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Originally Posted by RLetson
Tony B: I don't build guitars, but I've spent a good bit of time with those that do, including a couple who have made very nice archtops, and you're right about it being a labor- and skill/experience-intensive process. I suspect that a thorough cost-accounting of the whole process easily justifes the current price tag of single-builder examples.
BTW--Did you by any chance dispose of a mid-1920s Martin 2-17 at Willie's some years back? Because I bought one there maybe ten years ago. . . . (I think it's a pretty sweet guitar and cute as a button.)
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It might well have been. It is nice to know that guitars make the rounds and eventually end up in the right hands. 
Tony
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