#31
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Did you happen to experience any issues with resale value ? |
#32
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
__________________
2013 Stehr Auditorium (Carpathian/Myrtle) 2015 Stehr Auditorium (Adi/BRW) 2020 Baranik Meridian (Blue Spruce/Manchinga) 2020 Wilborn Arum (Tunnel 14/Coco) 2021 Kinnaird Graybeard (BC Cedar/Bog Oak) 2022 Kinnaird CS Student Build (Adi/Padauk) 2023 Kinnaird FS (Italian/Koa) |
#33
|
||||
|
||||
The Prairie-style Chasson is one of my all-time AGF favorites as well. I can see it sitting elegantly in a corner of Fallingwater.
That was also a really cool thread, iim7V7IM7 had two guitars to choose from - the other was Wenge, I believe - and ultimately went with the one pictured above. |
#34
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
But hopefully, with careful homework on what the builder makes and what you actually want out of the guitar, you will end up with a guitar that you keep for a long time. And some builders increase their prices as they become better known and respected, meaning that an early model may resell ten years later for almost as much as you paid for it! Last edited by colins; 03-08-2021 at 05:17 AM. |
#35
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
It’s time my friend.
__________________
Doerr Trinity 12 Fret 00 (Lutz/Maple) Edwinson Zephyr 13 Fret 00 (Adi/Coco) Froggy Bottom H-12 (Adi/EIR) Kostal 12 Fret OMC (German Spruce/Koa) Rainsong APSE 12 Fret (Carbon Fiber) Taylor 812ce-N 12 fret (Sitka/EIR Nylon) Last edited by SprintBob; 03-09-2021 at 06:56 AM. |
#36
|
||||
|
||||
Back to the thread, here’s another experience I think that is accurate. Higher end production and single luthier custom guitars seem to be more sonically expansive and expressive in varying degrees than lower cost production models.
__________________
Doerr Trinity 12 Fret 00 (Lutz/Maple) Edwinson Zephyr 13 Fret 00 (Adi/Coco) Froggy Bottom H-12 (Adi/EIR) Kostal 12 Fret OMC (German Spruce/Koa) Rainsong APSE 12 Fret (Carbon Fiber) Taylor 812ce-N 12 fret (Sitka/EIR Nylon) |
#37
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
I certainly don't doubt that. The best guitar I have ever played is a D-35 once owned by our own AGF member "srick", and now by a mutual friend of ours. Amazing instrument. I was flatpicking my lower end Martin, he was brushing that D-35 with bare flesh, and I could hear him just fine
__________________
Bob https://on.soundcloud.com/ZaWP https://youtube.com/channel/UCqodryotxsHRaT5OfYy8Bdg |
#38
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
I have some money to burn on a custom build but what if it isn’t actually what I want or need,and am I better off just buying the best I can afford from one of my favourite makers for a fraction of the cost ? |
#39
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
all the best |
#40
|
||||
|
||||
I am happy to say, yes, I have definitely achieved success in getting several guitars that suit me to a tee. I have found communication with your luthier is paramount. From the very beginning, make sure they know your approach to playing and your style. I finger pick with a very light attack. My goal was a lightly built instrument that responded well to a light touch. Very rarely, if at all, would I do any heavy strumming. Discuss the target instrument in as much detail as you can. Then step back and let the luthier perform their magic. Don't try to micro manage the build. You will be much happier with the end result.
__________________
Life is like a box of chocolates .... |
#41
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
__________________
More than a few Santa Cruz’s, a few Sexauers, a Patterson, a Larrivee, a Cumpiano, and a Klepper!! |
#42
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Very helpful,all,the best |
#43
|
|||
|
|||
I have a dozen acoustics, 8 from what you would normally think of as custom builders. Only one of those was a custom build though, two were purchased at a retailer and five directly from the luthier although not custom ordered. The custom build took about a year from our first conversation to receipt. I don't think that I felt any different about the receipt of that one than I did from the ones that I purchased from the luthiers with basically little or no wait. I think that all eased gas for some period of time (including the other 4) but did not cure it for me.
Last edited by Jeff Mc; 03-22-2021 at 07:50 PM. |