If you like Tom Andersons, check out the Carvin Contour 66. If it was a vioin or cello, you'd be looking at $20K+. $2500 for a hand-made guitar isn't actually that bad. As long as you choose one that suits your styke, you'll never have to modify it because it's already pretty much perfect. It will stay in tune, have no dead spots on the neck, be easy to play and sound good. When you buy a high-end guitar, you're buying a guitar that basically has no flaws. Since fewer are produced, it's not as easy to spread these expenses as thinly as you could if you produced tens of thousands of guitars. Aside from the top flight materials, people are spending a lot of time making sure everything is put together properly and every detail is attended to.Īside from the high labor cost, you also have to figure in rent, utilities, insurance, taxes and all the other costs and expenses that go into manufacturing instruments like this.
Tim Lerch playing his Andersen Oval Hole Archtop.Ĭustom Model 17 for sale (demo by Tim Lerch). See Bill Frisell playing his Andersen Model 17 archtop. I occasionally have a guitar or two on hand that are available for trying out. If you are planning on being in the Seattle area, you are welcome to contact me and we can arrange a time for visiting my shop. I build guitars one at a time, completing around 10 per year. In my shop, every step from selecting materials to finishing and set-up is done by one person – me.
The archtop guitar is an instrument that is difficult to build in a factory-type setting, but rather demands hands-on treatment and a keen sense of intuition. I occupy a small, specialized slice of that market, focusing primarily on carved archtop guitars. Today, there are thousands of guitar makers in the United States. Within ten years of that first guitar, I was earning my living as a guitar maker. I was sixteen years old when I built my first guitar – Richard Nixon was president, gas cost less than a dollar per gallon and American-made guitars were pretty much limited to a few names like Gibson, Martin and Fender. This model may be reserved for a deposit of $500. Next available Streamline 16 is due sometime in 2021. I’ll ship the guitar to you for a 48 hour approval period.
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Upon completion, I’ll contact you and provide an invoice for the balance due, plus shipping. If you’d like the opportunity to buy one, a $500 deposit will put you in line for the next available.
Please contact me for an estimated completion date of any model, and I can give you a date range for completion. Please note: Due to restrictions in international shipping of certain woods as spelled out in the CITES agreement, I no longer ship any instruments outside the United States.Ī deposit can be placed to reserve any of the “Builder’s Choice” models listed below. These guitars will be built in the same way all of my guitars are made: Built in my Seattle workshop by one person-Steve Andersen. I am currently building only the Andersen Streamline 16 model. Rather, I’ve decided to focus my efforts on building those models I find the most gratifying to construct – and by limiting the number of guitars I build, I will now also be able to pursue new design ideas. What that means is that as of 2018, I will no longer be taking orders for custom guitars. I’ve decided to make a change in my work, an approach I’m calling “Builders’ Choice”.
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