NorCalluthier -> RE: Flamenco guitar pricing (Apr. 7 2019 22:51:31)
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Hello Ethan, When I took orders years ago I had people want to have me do all sorts of visual stuff, make the sides from solid stock---I laminate sides---and worst of all, feel free to call me once a week to see how their guitar was coming along---subtext, hurry up. I'm inherently a slow, meticulous worker, and don't work well under time pressure. So just making guitars and then finding customers has been the obvious way for me to go. My hero Jeff Elliot enjoys working with his clients to tailor make the instrument to their taste. I believe Bob Ruck told me something similar. I think that is most admirable, but it doesn't work for me. One of my classical guitar customers is a marketing consultant, and he told me to raise my price to $14,000, and that I wouldn't have any price complaints, and no difficulty selling. He might even be right, but I don't have the courage to find out (;->)... Cheers, Brian
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