New (Kim) Walker @ Mando Bros...
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Wow. That's all I can say. Even if it was a short-scale, I still couldn't find that much money. Amazing looking guitar and I'm sure the sound it heavenly. That's for the link, hideglue!!
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I drool, therefore I am.
That is one gorgeous guitar!
Thanks for the look. I'll have to settle for that.... :wink:
Joe
That is one gorgeous guitar!
Thanks for the look. I'll have to settle for that.... :wink:
Joe
$27,500? No guitar is worth that much; I don't care how good it is. Yeah, I'm cheap...
Since "worth" is determined by the purchaser, we will see. I now know two of us who won't pay that price. :wink:twocorgis said:
The attempt to describe the sound of the guitar is making even me blush:
...The sound of this instrument is nothing less than exquisite, spectacular -- it commands great clarity and string-to-string separation but it does from a proscenium of smooth flowing lyricism, a backdrop of aural lushness ...
Playing it, the sound seems to come off the strings even before your fingers pluck the waiting wires. The sound is sensuous, verdant, abundant, opulent and ambrosial. The player’s mood, no matter what he or she was thinking as they took guitar in hand, becomes exuberant...
It will reverse those qualms and substitute a balm, cast off those troubles and bathe you in bubbles...
Note: BOLD text added for my benefit, so I'll remember to embellish my next guitar sale in like manner.
Christopher
hideglue
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Christopher Cozad said:
Stan's signature narrative *is* hyperbole. I'm sure even Kim is cringing.
The guitar will sell in short time, as Kim's guitars always do.
kitniyatran
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If it were a mandolin, maybe, but still not in my bug-debt.twocorgis said:
Sure is pretty, though.
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Everybody, sing it with me!
If I were a rich man.......
Yeah, if I had 27,500 to burn, I probably wouldn't. :shock:
Joe
If I were a rich man.......
Yeah, if I had 27,500 to burn, I probably wouldn't. :shock:
Joe
...Thus establishing it's worth.hideglue said:
I'm still reeling from "sensuous, verdant, abundant, opulent and ambrosial" and wondering how my Guilds have let me down.
Then I think about those poor saps imprisoned with "off" (read: non-Guild) brands and I feel better. Remember, as my Uncle Olaf used to say, "If you think you've reached the bottom... just look down!" :lol:
Christopher
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Ravon said:
I got the same story when he came over for his lesson last week.
RussB
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$27,500? Why not just round it up to $28,000, heck, make it an even $30k :lol:
Way out of my blue-collar pocketbook's range
Way out of my blue-collar pocketbook's range
hideglue
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RussB said:
Not so far fetched; notice there's no mention of a case.
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If there's no case, I'm out! :lol:hideglue said:
Joe
Considering vintage Brazilian Martins go for the same price and more, I am not surprised that this guitar from that luthier cost that much. What is more surprising to me is that if you were to order a custom guitar from Walker, they start around $7K, and the wait time, if you were to buy today, is 7-8 years before he could even start the build.
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Clearly different than these Webber's, which can be had for closer to a workingman's price...well, sorta :wink:
http://theminorchord.com/Instruments/Webber/webber.html
http://www.webberguitars.com/catalog.html
http://theminorchord.com/Instruments/Webber/webber.html
http://www.webberguitars.com/catalog.html
ladytexan
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I’ve been thinking about the $27,500 price tag for this Kim Walker guitar, and I’ve come to a few conclusions. There are a few reasons why one pays X-amount of money for a guitar:
1. Sound. But I will ask, just how finite must one’s discerning ear be that would equate to a produced sound worth $27,500? I would like to discuss this with a few Stradivarius owners.
2. Playability. Aside from telepathically-enabled chord playing, this is still a relatively finite area, as per #1, i.e., how good is good.
3. Choice of woods.
4. Craftsmanship.
5. Status of owning. Case in point, there is a $40,000 ladies alligator backpack purse that the stores can’t keep in stock. Go figure.
6. $27,500 = $3600. What I mean is that money is relative. I chose $3600 because that’s the top price for a new Guild. So, if all things were equal, that seems to be a fair price to pay for a great guitar. Whatever the low-end value is, it’s based upon ones availability of money and resources.
7. Crazy.
1. Sound. But I will ask, just how finite must one’s discerning ear be that would equate to a produced sound worth $27,500? I would like to discuss this with a few Stradivarius owners.
2. Playability. Aside from telepathically-enabled chord playing, this is still a relatively finite area, as per #1, i.e., how good is good.
3. Choice of woods.
4. Craftsmanship.
5. Status of owning. Case in point, there is a $40,000 ladies alligator backpack purse that the stores can’t keep in stock. Go figure.
6. $27,500 = $3600. What I mean is that money is relative. I chose $3600 because that’s the top price for a new Guild. So, if all things were equal, that seems to be a fair price to pay for a great guitar. Whatever the low-end value is, it’s based upon ones availability of money and resources.
7. Crazy.
ladytexan said:
There, I narrowed it down! :lol:
You might include one more, though:
8. You're so dang rich, that $27,500 is like $2750 to us mere mortals. My boss is like that...
Seriously, I have a hard and fast cutoff point of $2000 for a used guitar, maybe slightly more for a new one. Once you get beyond that, you enter the realm of diminishing returns rather rapidly.