Comments on: What Is Your Dream Guitar?

By: John Walker

John Walker — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:04:08 +0000

My dream guitar is ever-changing. I am fortunate enough to own guitars by Hamblin, MJ Franks, Bourgeois, Collings, Goodall. They are each unique and I love them all. My current wish is to own a Henderson. Doesn’t need to be Brazilian- East Indian rosewood would be fine. Even so- they are pricey, in the $15-20K range. Brazilians are $25k and up. He shapes his headstocks by hand- the craftsmanship is exquisite. That’s the beauty of the dream- maybe someday.

By: Dave Jones

Dave Jones — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:49:01 +0000

Scooter? Is that you??

By: Scott Gagel

Scott Gagel — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:53:16 +0000

Dream Guitars ? hmmmm?
First, I don’t think I would ask master luthiers to combine their skills to make a single acoustic guitar for me. That is not a realistic wish, and it might end up satisfying none of the luthiers involved, nor myself. But I do have dream acoustic guitars, made by these same luthiers, each individual and with the sound characteristics for which they are known. My dream acoustic guitars would be made by Erwin Somogyi, Charles Fox, Linda Manzer, Dennis Scannell, and possibly Jean Larrivee and Steve Klein. That would be one collection of beautiful and powerful acoustic guitars that would serve all the diverse kinds of music I play, from bluegrass, to acoustic rock to folk and ballads, both with a flatpick and fingerpicked.

By: MacNichol Guitars

MacNichol Guitars — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:32:27 +0000

Good question.

Cost – arm and a leg.

Jean Larrivee would definitely have the final say on picking out the wood, but I think I would like all involved in each step.

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:20:34 +0000

@mac – How much would something like that cost. What would you like each of the luthiers to work on. Like Jean Larrivee picks out the wood, CF Martin does the bracing, etc…

By: MacNichol Guitars

MacNichol Guitars — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:59:03 +0000

I recently addressed this issue on the Breedlove forum. Here’s my unrealistic, but ultimate dream guitar.

-Jumbo with florentine cutaway
-Adirondack spruce top
-Myrtlewood back/sides
-Gotoh 21:1 tuners made of solid silver
-Subtle inlay at the twelfth fret with “MacNichol” in script.

-Hand built by a committee including Kim Breedlove, Jayson Bowerman, Jean Larrivee, James Goodall, and C.F. Martin.

By: RainforestRobin

RainforestRobin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:57:43 +0000

Boy, I sure wish I’d never read this. LOL So much for my guitar aspirations. WOW what a guitar. The Pikasso is fascinating as well. If I win the lottery I will get one of these and have you teach me how to play it!! LOL You may have to wait awhile as it will probably be in another lifetime. : )

This was a REALLY great post because it was not only fun and interesting but it fascinated me that such a guitar exists not only the way it looks, but only 15 a year made and the whole story behind it. Plus your thoughts on it. I really enjoyed this. 🙂 It made me smile!!

Oh PS, I think I’ve heard of ROZ but am excited to check out the site. I am SO glad you told me about that. Thank you for taking the time to do so. Also I REALLY enjoyed your thoughts on my last post…very insightful. Thank you.

By: Amish Guitar

Amish Guitar — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:29:16 +0000

I’m afraid my tastes and imagination are quite pedestrian. I probably dream of having a Seagull Folk Cedar or an Art and Lutherie Ami. There’s a local luthier who builds steel string and archtop guitars as well as mandolins. He makes a steel string styled after the body shape and size of a classical guitar that I enjoy (he keeps one hanging on his wall for drop ins). I suppose I could see myself one day wanting one of those. He doesn’t have a website so I can’t link to him, and I don’t know his last name. I just know him as Jim.

I’m not very flashy, but I know my needs will never call for a high end guitar. That is not to say I don’t enjoy looking through magazines and catalogs and admire their beauty.