What makes the Fender Eric Johnson strat so special?

[Ironbird]

$2,792.00 for this strat?

Okay .. let's see what we have here ..

Maple Neck
Alder body
Custom Pickups
unique colour to the model
Nitro finish

Wow , over priced IMO!

[elcid]

Awesome, another thread about overpriced Fenders.

The regular EJ Strat still comes in over $200 cheaper than a 7VWH.

Maple neck
Alder body
non-custom pickups
non-unique color to the model
poly-finish


The Rosewood EJ is $100 cheaper than a 7VWH

[callen3615]

True. What makes the Jem so special compared to a rg550?

[nato101010]

The monkey grip and loins claw.

[jallen]

Cool! The EJ is getting a monkey grip and lions claw? Awesome!

[bammbamm]

What about Chicken TALONS ! ! !

[LonePhantom]

Originally Posted by nato101010

The monkey grip and loins claw.

LOINS claw, that's a good one!

[DavyH]

Originally Posted by elcid

Awesome, another thread about overpriced Fenders.

The regular EJ Strat still comes in over $200 cheaper than a 7VWH.

Maple neck
Alder body
non-custom pickups
non-unique color to the model
poly-finish


The Rosewood EJ is $100 cheaper than a 7VWH

Excellent .

Most people reckon the EJ Strat is the best playing Strat they've ever touched, including a lot of Custom Shop models. Just a great guitar, really.

[mike570]

I often ask myself this very question; not just for the EC sig but for a majority of Fender's sig guitars. John Mayer, EC, SRV. It seems that there are only minor differences between these sigs and the standard US strat. I think if memory serves the one that's the most "different" is the Eric Johnson sig.
And to be fair, I don't think a Jem is unique enough to be $1k more than an RG; but hey, that's just me.

[Homebake]

there have been many threads discussing signature guitars. what it comes down to every single time is that, no, the features on whatever sig guitar are not worth the extrs $1k or so.

[Cam-Vai]

the name

[wandereruk05]

Originally Posted by Cam-Vai

the name

bingo!

[kotornut]

Seriously that's not a bad price. The name makes it expensive but it's not that bad. You've got companies like Suhr that charge $4000 for anything and PRS who want a guitar to go from $2800 to $4300 just for a maple cap and the amount of flame or curl in it. Sure they're beautiful and I think they do sound different, but $1500 bucks difference? No way. That's a whole other guitar difference. I think $2800 is expensive, I'm not saying it's not, but as far as compared to the guitar market for high end gutiars it's pretty good.

Just this week I had big PRS GAS, I love the 513's concept and look but when I see a standard with a maple top is $4300 and then I play my RG, or an American standard strat that are sooooooo much less and realize they're not lacking by %200-%400 or in some cases like a private stock or 10 top %600-%1000 behind a PRS, Suhr or whatever. You can spend your money how you like and I'm sure guitars like that are great, but don't tell me you have to.

Then when I see things like the Eric Johnson Strat I think, well I can't buy it, but if it's a heck of a lot better of a deal than a lot of other companies' guitars. I know it's a good guitar.

The JEM too.

I think there is a way to complain about prices in general, gutiars have gotten very expensive over the years for sure. Everything is always increasing in price, inflation is a rampant problem. But if we look in context, there are a lot better things to complain abotu than a $2800 signature strat in the guitar industry.

[Homebake]

don't forget, you can literally get the best playing, sounding and looking guitar on the planet but your out of tune bends will still be out of tune, you vibrato will still suck and you will STILL HAVE TO TUNE THE GODDAMN THING!

[DavyH]

The editorial in this month's Guitarist says it well: the top American brands have consistently held their value far better than others over an extended period and in the short term. Investment value counts as well.