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verichai

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What is about a beveled arm rest that makes a guitar so equipped so expensive?
« on: March 04, 2016, 12:57:08 PM »
Before I bought my Washburn, I had never seen a beveled arm relief on a guitar costing less than $6,000. Are they really that difficult to incorporate in a guitar's design? Now having played one, they are fantastic, both aesthetically and functionally...
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Re: What is about a beveled arm rest that makes a guitar so equipped so expensive?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2016, 01:46:09 PM »
Well, I'm kind-of of the same opinion as you:  the armrest/bevel is a great feature, and it's particularly functional on the Taylor Grand Symphony and Grand Orchestra models; but I wonder what makes it such an expensive option.

On the latter point, I've been told that incorporating the armrest/bevel is a rather labor-intensive job, since it has to be incorporated by hand.  I don't know whether that's entirely true, but that's what I've been told...
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Re: What is about a beveled arm rest that makes a guitar so equipped so expensive?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2016, 01:48:34 PM »
One of the past issues of Wood and Steel had a few pictures, and description of the process. All done by hand.
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Re: What is about a beveled arm rest that makes a guitar so equipped so expensive?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2016, 03:17:48 PM »
I saw that. Interesting article. And can I just also say how impressed I am with that publication? To produce a large format glossy magazine every quarter, and to have it filled with top-tier photography, articles and content, it's quite a thing. The quality of Taylor guitars is evident even in their mailings!
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Re: What is about a beveled arm rest that makes a guitar so equipped so expensive?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2016, 05:35:38 PM »
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Re: What is about a beveled arm rest that makes a guitar so equipped so expensive?
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2016, 08:47:55 PM »
Then the question becomes how does Washburn get it done so I expensively even on a pac-rim built guitar.
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Re: What is about a beveled arm rest that makes a guitar so equipped so expensive?
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2016, 08:56:53 PM »
Sort of answered your own question. A guy that sweeps the floor at Taylor probably makes more in an hour than a lead builder does in a week, in Indonesia, or other offshore labor market.
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Re: What is about a beveled arm rest that makes a guitar so equipped so expensive?
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2016, 12:58:07 AM »
Quote from: TaylorGirl on March 04, 2016, 05:35:38 PM
Check out page 21 here:

https://www.taylorguitars.com/sites/default/files/Wood-Steel_Summer-2015_EN.pdf

THANKS for that link!  That was (to me anyway) an outstanding issue of Wood & Steel that I would have otherwise never seen; absolutely great article on hand exercise & practice habits...!
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Re: What is about a beveled arm rest that makes a guitar so equipped so expensive?
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2016, 09:41:32 PM »
Quote from: azslacker on March 12, 2016, 08:56:53 PM
Sort of answered your own question. A guy that sweeps the floor at Taylor probably makes more in an hour than a lead builder does in a week, in Indonesia, or other offshore labor market.

Exactly. American English teachers in Indonesia get paid as much as their doctors, as they have an agreement with America that they must at least pay the equivalent of the American minimum wage.
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