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Originally Posted by The Bard Rocks
The majority of luthiers offer a lifetime warranty to the original owner. A few give shorter warranty and many fo them stand behind their creations longer than they are required to. John Greven is famous for warranting his to whoever owns it.
But any time you get a lifetime warranty, it is wise to ask "Whose life?" There can be 3 different lives. With guitars, it's usually the luthier's. But it could be yours (which since the warranty is probably to the original owners, means the same as far as you are concerned)... or it could be the guitar's life. I have seen this with other products (never on guitars, so don't fret) where the company declares the product's lifetime is suddenly up and refuses warranty service. But these guys never tell you when you are buying it how long the product is supposed to last.
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Yes...John Greven's warranty follows the guitar regardless of who the owner is, first, second, or whatever.
He is also extraordinarily lenient/generous about what he will work on and consider as warranty service. In the past 5 years I have seen that include completely re-topping a couple of guitars, and building new necks/fingerboards for 3 or 4 guitar owners. He isn't worried about the money, or the time it takes him, he wants his guitars to be "right" for whomever owns them.
And yes, now that John is 74, his lifetime warranty is naturally going to be shorter now than it was...still for as long as he is able, he will take care of his guitars and their owners.
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