Tom Blackshear -> RE: Blackshear/Reyes style (Dec. 5 2010 20:14:50)
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ORIGINAL: cathulu Tom, sounds like Sigurdson's output matches the one week or so build time. PS more power to you that you can get top dollar, your are not the only luthier capable of commanding high prices. There are many, and some get even more than you. So good on you and chapeau to you. But I can still think it is crazy... [:)] And then Not buying it, nope. Why not hire an assistant to do a lot of the chore work and the non-skilled work like french polishing (I think some luthiers farm it out, others do their own). You can make more guitars. But then you got to have enough turnover to keep an assistant busy. It is a tough business and chapeau to the guys that are in it and make a living at it. My personal feeling is that a luthier built guitar should be available for about $1500 - $3000 bucks depending on what you ask for in the build. That is a fair price imho. I guess supply and demand can drive up the costs from a luthier that becomes "hot"but I think that is crazy - that is my opinion and I don't see myself changing it. Then you start to look for a new luthier with lots of talent but undiscovered or under appreciated. It is not rocket science. FYI, Sigurdson makes at least 30 flamenco guitars a year and he has a wait list (based on the numbering of his guitars, for example I have number 361), not sure how many classicals - I know he makes a few. He is a one man band. Once you make a few you know how to make the efficiently. OK, enough rambling! ................................................................................................................................ I think you have a very good understanding of what you want, and this is OK with me. You are right about looking for lower prices, if you can find them, and this means you are a savy shopper. There's nothing wrong with this. I don't sell to everyone, and this would actually be self defeating at my age, as I couldn't handle the many orders that would come my way, if I lowered my prices. I'm not looking to get rich but enjoy what little time I have left on this earth, and for this reason, I choose to make very few guitars a year and try to live a life to enjoy family and supply a few guitars to those who would like one of them to play on. And you are also right about my guitars not being the most expensive in the market. But they are somewhat different in tone and playability and this is what sets them apart from the rest.
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