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Tom Blackshear -> RE: Japanese Luthier Ryoji Matsuoka (Nov. 16 2019 16:09:16)
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Hello,
I listened to a few links of your playing and the head stock on that guitar didn't appear to be the one you are selling.
Many Japanese guitars, Flamencos, sold for about 2 to 300 dollars back in 1976, and the solid backs and sides sold about that in competition with laminates.
The $1,500 price tag on this one seems to be high compared to other solid wood guitars built in that era.
Sure, we have inflation, but not at a competitive rate with other inexpensive models in that time frame, when you consider that Marlon Navarro is selling his solid wood guitars, new, for about $800 retail, which I hear are very competitive with current student models.
We have a blockage/slowdown in sales due to a depressed market, with all prices at this time.
I talked with a friend who had a recent conversation with a dealer in expensive guitars and their conversation was quite revealing about a definite decline in higher priced instruments that has slowed the market considerably.
But hang in there, as your offer is not out of line for those with little money.
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