It's official..Composite Acoustics has been bought by Peavy - Page 16

Doubleneck · #**226** 08-07-2010, 04:32 PM

I do like a 1 11/16 neck and for me my Legacy 1 3/4 is a little too wide. But I don't think that made a difference in their market share. Like or not the 1 3/4 is now the new norm, probably helped much more that it hurt. It is nice to have one of the original factory X's with the 11/16 neck. But the Legacy is the better guitar for my flat picking style.
Steve

cke · #**227** 08-11-2010, 02:34 PM

In the "For What It's Worth" Department, I had a 'Tech Tuesday' and restrung my Cargo. It had Elixir Nanoweb 11's (extra-lights). I put D'Addarrio EJ-17's on it (13-56 medium PB for the uninitiated) and checked the relief and action over 2 days.

Remember, It has NO truss rod.

Absolutely NO change.And the action is delightful. I enjoy the warmer less sizzly sound and greater tension, too.

petelor · #**228** 08-11-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by revive

How does selling at cost create a loss?

You might want to take a few business classes, or at least do some online research before weighing in on this..

revive · #**229** 08-11-2010, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by petelor

You might want to take a few business classes, or at least do some online research before weighing in on this..

And which business school did you go to ???

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Originally Posted by petelor

Dealers getting shafted is a part of this topic, more so than a truss rod in my opinion. The week after CA shut down, McNicols sold off all of their CA's at cost, and so did a lot of other dealers. Mike only had about fifteen guitars listed so his loss was only about $10,000 but I'm sure it was substantial for Mike..

I thought I asked you nicely. Sorry if my question came across as otherwise. I'm still baffled how selling 15 guitars at cost creates a loss of $10K, unless if his overhead attributed to the 15 CA guitars is $10K (which is not very likely)? By definition, selling at cost = breakeven, i.e. no profit but no loss, either.

Or maybe what you meant by "loss" is really Lost Revenue, not Operating Loss. But again, in business school and throughout my business career, "Loss" always refers to Operating Loss or Net Loss, but never lost revenue.

guitararmy · #**230** 08-14-2010, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mchalebk

The biggest problem with "Composite Acoustics" is that it seems more like a description than a name. More than once I've had a conversation that went something like this:

"Is that one of those composite guitars?"
"Yes, it's a Composite Acoustics."
"What's it called, RainSong or something like that?"
"No, RainSong is a different composite guitar. This is a Composite Acoustics guitar?"
"But who makes it?"

I'd have to say that I prefer CA, also.

I think they should rename them "CYA" ....