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Old 04-01-2008, 09:52 AM
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Old 04-01-2008, 09:53 AM
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haven't seen

Petros
Greven
Charis
Everett
Hamblin
Froggy Bottom
Kraut
Shenk
Galloup
Mcgill




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The list grows...
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Old 04-01-2008, 10:16 AM
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I would like to add the very talented Australian luthier Chris Melville.Definately the finest guitar i have ever had the privelage to play was a Braz/german of his ,I was picking up my bourgeois OMS that he had done some work on,and was playing a Collings OM2H,after a few minutes he handed me the OOO braz ,one strum and i was hooked,it made both of the other guitars sound sort of ordinary just got to find a way buy it .Not cheap. .Tim
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Linda Manzer - guitar maker for Pat Metheny and Bruce Cockburn. Very expensive instruments but worth every penny:

http://www.manzer.com/web/index.php?thisid=170

William Laskin (queue heavenly chorus) - The Michaelangelo of Luthiers. His inlay work is masterful:

http://www.williamlaskin.com/gallery2.php
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  • Ervin Somogyi
  • Greg Smallman
  • Kevin Ryan
  • Hermann Hauser III
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Though he's not currently building, Steve Klein's guitars would fall into this catagory.
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in the classical world:
greg smallman: australia
jose romanillos: spain
hermanos conde : spain
paulino bernabe: spain
humphry : usa
jeffrey elliot and cynthia burton: usa
abel: mexico
fructuoso zalapa: mexico
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So far in no particular order we have:

Michael Bashkin
James Olson
Gerald Sheppard
Brian Applegate
Bruce Sexauer
Mark Blanchard
T.J. Thompson
Tony Vines
Lance McCollum
Jeff Traugott
Ervin Somogyi
Mike Baranik
Robert Ruck
Marc Maingard
Stefan Sobell
Michael Greenfield
Kevin Ryan
Kathy Wingert

Kent Hamblin
Kent Everett
Bruce and Matt Petros
John Greven
Laurie Williams
Raymond Kraut
Rod Shenk
Bryan Galloup
Paul McGill
Michael Millard/Froggy Bottom
Greg Smallman
Steve Klein
Hermann Hauser III
Linda Manzer
William Laskin
Kim Walker
Harry Fleishman
Bill Tippin
Jake Robinson
Judy Threet
Marc Beneteau
Lynn Dudenbostel
Roy McAlister
Julius Borges
Jamie Kinscherff
Ed Claxton





Wow! There are a lot of names here and I am sure many more to come! If people care to comment on a particular Luthier that they own a Guitar from or played that would be cool too!
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You forgot Kim Walker.
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As long as we're talking broad price brackets, I think this thread is well within our "no guitar price discussion" rule. Interesting, too!

I agree with what Paul Woolson said earlier. "Overpriced" is a very different concept to me than "expensive." It has a connotation that an expensive guitar is not worth the money. While that may be true for some people, the fact that many of these "expensive guitar" builders have a long waiting list would seem to indicate that those who buy them don't think they are overpriced.

"Expensive" seems to mean any guitar that on, or beyond, the upper limit of what we might be willing to pay. For a 13-yr. old hoping to by his first guitar, anything over $300 might be "expensive" and "overpriced." For someone in their late twenties with a good job, that figure might have risen to, say, $1,800." A professional who earns a living in a recording studio might think a better limit would be ten times that much. Which is right? They all are!

For this thread's purposes, Compurocker set the bar at $5,000. That's expensive to me, though not necessarily overpriced. If I could, I would gladly pay that for a guitar from quite a number of builders. One day, I'll commission my dream fingerstyle custom, and even without lots of expensive options, it might cost over $5,000, despite my frugal nature.

I have to confess that our forum Sponsors will get first shot, out of appreciation for their support, and in recognition of the very high quality of the guitars they build. Plus, I don't think any of them have a base price of $20,000 - YET!

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Old 04-01-2008, 11:30 AM
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It's getting harder to find many established custom builders that don't start at close to $4000 + upgrades in todays market.

Even relatively new luthiers who have made only a handfull of guitars for few years are charging $3000-3500 base prices.
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Old 04-01-2008, 11:32 AM
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If people care to comment on a particular Luthier that they own a Guitar from or played that would be cool too!
Since most of the guitars I own from these builders exceed the baseline entry point on this category, I would consider Kevin Gallagher and John Osthoff in the $5K range...
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Old 04-01-2008, 11:35 AM
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I overheard at Guitar Center that Esteban personally handbuilds all his guitars.
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We also need to include Bill Tippin, Jake Robinson, Judy Threet, Marc Beneteau, and Del Langejans.
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