London Plane DC Build

Jalapeno

I likes The Precious !

sawyer

Could be a production model. I'd go with a black headstock veneer if you did start selling them, as nice as  the London Plane headstock is on this example. Single pickup Malcolm Scott'ish model with wraparound be cool too.

Rabs

SteveRobinson said:

Rabs said:

I reckon plenty of people would pay good money for that

@Rabs If I were to sell it how much do you think I should ask?

Hmmm...  Always a hard one.. Everyone always told me I sold mine too cheap...

But I would say about £800...

SteveRobinson

Rabs said:

SteveRobinson said:

Rabs said:

I reckon plenty of people would pay good money for that

@Rabs If I were to sell it how much do you think I should ask?

Hmmm...  Always a hard one.. Everyone always told me I sold mine too cheap...

But I would say about £800...

That would be nice. It cost about £500 in parts and materials so I could hardly make a living out of it!

And yes, I thought you sold yours too cheaply.

Winny_Pooh

SteveRobinson said:

Rabs said:

SteveRobinson said:

Rabs said:

I reckon plenty of people would pay good money for that

@Rabs If I were to sell it how much do you think I should ask?

Hmmm...  Always a hard one.. Everyone always told me I sold mine too cheap...

But I would say about £800...

That would be nice. It cost about £500 in parts and materials so I could hardly make a living out of it!

And yes, I thought you sold yours too cheaply.

£800 is too little, if it plays as well as it looks then I'd say £1200-£1500 eg:

https://www.gordonsmithguitars.com/shop/stock-guitars/gs-deluxe-cognac-burst-sn-18145/

However I'd personally prefer cosmetic changes: button tuners, gold hardware gone and either burst front or no burst on the back.

Rabs

SteveRobinson said:

Rabs said:

SteveRobinson said:

Rabs said:

I reckon plenty of people would pay good money for that

@Rabs If I were to sell it how much do you think I should ask?

Hmmm...  Always a hard one.. Everyone always told me I sold mine too cheap...

But I would say about £800...

That would be nice. It cost about £500 in parts and materials so I could hardly make a living out of it!

And yes, I thought you sold yours too cheaply.

Yes well there were good reasons..  The ones I sold on here were mostly my show guitars. All several years old.. The wood on most of them cost me almost nothing and I didnt use super expensive hardware but always stood behind the way they played and sounded. Never had a customer come back yet with a single complaint. The custom builds I have done, I charge more.

And yes. Its really not easy to earn a living doing it at all. Doing guitar setups and fixes is really the bread and butter. But even then you need to get a reputation.. I have only been able to do this as I have no wife or kids to look after and no debt or I would have never started in the first place well as a business anyway, I started the first few before that decision was made.