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Originally Posted by merlin666
I have noticed that since joining and was curious about it. One would expect guitars that have high production numbers such as Martin and Taylor to be the most common offered guitars, which is probably true, and other brands being offered proportional to their production number. But indeed their seems to be a vast over-representation of exotic and custom boutique build that the average mortal rarely gets to see or even touch in person. And I wonder why this is, I would have though that people who buy these often highly customized guitars would keep and treasure them for the rest of their lives. But instead many end up for sale again - and likely/hopefully NOT because they cause their owners some financial hardship. Maybe they don't live up to the their expectation? So sellers of these guitars, please chime in as to your reasons for selling these.
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There are a LOT less boutiques out there in the wild than guitars from production builders like Martin/Taylor/Gibson who make tens of thousands every year. Meanwhile, Goodall is making only ~ 100 annually (they were ~ 400 annually when they were in Kona, HI), Santa Cruz makes +/- 500, Bourgeois < 400, Huss and Dalton ~ 350, and Collings ~ 1400.
You can't swing a dead cat over your head without knocking a Martin or Taylor over somewhere, but the boutiques are much harder to come by. Many of us have to order them long distance with a trial period. And maybe after 6 months or a year with the guitar, we get tired of the neck, the tone, the playability, whatever.
Remember that this is an enthusiast forum, so you will see guitars discussed here and for sale that you otherwise wouldn't know about.