Mystery Guitars

MichaelHorowitz

A Selmer style 14 fret oval hole prototype hand made in the US by a well known luthier. Unbelievable deal at this price!

A Selmer style 14 fret oval hole prototype hand made in the US by a well
known luthier. Unbelievable deal at this price! This is the second of a
pair of these Mystery models.

MichaelHorowitz

At this price, these are too good to be true! Amazing hand built guitars at Asian import prices...

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Jim Kaznosky

Very interested. Just sent you an email request for more info.

tacosandbeer

Hi Michael. Why are these listed as "mystery guitars" as opposed to being listed by the luthier's name? I mean no disrespect. Only want to understand the reasoning for it.

MichaelHorowitz

Some luthiers look 100 years down the road and think "is this a guitar I want my name on for eternity?'" if they can afford to only sell their "perfect" examples and either destroy or sell the others anonymously they do. This is more common then you'd think....

Anyway, the good news is these are fantastic guitars and a great way for someone to get a handmade guitar for less!

Michael Bauer

I should add that I encouraged a friend here in Chicago who playes in a prominent band to take a chance on an earlier one of these, and he is absolutely thrilled with it. Looks great, sounds great, plays well. He couldn't be happier.

tacosandbeer

Michael Horowitz wrote:

Some luthiers look 100 years down the road and think "is this a guitar I want my name on for eternity?'" if they can afford to only sell their "perfect" examples and either destroy or sell the others anonymously they do. This is more common then you'd think....

Anyway, the good news is these are fantastic guitars and a great way for someone to get a handmade guitar for less!

I think this is great! And I'm glad luthiers are willing to sell these instruments as opposed to destroying them. Thanks for shedding light on my question.

Jim Kaznosky

Well, that is finally that.

I look forward to unraveling the mystery later this week.

Jim Kaznosky

I received this yesterday and had a chance to play it on a gig.

First thoughts - Wow. It's loud, enough so that it was able to be heard above the other guitar, a Dupont, which was amplified. I thought the setup might be high as describe (3.6mm) but it was actually quite pleasant and not difficult to play at all. I feel pretty fortunate to have found this late on a Saturday afternoon browsing this site. More on this once I get some time to explore it in detail.

Thanks Michael.

MichaelHorowitz

Thanks Jim, glad you like it!