What you sell them for

[Phil Mailloux]

Obviously this one is for the pro's and semi-pro's. I'm curious to find out what you guys charge for your acoustics. Trying to figure out what will be a decent price for myself when I get to the point of selling acoustics when I'm at that point.

I'll get the ball rolling with my electrics so no one complains I start at 2.1k and go up to 4k, my cost is about 40% of that, I get a feeling my cost will be a lot lower on acoustics

Yes I know there's millions of options etc... I'm curious to know what you guys charge for a base model and then the most exy your sold for (if you feel comfortable saying so) thanks!

[kiwigeo]

I give mine away to hard up muso mates....

[Phil Mailloux]

Nice guy Martin, my first acoustic is for a left handed mate of mine, its going to be a gift too, he's not hard up though , just a very old friend

[kiwigeo]

Nice guy Martin, my first acoustic is for a left handed mate of mine, its going to be a gift too, he's not hard up though , just a very old friend

Cant sell 'em and they clutter up the workshop so I just like to get rid of them.

[Allen]

My guitars start at $2,500 and go up from there.

Average price on ukuleles is $1,300 and rising. It's taken a heck of a lot of hard work to get there though, and the price should be a lot higher for the amount of work that goes into them. Pretty much like a guitar, but harder to build well. Only thing different is materials generally cost less.

[vandenboom]

I have only made steel string acoustics....
For my kids, grandkids and very close mates, they are a gift.
For wider family, eg nieces and nephews, once I sensed expectations of a freebie building throughout the wider family, I set a price of $700 (without case or pickup). That has managed the expectations and only the committed have bought one.
I have only sold two for a better price - $2000 - to 'acquaintances' and while I am still pretty new at all this, both they and I think they got more than their $$$ worth.

For my level of (in)experience, I am pretty happy with this approach for now. Frank

[Tod Gilding]

Nice guy Martin, my first acoustic is for a left handed mate of mine, its going to be a gift too, he's not hard up though , just a very old friend

Cant sell 'em and they clutter up the workshop so I just like to get rid of them.

If That Falcate Classical starts cluttering up the workshop Marty , I could help you out

[kiwigeo]

Nice guy Martin, my first acoustic is for a left handed mate of mine, its going to be a gift too, he's not hard up though , just a very old friend

Cant sell 'em and they clutter up the workshop so I just like to get rid of them.

If That Falcate Classical starts cluttering up the workshop Marty , I could help you out

Youll have to talk to Georgie about that

[Nick]

I'm across the ditch Phil where the general (90% of muso's I've come across) attitude toward paying large sums of cash are frowned upon for quality when a Korean $300 job will do My Electrics start at $1500 depending on hardware but my acoustics start at 2 1/2K & the archtops more but I often find here that most guys are enthusiastic, but I can bet my left testicle the first question out of their mouth is "How much would you pay for this?", after that they fein interest and exit stage left asap. You Aussies are far more aware of the value of "handcrafted" I'm sure you will find that Christian, Tim Mullens, Tony Francis e.t.c sell most, if not all, of their workmanship offshore. But I make enough guitars to keep me going in my hobby/second income. Enough to keep me in tonewood at least .
People like Allen have worked hard to get the price they're asking and well worth every penny IMHO. But obviously not what you'd ask for right out of the gate.

[Phil Mailloux]

I'm sure there must be plenty of people that value handwork in NZ, you probably just haven't been lucky enough to be able to advertise your instruments in the right places. In all honesty the market for boutique guitar builders is quite big, there's a lot of competition out there, I feel that until you get enough people talking about your instruments out there, sales are few and far between, it certainly was for me in the beginning.

Thanks for all the guys who have posted about their sale prices, I would have thought more guys on the forum would have sold their guitars

[Shane Woonton]

Thanks for starting the thread Phil. As one who would like to start selling my guitars in the not too distant future it's all good info. I'm managing to achieve my short term goal which is to make this a zero cost hobby. I've "sold" 2 guitars (commissions) for AU$750 and US$750 each, so it pays for the materials plus the materials for the next one plus a small contribution to tools.

Cheers,

Shane

[Bob Connor]

From $3000 for a six string and from $2000 for a Weissenborn (sorry, Hawaiian Lap Slide).

[peter.coombe]

Prices are here - http://petercoombe.com/prices.html

[rocket]

Elecs start at2K acoustic archtops start at 3.5K
http://octiganguitars.com
Cheers.

[Nick]

Elecs start at2K acoustic archtops start at 3.5K
http://octiganguitars.com
Cheers.

Nice site Rod , selling them archies too cheaply tho

[rocket]

Well Nick, i don't want to scare'm off! gotta get some out there in the place so them muso's who know what they want in an archtop can see what i have to offer.
Cheers,,

Rod

[ozziebluesman]

Since building my first guitar in 2007 I've sold four parlor sized acoustic guitars, four weissenborn copies and a Les Paul Junior. All where $1500 plus extra for pickup and case. All guitars where sold to muso friends, music students of mine and a few freebies for my family. I get to see all these guitars on a regular basis and I can keep an eye on them for any issues. So far, so good. One of my slide students has bought a weissenborn copy, a Les Paul Junior copy and he has me building him an Archie at the moment. He also told me when I finish this one there will be more. Got to love return buyers.

I feel my build quality has improved heaps since the first guitars and my prices are now higher. My charge for a standard acoustic is 2k, a weissenborn copy also 2k and an archtop is 3k. This is using what ever materials I have in the shop at that time with pickups and cases extra. In time when I have gained more experience building my price will go up again. But when all said and done, the is a hobby of love and there is not heaps of money to be made. I don't really care too much about the money but I refuse to build wall hangers.

Cheers

Alan