DeArmondGuitars.com Ashbory page
Contributed by Brock Frazier -- August 27, 2002, Updated November 14, 2005
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The Ashbory Bass was, to my knowledge,
the sole survivor from the discontinuation of the DeArmond import
instrument line until the 2003-era name change to Ashbory by Fender. DeArmond was to Guild what Squire is to Fender and Epiphone is
to Gibson, largely a brand name to carry generally inferior foreign (many times
Korean) versions of the main brand's products. The DeArmond Ashbory is a rare
exception, made in Korea but outperforming the Guild it is modeled after with a
better pickup and tuners. Unlike a bass guitar, the Ashbory bass is far less
complex (no frets and probably no truss rod) so differences in craftsmanship
are relatively trivial. The pickup is very important, and the DeArmond has a
superior pickup to what was in the original Guild models.
A visit to http://www.DeArmondGuitars.com forwarded to Fender.com when this page was grabbed on August 27, 2002, but the Ashbory page was still accessable at http://www.dearmondguitars.com/ashbory.html. » View the DeArmondGuitars.com Ashbory page from August 27, 2002 |
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