Resale!
Unless it’s custom made, before I buy any gear I think how much will I lose if I sell it. Making a few bucks is always good but not losing anything is the key. Used Sire price can be pretty wild mainly because the brand new price is wild.
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Ah, got it.
Sorry, I didn’t think of resale ‘cause I’ve never thought of resale when I’ve bought a bass. 
In fact, I haven’t sold or traded a bass in many decades.
If I were to sell a bass and I couldn’t recoup what I paid for it, I’d just consider the difference as cheap rent for a great bass.
I can see how resale value can be a consideration to some players.
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It’s a blessing and a curse
You can mod up a Squier and/ or Fender a sell it for a decent profit because chances are half of your potential buyers are fresh off the line newbie. Probably 70% of people who buy Sire basses are at minimum intermediate player on their 3rd or 4th basses. Make it 90% of the people who buys the V7 line or better.
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You make good points. I’ve never stopped to ponder what any given-level player would buy. Makes sense, though.
A player can make pretty good music on any level of instrument.
But players with some considerable mileage behind them know far better than most what to look for in a bass that will allow them to make the best music they can possibly make. Playability, consistency and reliability are the keys to the highway.
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I would buy a Sire or a G&L over a Fender any day of the week howard and I’ve owned all three. In won’t buy a Fender bass any longer. I just don’t find as much value in them as I do the others.
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Oh there is absolutely no question that Sire or G&L (or Yamaha, or Ibanez, or many others) provide way more performance and quality for the same price as Fender.
My question was more qualitative; the comparison being made (Fujigen vs Sire vs Fender Mexico) was flawed IMO because for Fujigen it’s going to approach and sometimes even exceed Fender MIA quality levels, hence the question.
I would definitely pick the many Fujigen I have tried over the (comparatively fewer) Sire I have tried. I count my MIJ Fender Hybrid II instruments there too, those were outstanding and I am 90% sure they were Fujigen-made. But that is not slamming Sire in any way, it’s more about giving Fujigen the recognition they deserve - they are outstanding.
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I wish Fujigen basses were more available in the wild so an A-B comparison could be experienced in person.
To be fair, many places around the world aren’t privy to trying out the latest Sire models either, so anecdotal experiences with former models might not apply to the latest versions.
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Good point! The next time I visit @booker_t I’ll shoot some video covers of his. So we can compare.
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Having never played an FGN guitar or bass I can’t comment from first hand experience like I can the others but by reputation any FGN instrument would also be far better than any Fender MIM or MIA in my opinion.
A member of another forum of which I’m the moderator owns several FGN guitars and has made me aware of their quality. They aren’t marketed here like they are in other countries so in the US they tend to be overlooked.
JMHO
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