Ken Fortenberry wrote in news:T0Q3f.551
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A custom built rod will always be *more* expensive
than a factory rod built on the same blank.

Largely true, of course, but one must at some point ask if a $50 blank
wrapped in $100 worth all the nicest components is as "good" as a $700
assembled rod. It many cases I think "yes".

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Scott
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