I was interested in a Guild Starfire III but no one in my city carries them in stock, I would have to order one. So my daughter really likes my 5420 and I wanted to get a different guitar to play when I accompany her. Additional quality component brands include the Tone Pros TOM Bridge, or The Gotoh TOM Bridge, Grover Imperial Tuners and Switchcraft Output Jacks and Kent Armstrong Pickups.Well sorta, I put it in lay away. The desirable high quality Ebony components sourced from India are custom fabricated by another group of carefully selected skilled artisans. The Solid Spruce Tops, Bodies and necks are still made to Robert’s specs by Peerless Guitars, considered by several major brands as absolutely the highest quality OEM* in South Korea (See Note Below). More specifically, during that period of time, many major brands either bought the best foreign factories, or in lieu of purchasing a factory, they simply bought the entire annual production capacity of a factory.Īs a result, moving forward, several high quality peripheral components are now produced by a wide variety of craftsmen and artisans for final assembly. In an ongoing commitment to offer high quality guitars to consumers at affordable prices, it is imperative for a successful manufacturer to stay abreast of the continuously changing costs of labor and raw materials in various international manufacturing sectors.Īfter finalizing the new model designs, Robert entered into seemingly endless negotiations, as the manufacturing environment had changed substantially since 2007-08, prior to the production of the first generation Conti Guitars. In late 2015, Robert was once again faced with the task of addressing many requests for design additions and other specifications. The last guitars of the first generation instruments were all acquired by owners in the mid part of 2015. In an effort to bring the Conti Equity Model to the consumer at a price under $2,000.00, Robert committed to a huge production volume of instruments, as that business decision served to offset the continually rising cost of raw materials for the duration of the first production run. As evidenced by numerous user photos and written commentaries, the Conti Equity Edition was well received by the jazz guitar community. Those guitars entered into global circulation in the late spring of 2009.
In 2008, after the superb results of a one year evaluation of the first generation Conti Archtop, Robert commissioned Peerless Guitars to manufacture the first generation of Conti Guitars to his specs.
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