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RE: I am Planning on buying a really good Flamenco & Classical guitar, Any Suggestions
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estebanana
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 RE: I am Planning on buying a really... (in reply to cathulu)
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I'm thinking about raising my price about $60,000 or 70,000- why? Because people with that much money need to show off toys to each other , and I can provide those toys for a lot of money. I'll also take gold for payment.
Guitars are difficult to build and I think any guitar maker will want to be paid well ideally. Some are willing to cut corners and ,ake the cheaper guitars, I have and I regret it. I've also seen some of those guitars that are talked about here that are inexpensive, and you know what? You get what you pay for. Take that any way you want.
A guy has come to me a few time in the past year or two and asked me to make him a guitar. I say sure the price is X amount. He says he'll get back to me. he calls about three weeks ago and says "Hey I can't find any good guitars for under $4000.00 so I think I can make a guitar for myself. Will you help me?" Ordinarily I will tell someone to "Yeah come on over to the shop an I'll talk to you about how to get a guitar going." I'm easy no big deal, if I have time I'll share information. This particular fellow did not seem like a good fit for my, shall we say, "temperament". I had kicked him out once before two years ago for coming over to ask me to make him a guitar when he tried to bargain me down to 1500.00 saying it can't be that hard. Come on I'll promote you."
Promote me to what? Idiot of the Year? I put my hand on his shoulder lovingly and looked him in the eye. I said friend, I know there is a good Cordoba cutaway with fantastic pickup for you over at Guitar Center and it will cost about $800.00 or $900.00 bucks. It will be perfect for you. I sent him on his way.
Prior to that day two years ago, in 2005 he visited me in my shop and purchased a guitar from me which was made of beautiful flame maple, pegs, small plantilla, with a gorgeous rosette that the other guitar makers were flipping over. He knew I needed to pay my house rent and talked me down to the ridiculous price of $900.00 with the promise he would commission a second guitar soon and "promote" me to other guitarists. He took advantage of my situation and then insulted me by reselling the guitar four months later for a substantial amount more than me paid for it.
I suppose all this is fair in the guitar game, one could call it paying dues or whatever although by 2005 I had already paid enough dues to buy the NY Mets. No matter always room for more humility, right? However this particular nutjob made a point of telling me about the resale of this guitar which I had asked him not to resell as part of a gentleman's agreement, while I was at a flamenco show talking to a group of buddies,. he interjected in the middle of the group with some big flashing grin that he had sold that guitar and would I make another one for the same price or a little more than he paid for that nice maple one? Oh and could the next one be a cutaway?
I was polite and said, No I'm afraid I can't do that. I did not slam his head into the bar rail an beat him royally in the face. I simply smiled and said my mantra: "There's a guitar for you at Guitar Center."
So when any of you get dispondent and depressed about the price of guitars made by hand by builders who put much of themselves into the guitar, just say the mantra over and over:
There is a guitar for me at Guitar Center
There is a Cordoba cutaway for me at Guitar Center
There is a guitar for me at Guitar Center
There is a Cordoba cutaway for me at Guitar Center
There is a guitar for me at Guitar Center
There is a Cordoba cutaway for me at Guitar Center
It's like a sutra. Learn it, live by it.
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https://www.stephenfaulkguitars.com
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