JBASHORUN -> RE: TH£ PRIC£ OF GUITAR$ (Feb. 20 2006 12:44:29)
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Now that you mention it, you are right about the luthier needing a fair wage. If it takes 2 months to build a guitar, thats 6 guitars per year. The luthier would have to charge a minimum of £2000 just to earn £12,000 per year. And £12, 000 per year is not a lot to live on at all. When you do the maths, I think if I was a pro luthier I'd want to earn more than 12k per year, after all, there are expenses to think of, like tools, etc. And I know first-hand how difficult it is to make guitars, as I'm in the process of doing so myself. So actually 2,300 Euros is a very good price for a handmade guitar. I didn't mean to directly compare handmade guitars to cars, as obviously most cars are manufactured by machine. But I once heard someone say that "a car is usually the biggest investment purchase you will make in life after your house". For some people, I think their guitar would replace the car in this statement. And perhaps some people have similar attitudes to their cars as guitarists have toward their guitars. I like that saying, Samwise... "Life's too short to play a cheap guitar!". But I do meet people who say its not the price of the guitar, but the way you play them. Within reason... obviously a very cheap guitar will always sound cheap. But beyond a certain point, once you have the best woods and materials, and best cosntruction methods... isn't it virtually impossible to get any better? But a 20-30k guitar... I can't say, because I've never played one, but I really would want it to be the epitome of perfection in every way. Jb
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