in terms of materials, care in building, and quality of components. In large degree, you get what you pay for. it's their PERSONALITY.Īnd it helped me get some great guitars for so much less!
I LIKE the bit of wear and tear that someone blessed these guitars with. It's AWESOME, AND a great deal! My '93 LP Standard was used for around $800. I have a used PRS McCarty I got that only cost about $1,100. On the other hand, MANY of these guitars are available at a fraction of the price in the used market. Of course you can also buy a PRS, or Gibson, or Custom Shop Strat, or Suhr, or Melancon, or Baker, or many other small builder or custom guitars around the same price as an Anderson. If you LOVED an Anderson and ended up buying a Carvin because it was lower priced. Otherwise they couldn't justify the purchase. To the people who love them, and GLADLY paid the price, I bet they certainly are worth it. very nice components and materials, and they have a great warranty policy.Īre they worth $2,500? Well. said before are correct, Anderson's are built with a lot of hands-on care. Supply and demand and so on.Īll the things Gabriel E. What about dinner at a 4 star restaurant? They are less expensive because they are factory direct. The build quality at Carvin is as good as anything I've seen. You can get one custom made to your specs for around a grand. If you like Tom Andersons, check out the Carvin Contour 66.
If it was a vioin or cello, you'd be looking at $20K+. $2500 for a hand-made guitar isn't actually that bad. As long as you choose one that suits your styke, you'll never have to modify it because it's already pretty much perfect. It will stay in tune, have no dead spots on the neck, be easy to play and sound good. When you buy a high-end guitar, you're buying a guitar that basically has no flaws. Since fewer are produced, it's not as easy to spread these expenses as thinly as you could if you produced tens of thousands of guitars. Aside from the top flight materials, people are spending a lot of time making sure everything is put together properly and every detail is attended to.Īside from the high labor cost, you also have to figure in rent, utilities, insurance, taxes and all the other costs and expenses that go into manufacturing instruments like this.
the cheaper the better and if it says "Squire" that's even better.They are hand made by skilled craftspeople. I played one of Mike Lull's teles 2 years ago at the Arlington, TX guitar show, and it was certainly something special.Īs an aside: can't seem to talk too much about our "fancied-up" non-tele teles 'round here. I'd also trade for a Mike Lull light ash tele, same white/blonde color. The highly ornate woods and finishes are a bit too much for me to bang around sometimes. That said, I would like to trade mine for an Anderson Hollow T Classic w/Ash over ash or alder, and finished in Mary Kay Blonde/Trans white blonde whatever for a more "traditional" or vintage aesthetic. I believe Tom Anderson has the building process down to an art, and can reliably predict the outcome of his instruments as good or better than anyone in the business. I'm not sure anyone makes a better bolt-on Fender style instrument. highly figured maple over chambered alder back finished in Burnished Orange Burst w/scraped binding.