Vestapol Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 How do we know what "reissue" means? * Is "reissue" a casual term to mean any discontinued model that is revived, whether to original specs, or as an apporixamation, or as an upgrade? * Do manufacturers control the use and meaning? * Are there criteria in a formal definition set by some official sanctioning group?
marvar Posted August 4, 2011 Posted August 4, 2011 How do we know what "reissue" means? * Is "reissue" a casual term to mean any discontinued model that is revived, whether to original specs, or as an apporixamation, or as an upgrade? Seems like it- * Do manufacturers control the use and meaning? Seems like it- * Are there criteria in a formal definition set by some official sanctioning group? The Marketing department
Vestapol Posted August 4, 2011 Author Posted August 4, 2011 Yeah, that's about how it seems to me, Marvar. Funny, a guy once said the Squier Duo-Sonic reissue of Fender's 1959 Duo-Sonic should not be called a reissue...and he was not from a manufacturer's marketing department.
retrorod Posted August 8, 2011 Posted August 8, 2011 I am not a big fan of "reissues"! I think the term is applied 'loosely' and does not necessarily mean that the instrument is made to 'original specs'. I say, if you want 'original' then buy vintage....not reissue! Rod
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