2018 Kostal MD for $10K

[MTguitars]

Originally Posted by dcn

What an awesome guitar and even better pic! Gage makes special guitars, great to see you (and yours!) are enjoying them.

You should know! I agree his guitars are truly inspiring. I have enjoyed your videos of you playing your Halland guitar. Did you receive your latest yet?

[fregly]

Grain runout on a guitar at that new price point is completely lame, no matter how it is rationalized. I see it pretty regularly in pics from high end dealers as well, in guitars north of 10, 000. For goodness sake, runout is rare on 3 series bargain Larrivees.

[soma5]

I can't find it - it must have sold. How did I miss this thread? Runout is something I don't worry about, unless there are already signs of instability. I have guitars that are over 90 years old with runout.

[sinistral]

Originally Posted by soma5

I can't find it - it must have sold. How did I miss this thread? Runout is something I don't worry about, unless there are already signs of instability. I have guitars that are over 90 years old with runout.

At that price it wasn’t going to last long, runout or not. I wish I had taken a screenshot. As I mentioned above, I suspect that the degree of runout on the guitar isn’t as noticeable in person as it was in the main photo—I suspect the lighting exaggerated it. If anything is inexcusable, it’s photogphing a $10k+ guitar in a way that detracts from the value of the guitar (bad lighting, odd angles, etc.).

Someone got an amazing deal.

[JJI]

Originally Posted by MTguitars

You should know! I agree his guitars are truly inspiring. I have enjoyed your videos of you playing your Halland guitar. Did you receive your latest yet?

I agree with the both of you. lol. I got my first Halland in 2017 and my next starts in a couple months [emoji4]🤤

[MTguitars]

Originally Posted by JJI

I agree with the both of you. lol. I got my first Halland in 2017 and my next starts in a couple months [emoji4]🤤

Can not wait to learn more about your upcoming 2nd Halland! Congrats!

[JJI]

Originally Posted by MTguitars

Can not wait to learn more about your upcoming 2nd Halland! Congrats!

Yaaaaa buddy. I’m thinking a thread will be in order when it gets started…[emoji57]