I purchase a blem Loar LM-700 from Sun Valley Guitars. Saved $250.00. Totally satisfied. Only very minor cosmetic blem. Properly setup before shipment.
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I purchase a blem Loar LM-700 from Sun Valley Guitars. Saved $250.00. Totally satisfied. Only very minor cosmetic blem. Properly setup before shipment.
Do you have pictures of the collapsed top? Would be interested to see where the collapse happened.
If the luthier has built very many, I would likely go for the newer one as quality has likely improved over time.
I would use leather too, but do you know how hard it is to find leather boot laces these days?
For those that have an Ashton Bailey tailpiece that are frustrated with changing strings, here is a big help. If you are one of us that use grommets to suppress sympathetic string vibration, do this...