Tom Blackshear -> RE: "Luthiers share your creations" thread (Jul. 30 2016 16:18:57)
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Andy, I just noticed one of your guitars for sale at GSI in California. They have a lot of nice things to say about it but what I also noticed was that the price seemed to be quite low to interest other players with more money to spend. Sometimes people have a hard time judging quality with pricing. Price can be a good entry level but when it comes to raising prices, it has a tendency to get in the way of making a higher level of acceptance. I ran into this situation more than once when raising prices. Bob Ruck did this with his ability to master options on his guitars but it took him quite a long time to accomplish it. GSI meant well but for them to say where you came from and then put a low price on the guitar; I think this is somewhat condescending for your art. Personally; and I have done this before, by writing a replacement post, sort of a retraction with a little more favor-ability for what you do, and then ask them to post it in place of what they have written. I don't blame GSI for this, as they operate with a lot of entry level guitars but is this fair to you? I think there needs to be a better balance, and most companies will welcome positive information that will help them sell guitars.
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