Actually I have been doing some reading on building fanned frets, and it's really not the rocket science that I thought it was. After all these things have been built since the 1500's.
Some of the prices from these private luthiers are insane. Like Mike Greenfield. He's charging $18,000 for a practically naked fanned fret. It's not even Koa either. Come on man. I could buy a new car for that amount of money. Lets just say I'd feel more comfortable attempting to build the guitar than the car.
In this day and age there is more than enough information available for anyone with the motivation, patience and willingness to learn to be able to build themselves a high quality guitar. Maybe not luthier grade, but hey do I really need that? I'm not Don Ross, and I'm not rich. I play at open mics and in bars and I'm in the military. Plus it just seems like a fun endeavor. Nothing is impossible, least of which is building a guitar.
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