Re: Fender Telecaster

Your right about the product being different due to all those variables;
however, in terms of mass produced products there is a minimum standard they
must all pass and the difference in quality between them is probably
negligible. If you really wanted to get an exceptional instrument you'd have
one custom made for you by an experienced luthier rather than look for a
needle in a haystack for that rare and 1 in a million gem of an instrument.

"Sasquatch" <sasquatch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
>> You just said that "engineering would adjust the mixtures and cure
>> times to compensate for the inconsistencies in the raw materials"
>>
>> The end result is basically the same no?
>
> That is the pie in the sky goal. In reality, they will wear differently.
> For example, one run of tires may last 50,000 miles on average and the
> next batch might last 65,000 miles on average. They were all good tires,
> but one run was exceptional. That was our goal as QC, to make sure that
> every run met the minimum expectations. We consistently met minumum
> standards, but sometimes we exceeded those standards by a longshot.
> Sometimes we failed and sold a batch of ground up tires to be used in
> asphalt.
>
>>
>> Do you think that if you took ten off the shelf MIA Strats that they
>> would be dramatically different from one to another?
>
> My best guess is if they were made in the same run they would probably be
> very close to one another. But I think the OP was referring to Telecasters
> in general and not any specific series. BTW, I have two MIA Teles and I
> can tell them apart in terms of playability. As far as tone goes I changed
> the pickups. One has Lace Sensors and the other has Lindy Fralins so the
> tones are obviously different but that is due to my tinkering. But I get
> both of them set up at the same place and the one with the Lindy Fralins
> just feels better IMHO.
>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
>


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