kidgloves2
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Imagine making warmoth more popular! If they did even better, there might even be more options. Would you endorse them for free or would you want stuff?
dbw said:Sure, but if their volumes go way up, prices could go up and quality down... this would be bad
jackthehack said:Nope - it would take me even longer to get custom orders....
DiMitriR33 said:no, i wouldn't hide the fact i used there stuff but i like there stuff because not every one has it. if every one started buying warmoth then my guitars would be just a little less special and a little less unique.
jackthehack said:Nope - it would take me even longer to get custom orders....
DiMitriR33 said:no, i wouldn't hide the fact i used there stuff but i like there stuff because not every one has it. if every one started buying warmoth then my guitars would be just a little less special and a little less unique.
rahimiiii said:I think Warmoth will run into legal trouble if they were endorsed by an artist. Remember that Warmoth is licensed by Fender to make REPLACEMENT parts, not complete guitars.
If Warmoth were to be endorsed then they will have to come up with their own body and headstock shape... and the endorsed guitar can't be anything that looks like a strat or tele or Les Paul or whatever. In all of seriousness if a star were to endorse a Warmoth strat they would be endorsing Fender, because the guitar looks like something Fender made, and Fender will most likely pull the licensing agreement and sue Warmoth for that.
The difference with other companies is that they produce complete guitar that they trademarked themselves. There are plenty of big stars using Warmoth stuff (like SRV and etc) but they probably don't endorse Warmoth for the same reason.
ocguy106 said:dbw said:Sure, but if their volumes go way up, prices could go up and quality down... this would be bad
If volume goes up then prices come DOWN at the sake of quality. Now if the demand went up but the quanity remained the same then price would go up but quality would be maintained.
In any buisnes model you have 3 variables
Time
Cost
Quality
You can have any 2 of then at the cost of the third. example:
1. If you want somthing fast (time) and cheap (cost) it will come at the cost of quality.
2. If you want somthing Low cost and of good qualtiy it comes at the expense of time
3. If you want somthing fast and of good quality it is gonna cost you $$$
jackthehack said:ocguy106 said:dbw said:Sure, but if their volumes go way up, prices could go up and quality down... this would be bad
If volume goes up then prices come DOWN at the sake of quality. Now if the demand went up but the quanity remained the same then price would go up but quality would be maintained.
In any buisnes model you have 3 variables
Time
Cost
Quality
You can have any 2 of then at the cost of the third. example:
1. If you want somthing fast (time) and cheap (cost) it will come at the cost of quality.
2. If you want somthing Low cost and of good qualtiy it comes at the expense of time
3. If you want somthing fast and of good quality it is gonna cost you $$$
Your analysis in my case fails due to the fact that I like to order exotic woods that exist in finite and ever decreasing quantities, any increase in demand for such pushes up the price. If you've been into Warmoth for 2-3 years it's shocking how high prices have gone up in such a short time, even taking into account the Bush Administration's and American Consumer's fiscal irresponsibility pushing the dollar's value so low.
rightintheface said:i am also selfish.
i love the fact that i step on stage and i can see all the gear head leaning forward and squinting at it over their beers, and then whispering to their mates "what the hell is that?!?!?!?!?"
the individualistic stylings of unique builds is what drew me to warmoth. to get away from the "stock" guitars out there. not knocking anyone who builds strat copies etc (ill be making a pretty stock LP down the line).
i actually was gonna buy a les paul BFG, for around $2100 australian. i was gonna put covers on the pups, change knobs, at this that and the other. then i discovered warmoth. have built my own completely custom, pimped out (locking tuners/bridge etc etc), individual axe, for just under $1600.
hard to even look at guitars on the helf these days...