Help me put a price on this
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- Ashton
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Help me put a price on this
I'm good at making guitars,
I'm not good at putting a price for things,
So please help with a valuation on my SG style, specs below
All African timbers,
1 piece Paduak body - 44mm
5 piece Bubinga & Sapele neck, BSBSB - chunky profile
Zebrawood fretboard with Jescar Evo gold jumbo frets
Gibson tuners
Artisan Guitar Electronics '57 Humbucker
Tru-Oil finish
SG style that weighs as much as a good LP
I'm not good at putting a price for things,
So please help with a valuation on my SG style, specs below
All African timbers,
1 piece Paduak body - 44mm
5 piece Bubinga & Sapele neck, BSBSB - chunky profile
Zebrawood fretboard with Jescar Evo gold jumbo frets
Gibson tuners
Artisan Guitar Electronics '57 Humbucker
Tru-Oil finish
SG style that weighs as much as a good LP
- robthemac
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Re: Help me put a price on this
This didn't sell for $650, but it's a bit lower speccd than yours.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... ?archive=1
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... ?archive=1
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Re: Help me put a price on this
that tailpiece looks a long way back?
nice looking guitar otherwise.Sorry cant help on value-we all know how wildly that varies!
nice looking guitar otherwise.Sorry cant help on value-we all know how wildly that varies!
Re: Help me put a price on this
Usual formula for pricing of manufactured product would be something like this :
Materials cost x 1.5 plus Labour cost plus Margin.
Your material cost and labour cost are pretty much set in stone so its really just your Margin you are playing with.
Materials cost x 1.5 plus Labour cost plus Margin.
Your material cost and labour cost are pretty much set in stone so its really just your Margin you are playing with.
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Re: Help me put a price on this
Our best guitar maker on this forum (Adrian) couldn't make a decent living out of building guitars so changed careers. If you are totally honest with yourself, you add up all material costs. Keep track of all hours minus the farting around ones and use the living wage to calculate labour cost. If you can't sell it for both costs added up, then you need to accept that you are indulging in a loss making hobby from an financial point of view. The creation process itself is your reward and its benefits cannot be expressed in dollar terms. So there!
Edit - it is better to build on commission if you can, but you know all that
Edit - it is better to build on commission if you can, but you know all that
When faced with quality, I recognise it every time.
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Re: Help me put a price on this
In the words of the great man himself "I can build 50 guitars a year but lucky if I can sell 10".Jay wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:27 pm Our best guitar maker on this forum (Adrian) couldn't make a decent living out of building guitars so changed careers. If you are totally honest with yourself, you add up all material costs. Keep track of all hours minus the farting around ones and use the living wage to calculate labour cost. If you can't sell it for both costs added up, then you need to accept that you are indulging in a loss making hobby from an financial point of view. The creation process itself is your reward and its benefits cannot be expressed in dollar terms. So there!
Edit - it is better to build on commission if you can, but you know all that
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Re: Help me put a price on this
Yep, sad world. We should go back to the sixties when guitars could not be imported, only parts I believe. That would be good for the NZ guitar builders?
I think I'll write to my local MP with this great idea how to re-kickstart our economy.
I think I'll write to my local MP with this great idea how to re-kickstart our economy.
When faced with quality, I recognise it every time.
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Re: Help me put a price on this
I have put this up on farcebook pages for $1500 - so I thought that I should offer it to you fine folk as well, if you purchased it and decided that it wasn't for you I would give a refund - also open to offers
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Re: Help me put a price on this
Thanks mate, bit more interesting than the usual Zebrawood grainLostininverness wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 7:53 pm Good luck with the sale. Love that fretboard material!
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Re: Help me put a price on this
do you have a play through video? or sound sample type thinggy?
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.
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Re: Help me put a price on this
Hey MF, no I don't, but that's a good idea - just need to find someone to do the demo
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Re: Help me put a price on this
where are you located?
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.