Pricing
My base price for a bespoke guitar is $4000 US plus insured shipping and sales tax where applicable. Occasionally I have guitars onhand at a reduced price. Please inquire.
My base price for a bespoke guitar is $4000 US plus insured shipping and sales tax where applicable. Occasionally I have guitars onhand at a reduced price. Please inquire.
Standard pricing includes the following appointments:
▪ Choice of Classical, OM, Dreadnought, L-00, Opus, M/0000 sizes. Others please inquire.
▪ Cedar or spruce top
▪ Back and sides of Honduras mahogany, maple or East Indian rosewood. Others, please inquire.
▪ Ebony fretboard, Honduras mahogany or cedar neck
▪ Carbon fiber neck reinforcement, two-way adjustable truss rod (steel strings)
▪ Bleached bone nut and saddle
▪ Grover Vintage-style nickel open back tuners (steel strings)
▪ Standard Gotoh, Schaller or equivalent tuners for classicals
▪ Brushed long oil varnish or French polish shellac finish
▪ Inlaid gold mother-of-pearl logo on the headstock (steel strings)
▪ Inlaid mother-of-pearl or abalone fretboard markers, slotted diamonds or dots (steel strings)
▪ Neck width and profile of choice
▪ Multiple-line wood top and back purfling
▪ Side purfling with mitered corners at the tail
▪ Wood purfling and rosette
▪ 12 or 14 frets to the body (classicals 12-fret only)
▪ Standard scale lengths, others please inquire
▪ Hardshell case
▪ Cedar or spruce top
▪ Back and sides of Honduras mahogany, maple or East Indian rosewood. Others, please inquire.
▪ Ebony fretboard, Honduras mahogany or cedar neck
▪ Carbon fiber neck reinforcement, two-way adjustable truss rod (steel strings)
▪ Bleached bone nut and saddle
▪ Grover Vintage-style nickel open back tuners (steel strings)
▪ Standard Gotoh, Schaller or equivalent tuners for classicals
▪ Brushed long oil varnish or French polish shellac finish
▪ Inlaid gold mother-of-pearl logo on the headstock (steel strings)
▪ Inlaid mother-of-pearl or abalone fretboard markers, slotted diamonds or dots (steel strings)
▪ Neck width and profile of choice
▪ Multiple-line wood top and back purfling
▪ Side purfling with mitered corners at the tail
▪ Wood purfling and rosette
▪ 12 or 14 frets to the body (classicals 12-fret only)
▪ Standard scale lengths, others please inquire
▪ Hardshell case
Options available at extra cost:
▪ Premium top, fretboard, back and side woods - Please inquire
▪ Florentine or bevel cutaway - $400
▪ Laminated Neck - Please inquire
▪ Fretboard or headstock inlaid with mother-of-pearl or abalone - Please inquire
▪ Abalone top purfling - $200
▪ Abalone or mother-of-pearl rosette - $125
▪ Sound Port - $75
▪ Premium tuners-Please Inquire
▪ Premium Ameritage case - $350. Others, please inquire
Included on request at no charge is a photo CD documenting the construction of your guitar.
▪ Florentine or bevel cutaway - $400
▪ Laminated Neck - Please inquire
▪ Fretboard or headstock inlaid with mother-of-pearl or abalone - Please inquire
▪ Abalone top purfling - $200
▪ Abalone or mother-of-pearl rosette - $125
▪ Sound Port - $75
▪ Premium tuners-Please Inquire
▪ Premium Ameritage case - $350. Others, please inquire
Included on request at no charge is a photo CD documenting the construction of your guitar.
Ordering
To have me build a guitar for you, we'll talk about your preferred playing style, what you’d want in tone, the body style of the guitar, materials to be used, options, trim details, and the like. Before materials are purchased I ask for a $500 deposit when an order is placed. An additional deposit may be requested for premium woods. The deposit is applied to the final balance and will secure pricing and your place in my build schedule. It is non-refundable except in extreme circumstances. The balance plus shipping and insurance will be due when the guitar is completed. I will then ship your guitar in its case in a padded guitar shipping box by USPS overnight insured.
If you're dissatisfied with the instrument in any way, contact me within 72 hours of its arrival. We can discuss arrangements for its return to alleviate the problem or a refund minus shipping costs, given upon the sale of the returned guitar. Options or design decisions that make the instrument difficult to sell, such as personalized inlays, may incur deductions in the refund amount.
My guitars come with a warranty to the original owner against defects in materials and workmanship for as long as I am a practicing luthier. However, the warranty does not cover wear from normal use, damage, abuse, or exposure to extremes of temperature or humidity.
Please note: While I try to post anticipated changes to my prices, they may change without notice. New prices will be posted here on the site as soon as possible.
To have me build a guitar for you, we'll talk about your preferred playing style, what you’d want in tone, the body style of the guitar, materials to be used, options, trim details, and the like. Before materials are purchased I ask for a $500 deposit when an order is placed. An additional deposit may be requested for premium woods. The deposit is applied to the final balance and will secure pricing and your place in my build schedule. It is non-refundable except in extreme circumstances. The balance plus shipping and insurance will be due when the guitar is completed. I will then ship your guitar in its case in a padded guitar shipping box by USPS overnight insured.
If you're dissatisfied with the instrument in any way, contact me within 72 hours of its arrival. We can discuss arrangements for its return to alleviate the problem or a refund minus shipping costs, given upon the sale of the returned guitar. Options or design decisions that make the instrument difficult to sell, such as personalized inlays, may incur deductions in the refund amount.
My guitars come with a warranty to the original owner against defects in materials and workmanship for as long as I am a practicing luthier. However, the warranty does not cover wear from normal use, damage, abuse, or exposure to extremes of temperature or humidity.
Please note: While I try to post anticipated changes to my prices, they may change without notice. New prices will be posted here on the site as soon as possible.