[david henman]

www.henbev.com

you heard it here first!

:banana:

-dh

 

[GuitarsCanada]

Are you in on the action here? Some nice guitars.

 

[david henman]

Are you in on the action here?

...heck, no! but i emailed them, just for fun.

-dh

 

[Milkman]

Holy Moly!!

I assume you've checked selling prices?


Must be REALLY nice guitars.

 

[nine]

I wonder if they've built a real guitar yet. All of the stuff on their site is 3D.

 

[Milkman]

I wonder if they've built a real guitar yet. All of the stuff on their site is 3D.

For $7000 ~ $8000 they should be 4D.

 

[elindso]

Mike Davis would make you 3 for 8 grand.

Really nice ones too with all the best hardware.:smile: :smile:

 

[Lowtones]

He has only recently started making guitars from what I understand. Unlike their web page would allude to they are not completely hand made. Check out this vid clip of his work shop he sent to another guy. CNC

http://www.myspace.com/scottybev7

 

[ajcoholic]

8 grand and 4 month wait time for a fairly plain guitar without anything fancy...

Wow. I think I am in the wrong line of work..

AJC

 

[Milkman]

8 grand and 4 month wait time for a fairly plain guitar without anything fancy...

Wow. I think I am in the wrong line of work..

AJC

Based on what I've seen of your instruments I would agree. Sadly, when you try to make a living from something you love, you often have to comprimise to the extent that it stops being fun.

 

[david henman]

...hmmm...maybe i should ask that they take my name off those things.



-dh

 

[Milkman]

...hmmm...maybe i should ask that they take my name off those things.



-dh

It would be interesting to play an $8000. guitar just once for the experience.


I guess having had to work for a living all my life, such numbers are pretty much loony.

I could get a complete rig and a van to load it into for that (buying used of course).


Still....

 

[PaulS]

Body shape reminds me of the Reverends, could buy a few of those for 8000....

 

[Milkman]

Body shape reminds me of the Reverends, could buy a few of those for 8000....

The finish reminds me of a Zemaitis for some reason.

 

[ajcoholic]

I figure it this way... I have a 4000 sq foot wood shop, my overhead and wage I pay myself (about $20/hr) sets my hourly shop rate at $48/hr. I doubt highly that most guitar builders have a half million dollar shop with large industrial machines (I am talking custom builders not manufacturers). So even with my rate and overhead, talking about $500 for parts (hardware, wood and thats generous) $8000 would give me about 150 hours, or nearly 4 weeks of full time work.

That, is friggin crazy! I figure, if I had to, and mae jigs, etc I could make at least 3 or 4 Telecaster style guitars (including finishing and wiring, etc) in one week, as most ofmy guitars take me about 15 to 20 hours and doing multiples at a time is faster.

So, If it were possible to sell these guitars at $8000 a pop, I could make one a month, and work one week and take three off and still make close to 100K.

Dreams.... dreams all dreams...:tongue:

Then again, I love building furniture. If I HAD to build guitars one after the other, it would certainly lose its fun I am sure, just the same as if I built the same pieceof furniture day after day...

AJC (sorry for the rambling)

 

[Lowtones]

I figure it this way... I have a 4000 sq foot wood shop, my overhead and wage I pay myself (about $20/hr) sets my hourly shop rate at $48/hr. I doubt highly that most guitar builders have a half million dollar shop with large industrial machines (I am talking custom builders not manufacturers). So even with my rate and overhead, talking about $500 for parts (hardware, wood and thats generous) $8000 would give me about 150 hours, or nearly 4 weeks of full time work.

That, is friggin crazy! I figure, if I had to, and mae jigs, etc I could make at least 3 or 4 Telecaster style guitars (including finishing and wiring, etc) in one week, as most ofmy guitars take me about 15 to 20 hours and doing multiples at a time is faster.

So, If it were possible to sell these guitars at $8000 a pop, I could make one a month, and work one week and take three off and still make close to 100K.

Dreams.... dreams all dreams...:tongue:

Then again, I love building furniture. If I HAD to build guitars one after the other, it would certainly lose its fun I am sure, just the same as if I built the same pieceof furniture day after day...

AJC (sorry for the rambling)

Lets do it AJ. I'll come and work in your shop so I will only ask $2000 per guitar and you can have the other $6000 because of the overhead.:banana:

In our dreams.