if not mistaken, GIM has been in business since 93?
the base price back then was definitely below RM2k.

and for a 15yr business, how much has he really expanded?
how many ppl do you know that has one of his custom guitars?
i guess one reason why the guitars sux was cos his understudies / students made them for his customers sometimes?

and u of all ppl should know...just cos something sells expensive doesnt mean its selling well.
it could just be normal marketing tactics to set a price point so ppl assume it has quality
speaking of ceriatone...im sure u know the arguments ppl made about his dumble clone...
and how "boutique" guys in US were getting pissed cos nik was selling his at way less than half price of what theirs were...
then they said his was inferior quality etc etc...
if nik had actually set a price similar to theirs it would definitely be a different story.