Ayon - where is it REALLY manufactured ?

Trelja, I never explicitly made such a statement since I don't know the definitive answer. Others were speculating about it, so I just stated what I found in an online review and clearly identified it as such. I was only trying to be helpful. That's it, I'm out.

@ sonicbeauty, thanks, That was an awsome post you did!, very interesting to say the least!, well said, cheers.

.....Hence, all the tiers of profit are possible.....

'' Bill_k, understood. May I ask in the future you no longer make the "Made in Norway" claim regarding Hegel? ''

Why this request Trelja ?

Unless you have a deep desire to save the Chinese from pollution (and I'm certain few Americans do) I doubt, what with our government being 100% behind what is essentially unfair trade, there is going to be any meaningful backlash against inexpensive Asian stuff. That ship has sailed...what I find distasteful is the "retail price vs. manufacturing cost" gap. I play guitar and noticed "German Made" Deusenberg guitars seemed to suddenly show up in the hands of some successful pro musicians, so I tried out a few in a Santa Cruz shop last year and thought, "meh"...nice but pricey. I have a few Reverend "import" (Korean made) guitars and like them a lot...they're extremely well made and relatively inexpensive...and apparently made in the same factory as "German" Duesenbergs that cost about 3 times as much as Reverends. The story is that Duesenberg claims to only do the bodies and necks in Korea, finishing them in Germany ("finishing" meaning bolting things on to the guitars)...and that information is well hidden.