agree usually better guitar with only certain exceptions. So if these are the only choices I'm going $2K guitar,$500 amp. But in real life with real money, about $1500 guitar and about $1000 amp.

If you are talking new $100 is too low. There are no new electric guitars available for $100. And $100 for an amp gets you a practice toy. So if you go 4:1 ratio or close to it one piece is going to be crap. If all you have is $500 split equally or close to it.

Olympic White.

Fenson or Gibder.

First you get better hardware on the MIM guitar. And the Fender logo makes the guitar easier to sell. Here's the way it works, although a lot of people don't like to believe this, the Fender corporation prices their guitars according to quality/features. A CV Squier is better than an Affinity...

You did get a pretty comprehensive list.

I would think the Jimmie Vaughan Strat would be the most readily available Fender V neck.

They look great. The only reason they aren't common on Fender guitars is they introduce much more complexity into the manufacturing process.

That dog does not look happy!

But a guitar will hold it's value far better than any other discretionary purchase. Yes maybe the 78 Strat only held its own with inflation , but you could sell it for enough to go on vacation or even buy a crappy used car, but if you bought a brand new shiny rack stereo system for $600 in 1978...

Buy a USA made Fender at any kind of a discount in 10 years it will be worth more than you paid for it. Buy a computer, cell phone, TV and it will be worth nothing in 10 years. Buy golf clubs, skis , any other sporting equipment it will be worth pennies on the dollar in 10 years. Far better...

When you spend more money on a guitar than the next guy. Guys who spend more money than me on their guitars are corksniffers. Guys who spend less money than me on their guitars are cheapskates

The answer for most people now is "yes". We live in a different world for the time being. People are buying new cars right now at over sticker price with features disabled because the manufacturers can't get computer chips.

A couple of things. The good ones will get sold, the bad ones will sit hanging on the wall. So?.....has Fender's quality slipped in the past couple of years? Of course it has, sales are up, stores are screaming for inventory, components are hard to get. Is a minor flaw going to keep a product...

Wow! I have continued playing golf, but taking it a lot less seriously the last few years, so not shopping for clubs. Prices have skyrocketed.

There's not a lot of R&D going into a Strat.

Oh? Nitro....Made in USA....Rosewood fretboard. Try to find a Fender that offers that for $1000. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LPSPTH015NCH--gibson-les-paul-special-tribute-humbucker-natural-walnut

Not frothed up, just an observation from reading these forums for over a decade, seeing hundreds of threads and thousands of posts on the subject there is more stone throwing coming from the Mexican side.

Incorrect, and this is really easy to confirm by reading these MIM vs MIA threads. There are way more MIM owners claiming MIA guitars aren't "worth" the difference in price than there are MIA owners saying MIM guitars aren't decent.

There is a lot of truth in that statement, especially if we are talking about the Standards. Although the upward path isn't so much a steady line as stairs. 2006 was a year of big improvements, bigger frets and a bigger heavier trem block. I don't know offhand what other years got...

Just in case some people haven't seen this.

What strikes me is how well priced the Standards are. You can buy a Mexican Standard and a USA Standard for less than the price of the reissues.