Truely, its not the price of the guitar, its the sound and if it fits you personal style of playing, right now I'm jamming on a classical guitar i bought for 22$ at a garage sale, was made in russia(of all places) probably by someone getting paid very little for it, but its a great guitar...sounds decent and fits my style of speed(I play extremely fast due to my flamenco uprising in guitar) I have a decent classial that set me back 1.2k(us) but it just doesn't play as fun as the new one...I wouldn't worry about any negative comments made about fenders =) as long as it fits you its the perfect guitar.