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There are good shops out there who are reasonable, and those are the ones I want to work with.
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Kind of on the same topic - what is the deal with builder slots that dealers like Dream Guitars offer? They may be $x,000 for say a 2024 slot for a builder with a long wait list. Is this just an increased deposit or an additional cost?
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I am curious too. Why not go directly to the luthier? Does this get you in the queue quicker, so you pay a premium for that? Does the luthier have some pre-arrangement guaranteeing so many slots to get some kind of preference or deal? What is going on there?
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And yes, the dealer's build slots do allow you to jump the line normally.
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Something for young luthiers to consider....
When you give up a 20% commission to a reseller/dealer, every 5th guitar you send to them is for free. Yes, resellers offer some financial stability to a luthier, some insulation from time spent at clients and some global reach that they may not have had without them. For clients/customers sometimes a dealer slot allows them an opportunity to jump a wait list queue. There is one talented younger builder who I admire who has their guitars listed is 3 dealers in the US, 2 dealers in Japan, 2 dealers in China and dealers in Europe, Korea and Singapore. A solo luthier providing guitars whose work I admire to 10 dealers (even if they provide the dealer a slot or guitar not every year) is not a good business plan IMO.
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