Options & Pricing

Prices start at $2500. This is for a standard guitar with Indian rosewood back and sides, Sitka spruce top, laminated neck, wood binding and purfling, bound ebony fingerboard, ebony bridge, bound and purfled headstock plate, Gotoh tuners, high-gloss nitrocellulose finish, Tortis pickguard and Cedar Creek Custom hardshell case. Available options are custom tuning machines, acoustic pickups, cutaways, shell inlay, custom purfling and rosettes.

Some common options:

Other options, such as various top woods or back and sides are available as well and can vary in price depending on the amount of figure and general grade of the wood. If you're curious about the cost and availability of woods check out some of the suppliers on my links page. You'll get a very good idea what the market is like at any given time.

Prices vary depending on the market but these will give you a good idea. All prices will be known by both you and me and agreed upon when the guitar is started; that's when all the materials are ordered (if I don't have them in stock).

I seldom order "Mastergrade" tops or "Premium" back and side sets unless they are specifically desired by one of my customers. Wood usually falls into this category when it has no imperfections at all and the grain is tight. Top grade wood tends to cost twice as much and has no discernable difference in tone or strength. Ironically, the more tonewoods cost the more they look like Formica. I like the slight imperfections that can be found in slightly lesser grade woods for purely aesthetic reasons.

Ordering

A 10% deposit will get you in the queue. When I'm ready to start building your guitar I'll notify you and we'll finalize the price taking into account current market conditions (tonewoods are getting expensive fast, and I reserve the right to change the base price of my guitars to reflect their true value on the market and avoid becoming a victim of speculative purchases). If for some reason you choose not to continue I'll refund your 10% deposit in full. Upon receipt of another 40% and an agreed to spec list, it's off to the shop.

Guitars usually take approximately four months to complete but this is an estimate, not a guarantee. I take as long as I need to get your guitar as close to perfection as I can.

Warranty

All guitars I make are warranted for life (mine, that is, not yours) against defects in materials and workmanship. This warranty is transferable and is not restricted to the primary owner.

Guitars must be kept in a "guitar friendly" environment, i.e., moderate humidity levels and kept above freezing. This is a lot easier than it sounds. Most of the damage caused to acoustic guitars occurs is due to excessive humidity or temperature changes. The Taylor guitar company has some great articles on humidity which can be found here.

All acoustic guitars shift over time (except Rainsongs which are made of carbon fiber) resulting in a raising of the string height over the fingerboard, or "action." (Get your hands on a fifty or sixty year-old Martin which has never had a neck reset and you'll see what I mean. It sounds wonderful but is unplayable.) Neck resets on my guitars are fast, clean and simple. The first one is free. If you're fussy and decide it needs another one years later the cost is only a couple of hours of labor and shipping.

To start the process or get more information email me at seth@nauglerguitars.com or call me at (267) 261-8812.

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