sixesandsevens

I prefer much of it to come from the amp, but I prefer the added "tightening" from hitting a moderately dirty amp with a boost. It also gives me two levels worth of gain from which I can roll back the guitar volume...

I heard there's a guy in the DC or NoVA area that can re-voice a classical guitar's bracing, so maybe even that's not something you can't "fix" aftermarket. Someone I know's son travelled cross country to get the guy to mod his classical, but all the names are escaping me at the moment... That's a wise position, I think. I hadn't really thought about it like that, but maybe Disney demands I move some guitars.

Please allow me to disagree. For me it's pretty objective. Above the 2.5K barrier it becomes cork-sniffing all the way. As far as you have a decent wooden frame (which nowadays it's not hard to find in many import lines) you can easily have a quality instrument for less than 1K. I think the "2.5k" barrier part is what moves from person to person based on what they've come to expect. In that regard, I agree with diablo175 that what constitutes the cork-sniffing altitude is subjective. It's kind of like how anyone driving slower than me is clearly a lousy driver and anyone driving faster than me is clearly an idiot.

What's the Hamer of Rondos?

Either nothing or a modeler (11R for the last year or two).

It took me a long time to accept it, but I think I finally agree.

Congrats on the new guitars!

I've got one of the mono ones and I like it a lot. It's got a lot of well-thought-out space and shows almost no wear for the time I've had it. I like their new vertical load/unload design too.

Is that really what 2FIG stands for? Heheheh...

I'd buy that. I'd buy a revival bound sunburst style one too.The hiccup, as Austin pointed out, is that it would have to be reasonably competitive vs buying an old Sunburst...

Maybe you could design a guitar entirely out of headstock designs...

There's totally a market for it. The big question is how do you differentiate it from the other instruments out there? A friend in marketing recently told me that if you're not "first", "best", or "only" in your market, you've got a long slog ahead of you. I think one differentiator is the idea that it's one guy (or a small team) who are picky about the wood they use. You could probably sell another line of "seconds" for cheaper, but if you make the wood selection process "transparent" to the buyer ... to give the corksniffers warm fuzzies about the parts they won't be able to change easily later... I think they'd flock to it. Esp. if you provided "provenance" on each guitar kind of like in the build threads here... Just some simple photos of the raw materials becoming the guitar that someone's gonna love. Maybe you could try offering it as a bound book from one of these print-on-demand places that goes along with a hand signed certificate. I could even imagine folks getting wet to hear about what was happening around the shop during the time their guitar was built (like, what was on the stereo, or what was in the news). What other big differentiators do you guys think the market's ready for?

I think it's succame on that one.

Mmm... custom cut...

I got the pick punch and the Guitar Aficionado book. I also got the waffleburger iron (http://waffleburger.com), which is WAY more likely to strike fear and envy into you guys than the pick punch.

I think I'd like something made of korina for a change. I'd also like a standard, but I'm not sure which model. Of course, scratching both those itches in one guitar might stretch my budget a bit.

That's really, really cool. I dug up an old Daytona thread about the heel dimensions. Did you get the Musikraft body cut for tele necks, or was it custom made for those Daytona neck heels?

I always thought I had more time...

Well played Bubs... Champion of the uncommon man. So I gotta ask... Is that three modded Daytonas, or did that one start as a doubleneck? That's pretty awesome though. Does the switch in-between the two string paths switch which set of pickups is going to the outputs? Is it a three-way, top-both-bottom kind of thing, or just a two-way toggle?

I hope things are looking up for you and you don't have to sell it. That said, ... wow.

Congrats on the job Carl! Enjoy the GAS fulfillment.

Wait... You've got all those guitars and your wife goes to the gym? Now you're just rubbing it in...

Very cool. Any more story for us?

You just did what many of us would have done with a bunch of disposable income. Lack of unused wealth is a disappointingly powerful limiter in cases like this.

You and me both, brother.