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Old 09-20-2013, 03:44 AM
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I dont think its about availability of American made acoustics, there are many shops that stock them. If I look at Adelaide Derringers has a great selection of Gibson, Martin and Taylors amongst others. Twang Central has one of the best collections of banner Gibsons Ive ever seen, even in US stores.

The problem is the pricing, which is really signficantly higher than in the US. I just looked at Gladesville and their price for J-45 standard is A$4,000, which is about 25% more that a J-45TV bought in the US ...


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Originally Posted by Steev View Post

I have to agree. Get over to The Guitar Factory at Gladesville for starters. http://www.guitarfactory.net

This is from their current list of acoustics.
imports:
Blueridge
Cigano
Collings
CORT
Eastman
Gallato
Gibson
Guild
Gitane
LAG
Martin
National
Paul Reed Smith
Taylor
Takamine
Yamaha

Australian:

Gerard Gilet - Sydney NSW. Steel string
Trevor Gore - Cottage Point, NSW. Innovative steel string and classicals
(hmmm Trevor Gore...name rings a bell! Guitars look nice! Next time I'm back in Sydney...)
Mark Gosbell - Small body steel strings and Lap Steels. Western Sydney.
Maton - Melbourne, VIC. An Australian legend since the 50's
Cole Clark - Melbourne, VIC. Steel string

Classical guitars:

John "Ben" Hall - Unique "half-lattice" braced Classicals
Graham Caldersmith - Lattice braced classical guitars
Gerard Gilet - Sydney NSW.
Dan Kellaway - Lattice braced classical guitars
Daniel De Jong - Classical guitars
Kim Lissarrague - Blue Mountains, NSW. Classical guitars
Trevor Gore - Cottage Point, NSW. Innovative design bracing and intonation.
Tony Morison - Classical Guitars
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