Victor Baker Blue D'Angelico Blue Burst Tear Drop

[HeyNow]

I don't see too many of the $11,000 Master Built D'As flying off the shelves of the major retailers. Just have a look out there. The brand value has been diluted and it's just not happening at that price.

When Victor first announced his arrangement with the company, I commented on his Facebook page that it was great, but I hoped it wouldn't mean they'd price his hand-built guitars out of reach. He "liked" the post.

Oh well.

The price on Gene Baker DAs is also hard when it's unclear who is building the guitars (a "team" supervised by Gene Baker - who is not known for hollow bodies).

I think Victor is tooling up the CNC process for DA. DA's MO is affordable quantities. They couldn't make the handmade route sustainable.

[2bornot2bop]

I'm curious, did Heritage experience the same backlash from D'A owners when Heritage built a limited number of D'A's? And what company commissioned Heritage to build those D'A's? Mr P, feel free to chime in!