gary said:
What was the consensus on these? That the Guardalas from one source were better than the other (PMS-Germany vs WW&BW)?
I've already got one WWBW Studio and a PMS New Crescent. A layman's opinion ?
Style; Identical, down to the font used to engrave the model name and emboss 'DG' under the toothguard.
Engineering; Identical, down to the machine marks.
Gold plating; Very different. The PMS is a dark, deep plating. It oozes quality. The WWBW plating however, is pale and
extremely thin. I used to use rovner ligs on both pieces and the gold has totally worn off under the lig on the WWBW !
Sound; They both sound great to me, but ask someone who knows what they're talking about
Apart from the plating, these pieces are identical. I find it hard to believe they are produced in different factories, let alone different continents. Do PMS produce the raw WWBW models for WWBW to finish ? Does anyone know ?