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Originally Posted by Melt in the Sun
Also, holy crap the Kestrel is expensive! $4,600...puts the Balor out of the top spot by quite a bit.
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It will be interesting to see what the standard Kestrel ends up at. I'm guessing somewhere in the high $3k range without a veneer top, and if they did a paddle head instead of the slotted headstock, that would knock off a few hundred also.
But... have you priced a custom archtop recently? I sometime think that because it's CF, people have a tendency to think it ought to be less expensive than wood - but economy is not the primary driver for CF.
One of the things that intrigues me, when watching the video, is that Mr. Hay seems to be picking up and manipulating the Kestrel with such little effort. I'd love to know how much it actually weighs.
Now, I think I'll go and watch Ian Ethan Case's gorgeous piece again.