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I just heard the worst one yet about johnson resos. A guy found one in a pawn shop . The neck was seperated from the body by an inch and the cone was off center so that the strings wouldn't run off the neck. Even for a Johnson, thats bad. It sounds like it must of fallen off the back of a truck. I am always amazed at how popular johnsons are when I hear all the problems,returns and mods that have to be done to make them playable. In what other line of guitars would quality this low be acceptable.? I guess they get away with it because there is nothing else in that price range. I guess I should keep in mind that every now and then a johnson will come along that plays well right out of the box and I guess thats what all those buyers are hoping for. I would only buy a johnson from a dealer who would trouble shoot them and set them up before he shipped.
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the Johnson's I've seen, as a group, were not very good. I don't know who makes them, but I think they're out of Indonesia.

The cheaper guitars coming out of Korea are pretty impressive quality-wise IMO. I'm thinking Agile, SX, Nelsonic, Samicks, & Epiphone.

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Johnsons are made in China and Korea from what I have read.
Most resos come from just a handfull of factories in these two places so the quality depends on which factory is making what brands. Each factory will make several diffrent brands by doing minor cosmetic changes and using a diffrent lables. I have heard some good things about samiks but that epiphones,like johnsons, can be a real crap shoot as far as quality goes.
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