Draelon Le Grand copy?

ruolmo

Hello ,I wonder if anyone has had a look at this: Ebay,item 280 468 040 099? Is this a chinese copy of a Draelon or a Draelon before it is marketed as such? The brand says Yunzhi by Yunzhihengwei ,and I must say that all of his guitars look simply great!!
Of course the philosophy (construction-wise) between such a solid carved top and a Selmer type guitar is much different,as a solid top has no wood tension but a guitar with a pliage has (willingly) tension built in.Have a look! ruolmo

ruolmo

I see now that the Yunzhihengwey (cute name!) factory makes the Draelons.In the net (under Yunzhihengwey wholesale)you can have a photo factory tour ,seeing those chinese craftsman carving tops and so on,and you can also see that they like to work on the floor...but thats a Chinese habit.They have a web-shop,and ,hey,a Samois (of course this is the name given to the guitar by US importers Giannaviolins) in natural will cost you 869 USD (circa) ,sunburst a bit less,and with worldwide free shipping thrown in for good measure.
I think it could be kind of dangerous for Giannaviolins (in these times of broad net-information)to have people discovering that they make at least 2000USD (as retailers they surely get discounts from Yunzhi) profit on each guitar....But on the other side everybody has to make a living.... :?

frater

It is practically impossible to have something built in China today and not be exposed to risks like that: some time ago Orange Amps started being distribuited BEFORE Orange itself had the first "legitimate" batch. Anyway I'm not really sure the Yunzhi "Draelon" model is really available on ebay... something about the last model having being sold to a customer of the shop (sounds a bit suspect!)

ruolmo

Oh,I did not mean Ebay,I saw these under HANDMADE JAZZ GUITARS FROM BEIJING YUNZHI HENGWEI ,www.aliexpress.com ,a direct factory outlet,minimum order ONE guitar,huh huh!Very nice.....

Pugs47

If you are looking for a Draleon, there's one on www.archtop.com, with a stimer, inexpensive to boot

ruolmo

Thank you,very nice looking guitar!I started this blog not so much because I want to own one of these(would be nice though....) but because I was rather astounded to see ,in the net,this Chinese guitar company offering their handmade jazzguitars,the Draelon being one of them.And at really low prices,1,134 USD for the most fancy luxury edition of the Samois,around 800USD for the sunburst one.