The Bad Guitarist

Ep. 71: Are GOOD Affordable Guitars Disappearing?

The Bad Guitarist

Show Notes

This week was a slow one for gear releases, but we highlighted our favorite three of the week. Sunn released the Beta Mini Head, Jordan Wav teamed up with FruitFX to make a production model of his infamous Frog Pedal and Hungry Robot released an updated version of the Moby Dick delay! Our topic today comes from a Facebook group post in which a user pointed out yet another price increase on Squier instruments. This comes right after Fender just dropped the price of the Vintera II series and before the release of this year's Fender and Squier lineups. We discuss the market of affordable guitars in whole and compare the business strategy of Squier vs. Epiphone and speculate perhaps Squier is headed toward a full pricing spectrum of everything from low end, low price guitars all the way up to premium quality instruments that may soon cost over $1000?Find us on Instagram and Threads @badguitaristpodcastHelp us get to 1000 YouTube channel subscribers and we will host an awesome giveaway. Maybe we should give away a Squier before prices go up again?

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