$10K budget. What guitar?

[CWK]

Fantasy guitar? Given $10K to blow on 1 guitar, what would you get?

[690MBCOMMANDO]

Originally Posted by CWK

Fantasy guitar? Given $10K to blow on 1 guitar, what would you get?

If new, a Doerr Solace Select Italian/Brazilian.

If used, a Olson SJ Cedar/EIR.

Both cloaked with Caltons of course....

[RoseAdi]

Something in a Petros? Hint, I like railroads
Or I could also save some money and just buy Larry Patis' Woolson JP and be a happy man!

[underfoot]

great question, although I've never played a 10k guitar so I have no idea.

Maybe I"d buy 2 5k guitars, Collings and something else.

Or 1000 Estebans.

[PWoolson]

Originally Posted by RoseAdi

Something in a Petros? Hint, I like railroads
Or I could also save some money and just buy Larry Patis' Woolson JP and be a happy man!

Unless Larry purchased a gold leafed Calton for it, that JP will cost you a heckofa lot less than $10k. :^)

[jgmaute]

If I was given 10k and couldn't spend it on anything except a guitar I'd look for a Martin 0-45JB. Trouble is, even if I found one for that price I'd probably still feel guilty spending the $.

[SuperB23]

I'd probably look for a great sounding vintage D-18 late 40's early 50's. I also love the early to mid 60's D-28S 12 Fret Martins but they are a bit less than 10k usually. A Santa Cruz 1934 D would be nice also. Boy that would be fun shopping!!!!

[Huckleberry]

If it had to be just one guitar, I don't know - while I've played a few great guitars in this price range, I'm yet to have been tempted to drop that much on any single instrument.

Otherwise, what I bought - a used Indian rosewood/German spruce Baranik JX and a new Sitka/mahogany Collings OM1

[RoseAdi]

Unless Larry purchased a gold leafed Calton for it, that JP will cost you a heckofa lot less than $10k. :^)

Yea, but I sure love the sound Larry gets out of that box! I could afford to take some lessons or fund a guitar camp with the extra $s and attempt to play it as well as he does! (key word here is - attempt)
Paul, you build some awesome guitars

[gh1]

I have no idea. But i would take a trip to Healdsburg this summer and find out.

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gh1

[drcmusic7]

At that price, for me i'd probably either go for a Tony Vines, Charles Hoffman or Tom Doerr and let them pick the woods.

But those make my ears happy... you'll see have to see what makes yours happy!

Kindly,
Danny

[1cubilindo]

The same guitar I would buy if my budget was $2500. Wow that was easy.

[Ryan Alexander]

Definitely a Beneteau with fanned frets. Or a used Greenfield G4 FF like the 12th Fret currently has

[Acoustom]

I'd pay for the Doerr and Stehr guitars that I have coming.

[Martinesque]

"A fool and his money are soon parted."