Ok, so at the NAMM show I'd seen some really nice guitars. And since then I've been talking to Gianini - they make classical guitars in Brazil. One thing's led to another, and I'm now a Gianini dealer - my first inventory arrived today.
So if you're in the Chicago area, and you want to check out some classical instruments, look me up!
I'll put up some pics tomorrow.
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Cool 8)
Now you need to update your signature:
"Guitar teacher and sales person offering lessons and GAS supplies in Woodridge IL and Western Springs IL"
any benefits to being a dealer (free or cheap guitars maybe?). Or are you just in it for the money? :D
Guitarin' isn't a job, so don't make it one.
Well, they're not free - but I do get to play them all :)
I was tuning them up tonight, and got out some sheet music. After 15 minutes or so with one guitar, my wife is saying "hey, you've got to sell those - don't wear them out!"
I'm really impressed with their low end (pricewise). Their GWNE18 lists for around $240, but it stands up to guitars I've played at triple that price.
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What type of wood(s) do they use primarily? If it was a solid top at that price range I'd be surprised.
Guitarin' isn't a job, so don't make it one.
back in the 70s i fell deeply in love with a gianini 12 string.
alas, i was a poor high school student and could not afford it.
i've never seen another one like it as it had fancy scroll work like a mandolin.
great news and good luck!
#4491....
What type of wood(s) do they use primarily? If it was a solid top at that price range I'd be surprised.
The backs and sides are Pau Ferro - I'll photograph a couple tomorrow. They're really beautiful, and highly figured.
And yes - the tops are solid. The ones I've now got are from their Student and Classical lines - the student tops are Sitka spruce; the others are red cedar or Englemann spruce.
They even have gold plated hardware :)
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Here's what they look like... from the 'student' line, the GWNE18 ($239 list), which features a solid Sitka spruce top, Pau Ferro/Morado back & sides:
And from the 'classical' line, the GWNC1 ($329 list), with solid red cedar top, Pau Ferro/Morado back & sides, gold plated hardware, and an adjustable truss rod!
both come with gig bags. The student line gig bags are your typical inexpensive vinyl case that unzips at the bottom; the classical line bags are padded ones that unzip on the side.
I have to get new batteries for my camera... that's where the fuzzy lines come from - they're not on the guitars (you can see the fuzzy lines on the wall in the last shot)
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those look (and by your description sound) like really nice guitars, especially for the price. shouldn't have any trouble unloading those . Just don't sleeze it up like Esteban to sell them :lol:
Guitarin' isn't a job, so don't make it one.
All the best for the new venture Tom,
They look great. You don't hand deliver to Australia by any chance..... :D
Cheers, Chris
Congratulations on the new business, and good luck!
Those guitars look really sweet.
--vink
"Life is either an adventure or nothing" -- Helen Keller
They look great. You don't hand deliver to Australia by any chance..... :D
Thanks, Chris!
I'm afraid hand delivery won't fit into the pricing :(
On a side note of 'benefits of being a dealer', though - a couple years ago we went to Rio for Carnaval (great party!), and my wife has pointed out that since I'm distributing Brazillian guitars, a return trip will be tax deductable :D
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I'm distributing Brazillian guitars, a return trip will be tax deductable :D
Would that tax deduction work for your associate in Oklahoma as well? :twisted:
Beautiful looking guitars. Best of luck on them
Geoo
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
Nice looking guitars! Do you sell other guitars as well, or is this just a revisit into that realm?
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I used to have a music store (way back when), so this is a revisit for me. If the Gianninis do well, though, I'll look at a steel string acoustic line, and I may start offering rentals to students.
I don't think there's any market for a little guy like me to sell electric guitars - at least not new ones - given the mega-stores. The only niche I could see for those would be in high-end guitars... and I'm not about to sink $25-30K into 'stock' to start off :)
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