Gil Yaron Bolt-S

jp_nyc said:
Gibson might have higher labor costs than Fender. They make it pretty clear that they avoid modernizing their finishing techniques and you’re paying for silly stuff like manually scraping paint off of the guitar because they don’t do any masking. Then again, Gibson has notoriously low wages, so they still might spend less on finishes.
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My point was merely that the material cost on the LP (mahogany vs alder, maple top, mahogany neck blank that's twice the size, etc) plus the additional steps of applying binding, headstock inlays, fretboard inlays, carving the top, etc. make the LP a much more costly guitar to make.
Where Leo designed from a manufacturing point of view, Gibson, having grown out of acoustics and mandolins, saw guitar building more as a craftsman's job and not through a lens of manufacturing efficiency.
Two different approaches to the same problem.
 
And, really, two different eras produced the two companies. Gibson was a 19th century company trying to learn new things.
Leo was a good business man trying to learn how to make a guitar.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
Or at least, how many guitars worth $8000 now he has seen.
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Other than vintage axes probably none. A lot of those guys seem to have their coupe of vintage pieces that they could afford to buy in the 80's when the prices were low and an assortment of cheaper instruments or parts guitars that they have built by local guys like Performance guitars. John Goux has a guy who's name I can't remember that builds guitars for him.
 
I think that classical guitars, especially... When you're in the same room, you understand the difference. You can fill a small auditorium without amplification and with perfect clarity.
 
That why I'm happy that I don't play a truly acoustic instrument like Violin. I never knew what an expensive instrument was until I spoke to a Viola player just out of college who's parents had to take out a second mortgage on their house to buy her a professional "enough" instrument. I think it was about $35k
 
Mark Wein said:
That why I'm happy that I don't play a truly acoustic instrument like Violin. I never knew what an expensive instrument was until I spoke to a Viola player just out of college who's parents had to take out a second mortgage on their house to buy her a professional "enough" instrument. I think it was about $35k
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Fuck that. It's a good thing that wasn't my kid; I'd still be laughing if my kid asked me to take out a second mortgage to by a $35k violin.
 
Mark Wein said:
That why I'm happy that I don't play a truly acoustic instrument like Violin. I never knew what an expensive instrument was until I spoke to a Viola player just out of college who's parents had to take out a second mortgage on their house to buy her a professional "enough" instrument. I think it was about $35k
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Yep, this is common. Most of us don't realize how inexpensive our hobby is compared to other instruments. Of course, some of us buy 20 guitars, so it works out about the same. Not sure if violinists GAS all the time...lol.
 
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gi lyaron is a great builder but i wouldnt pay him $8,000.

I might pay $5,000 for one of his really accurate teles
he really researches and gets them as correct as possible, and uses NOS parts when he can.
 
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