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11-05-2011, 01:29 AM
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11-05-2011, 05:28 AM
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11-05-2011, 07:10 AM
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11-06-2011, 01:20 AM
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My base prices start at the upper part of your range. I'm one of the guys customers come to for guitars that do have a bit of "bling" so most of my guitars sell for substantially more than that.
As far as warranting the price, well... I sell them so they must... Price is often based on intangibles like how long the builder has been building, what the demand for their guitar is and what sort of resale windfall it may have in 20 years. I have customers of my highly inlaid guitars (buying guitars in the mid 5 digit range) who tell me they feel they will be very good investments given my association with the Martin museum guitars combined with the possibility of Voyage Air becoming a household name. I don’t really think about what I do as an investment to make money but rather something that makes you happy right now. No matter how sure a thing is I think it’s best to live in the moment. Besides, I know that for them to be really valuable I need to either keel over or retire from building and I don't plan on either with in the next 20 years...  Even though I specialize in "art" guitars I can't remember ever adding anything to the basic guitar the made it a better sounding or playing guitar other than up-grading the wood choices or adding a comfort feature like an arm bevel or body wedge. What makes that nice is knowing that a great guitar can be made without spending a lot on flashy things. This guitar would represent a base model with some nice wood up-grades. It doesn’t have any real bling (for me anyway) beyond the Brazilian back and sides and the Italian spruce top. It does have a cutaway, Voyage Air neck and abalone top trim but it still would be under $10K with standard woods. 
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11-06-2011, 01:26 AM
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Well for me it's these.
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...%2C+Healdsburg Between that, and this... Custom Leach Cremona Voyage Air, Adirondack top, flamed mahogany back and sides - 1 3/4" nut/2 5/16" bridge spacing - Dragon Fretboard inlay, Manzer "wedge" body and beveled arm rest. Price reflects the discount for non-refundable deposit and "free" inlays to replace customers personalized inlays. This guitar is near completion (about 2 - 3 weeks) http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...itars+for+sale Between them, I can't say anything about guitars for 10 years and my wife gets 200 pairs of shoes and I can't say squat about it.!!!! These two guitars address many of my needs at this stage of my life and I am selling about 6 other guitars that these two offer the best of and more. $$$$ are not everything but they do allow great builders to build great guitars and lame guitar players like me to own them. I am both very blessed and very lucky to have the guitars I have...and I know it. I never dreamed of such fine guitars in my hands.
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11-06-2011, 10:56 AM
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Your base model is outstanding! The aesthetics really sit right with me. Beautiful!
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11-06-2011, 11:27 AM
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Many luthiers whose prices are below the $10k mark punch above their weight, where given a few more years development of both their work and their reputation they will be able to justify elevating their prices. A luthier such as this is Brent McElroy (http://mcelroyguitars.com/) who work offers fantastic design and tone especially with his Generation 2 lattice braced guitars all mixed with an awesome selection of woods. He definitely punches above his weight in the world of luthiery as do many others but as he's been building for 16 years this is more so than others. You could mistake his work for a luthier of twice that experience, i'd expect him to be in the $10k and above range by 2020.
  Builders who use both modern and conservative approaches to building that i admire above the $10k commission mark, not $10k from a dealer, would be: Michael Greenfield, Michihiro Matsuda, Kevin Ryan, Mario Beauregard, Stefan Sobell and of course Ervin Somogyi.
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11-07-2011, 09:51 AM
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Other than the mention of her wedge shape, nobody has mentioned Manzer so far! She makes some great flattops in the "stratospheric" price range. Pat Metheny and Bruce Cockburn are two prominent fans whose main flattops have been Manzers for years. I've never played one but they sure record beautifully! And that's the closest ill ever come to one
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