I was watching a TV program last night about a local luthier who builds violins and mandolins, but was also building a custom archtop acoustic for a customer. He was telling how he selects the woods, how the grain, glue, shape, and thickness effect tonal quality. He was carving the neck specific to that customer. That said I am sure this instrument is well out of the range of most of us. I think it would also be safe to say that we all would love to own a custom made instrument like this. I cannot afford this and at this time would find it hard to afford a Gibson L5 so if I want an instrument like that I would need to go with an Epiphone. Yes it may not have the tone or resonance of the first two but if it feels good to play and can approximate the sound I am looking for, why would I not tell everyone how much I like it? Especially if I tried several instruments in the same price range and style and decided on that one
Guitars: '06 Les Paul Classic Goldtop, '07 SG classic, '79 ES335TD Blond, '88 Telecaster, '08 Custom Shop Strat 57 NOS, Framus '69 Goucho Acoustic, '72 Framus Caravelle hollow body, '09 Hagstrom Swede, '10 Ibanez AG95 and '69 Heit
Amps: Fender Blues Deluxe Tweed, Marshall JCM 900 50W full stack, Roland Cube 20XL and '69 Checkmate!
Pedals: (all DVM) Tremolo, "Rabid Rodent" distortion, "Zonkin Yellow Screamer" OD/Boost, "Gee Ain't That Swell" volume swell, and "Mega Muff" fuzz