Jeff Hilligan
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It absolutely blows my mind that people think they can get $5,000 for a piece of wood
sytharnia1560
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what do you mean "think" .. he will sell some at that price. Which I agree is insane
Findthetone1
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It is getting a little out of hand. I'd love to see the actual cost of goods and labor for the high-end guitars these days.
Devin
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The people are retarded
There's plenty of them that will happily spend MUCH MORE than $5,000 lmao
Music&Chaos
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Kind of a cool look to them.
Limited range, expensive for the MIC models, but that's the norm now I guess.
The US models are what I would expect in pricing for a custom shop style guitar.
Abasi did the same thing in a way - released a limited range of basically signature guitars.
Is there actually enough of a portion of the market base to sustain these? Time will tell.
Music&Chaos
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https://www.nunoguitars.com/products/lusitano-acoustic
I think the headstock inlay on the acoustic is hideous. The overall design looks like something my teenage buddies would think a "rocker's" acoustic would look like, so, kinda love/hate for me there.
The F-holes are not going to benefit the sound of it IMO. Probably has a bit of a jangly, thinner thing it adds to it if I were to guess.
At the price points, I guess this is actually standard in today's market for MIC guitars but damn I just can't see myself spending $1200 on one of those.
Nuno is a beast of a player, no doubt, and I hope his newest venture goes well.
I think the headstock inlay on the acoustic is hideous. The overall design looks like something my teenage buddies would think a "rocker's" acoustic would look like, so, kinda love/hate for me there.
The F-holes are not going to benefit the sound of it IMO. Probably has a bit of a jangly, thinner thing it adds to it if I were to guess.
At the price points, I guess this is actually standard in today's market for MIC guitars but damn I just can't see myself spending $1200 on one of those.
Nuno is a beast of a player, no doubt, and I hope his newest venture goes well.
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thegame
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I know this will come off as snobbish but I’ll always think of bolt ons as a lesser guitar. Sure it offers a unique tonal signature as a byproduct but the bolt on design was only ever conceived to facilitate speed and ease of production. So to see ultra high dollar bolt ons is ridiculous
Jeff Hilligan
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Ive built numerous guitars with top of the heap parts, woods and finishing etc. COG 1k. If I charged 5k and 4k was for my time and name it would be flat out greed!
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MYLILSS
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I try to factor in the R&D for something into the cost, but the Super Strat market is providing nothing new. it is 40+ year old styling and while I love them, I just cant see the cost being justified. The Nuno Brand guitars look like new finish option guitars that are based on his Washburn's which again is nothing new. I absolutely love the looks of these guitars but the pricing seems out of hand to me. Nuno is a monster player though so I hope it works out for him
