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Fender Basses / Re: Made in USA, or not
« on: May 16, 2009, 02:07:53 PM »
The only time I have been in the USofA we left with 2 cases and came back with 5 (3 made in China) - seriously raided Walmart - Wranglers (made in Honduras) a Kentucky Wildcats official shirt (made in Pakistan), bought a pair of Levis (made in Mexico), brought home an American flag (yep Chinese too) need I go on... ok, I will... pre KY we took in Disney in FL - nothing but nothing made in USA, except a reasonable percantage of the staff, and the idea... we took home a beautiful BIG bauble (an Xmas shop 365 days!) for the tree classically shaped 3 balls, Mickey style, with a USA flag motif (made in China) - I did manage to find 3 tee's made in USA, at Canaveral (my treat - "Failure is not an option", "The Eagle has landed" and an exceptionally garish shuttle shirt that I may wear for our next confirmed gig - July 4th)...
I am not knocking America, you are much like the rest of us... I try not to think about the sweat-shops that produced the £3 jeans I wear a lot of the time for rough work, as they last just as long as quality wear... there is virtually no such thing as Made In GB...
Lowend - most of your Whirlpool (electrically) was almost certainly made in the far-east (worked in the commercial end of that trade for 21 years)... most PCB work is from the far-east, most solenoids, many motors/generators...
Boeing wings for 747's are made in Korea and specially coverted (in China) 747's fly them over to Seattle - they have over 10,000 suppliers in over 60 countires - is that made in America...? Airbus is no different - Bae make the wings and the aircraft are assembled in France...
In many quality instruments - where is the wood grown...?
The day of "Made in X" are over... the future is international... the international language is English... tyerrorism is the global threat we all have to face... that is what I fear most...
I am not knocking America, you are much like the rest of us... I try not to think about the sweat-shops that produced the £3 jeans I wear a lot of the time for rough work, as they last just as long as quality wear... there is virtually no such thing as Made In GB...
Lowend - most of your Whirlpool (electrically) was almost certainly made in the far-east (worked in the commercial end of that trade for 21 years)... most PCB work is from the far-east, most solenoids, many motors/generators...
Boeing wings for 747's are made in Korea and specially coverted (in China) 747's fly them over to Seattle - they have over 10,000 suppliers in over 60 countires - is that made in America...? Airbus is no different - Bae make the wings and the aircraft are assembled in France...
In many quality instruments - where is the wood grown...?
The day of "Made in X" are over... the future is international... the international language is English... tyerrorism is the global threat we all have to face... that is what I fear most...
and I've got a badass going spare too...