Back in 1980, the base price sheet was –
D – 1100
H – 1100
F (std, no cutaway) – 1200
F – (cutaway, deco inlays) – 1500
FTC – 1800
Std Options offered –
cutaway – 150
carved back (F series only) – 300
deco inlay – 150
12 string – 125
german spruce top – 50
east indian rosewood – 50
Brazilian rosewood – 125
My take is that while prices have gone up, alot, the material price increases have been a huge portion of it. Alot of their work I think was being done in maple, koa, and mahogany – eir was an upcharge material. So compare a $75 upcharge to do braz rather than eir, and compare that to the upcharge now, which I think is maybe 8 or 9,000 ?
also – even their 1980 price list specifically says that they invite custom work, which was pretty unusual for a shop to advertise –
