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North American Guitar Makers
I have been researching GV Rubio guitars as I plan to add a good classical guitar at some point. It looks like he sells an "estudio" model under $3K that gets favorable reviews. That appears to be a good deal and maybe a step up from mass-produced guitars. (Nothing against factories. I love, love, love my Martins!)
Who are the other North American builders who are able to offer something similar? Thanks! |
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I'll be watching this too, since I am planning to enter the market for a new classical soon too!
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Tom Presloe and Kenny Hill come to mind. Alejandro Cervantes is another.
Presloe oversees his more economical Pavan builds, and Hill does the same for his New World player series. Both in that price range or under, both offering good value for the buck in terms of the quality you get (imo). I believe the street price for Cervantes classical models are in the 3K or under range, but I could be wrong about that. It might be easier to find Hill and Cervantes at music stores if you wanted to try some out.
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Flagstaffcharlie is looking for a quality built North American guitar. That eliminates the Kenny Hill New World, made in China guitars. I don't know about the others.
Tom
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Larrivee will make you a classical guitar.
My 1977 Larrivee Classical is a keeper. Label is signed by Jean himself. Was told by Larrivee, that Linda Manzer took part in the creation of my guitar. You can get them used for somewhere between $1200 and $1800 seems to be the last range I saw them in. Mine is not for sale. Ever. A new one has a list price of $4,200 |
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Johnny Walker in OK
If you're willing to go with something used, then you can get a lot of guitar for $3K. |
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I believe Al Carruth builds classical guitars, he posts on here regularly. He may be more than you're willing to spend.
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The difficulty here is that our hand made acoustic guitar market is fairly young. Most builders have less than 20 years in and few apprenticed with anyone. In Spain - "estudio" models are generally made by apprentices working under supervision in the master's shop. They are still good instruments - just perhaps less consistent or not as finely finished vs the Standard/Master models...
Hardly any American makers take apprentices... By far most are one man shops... Probably as time progresses - we will see a system develop similar to Europe... We are just less mature along that path. Last edited by Truckjohn; 10-13-2017 at 04:00 PM. |
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Regardless, there is no harm in the OP getting info on these North Americans, even if they oversee production somewhere else for their more economical offerings. There's nothing hidden about that on their respective websites. The OP can choose to dismiss them on that basis if he prefers. Or not, in the event that he tries one and finds it to his liking!
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Hello,
The GV Rubios you’re talking about are made in his shop by his newphew I believe. I hear they are a good value for $$. The following newer classical NA makers who are priced under 5k all apprenticed or were closely mentored over several years by well known builders: Andy Culpepper Michael Cadiz Greg Miller Myself Maxwell Sipe And there are quite a few more, I’m just familiar with their work in particular. Greg has a background in fine furniture making and his workmanship is at a very very high level, even compared to experienced makers. Andy’s guitars are great and he is growing a big reputation; still at a very reasonable price. The same can be said about Max as well. Cheers, Chris |
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Francisco Navarro, Salvador Castillo.
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Cervantes makes wonderful instruments in California.
http://www.cervantesguitars.com/ There was a builder on Delcamp a couple years ago named Chris Conery from Colorado that was building some very nice sounding instruments for 3-4k range. http://coneryguitars.com/Gallery,_Te...samplings.html This may be a very nice piece too at the new price! http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=485563
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Thanks for all the great suggestions!
To be clear - since maybe I wasn’t - I meant guitars built here in North America Rubio’s guitars are interesting to me, and I am looking for comparable builders. I know there are wonderful guitars coming from every part of the world. The Kenny Hill and Cordoba guitars are pretty common topics in guitar circles, and I understand they are well regarded. I think the GV Rubio Estudio in sp/pe with a 640 mm scale and 50mm nut is probably my current frontrunner. I’m a steel string guy, and it is going to be played in folksinger position sitting on my right leg. The shorter scale and slightly narrower nut seem like good options. But I’m still researching this. |
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Fantastic guitars, too. The workshop-built ones, anyway. |
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