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Guitar luthiers in the Philippines? - mmedeiros14 - 10-11-2014
Has anyone ever come across a guitar luthier in the Philippines or the rest of SEA. I'm planning on going over there for a few months next year and hit Vietnam and Cambodia before I head to Manila. I've heard that Luther's down there do some pretty nice work for maybe Half the price of US luthiers.
Guitar luthiers in the Philippines? - Onto - 10-11-2014
I would love to know this too.
The guitar selection/quality here in the malls is absolute shit. Since it's a poor country there just isn't a demand for it. You can find a Martin or Taylor in the Glorietta mall in Makati, but the premium you pay is very high and they only have a few and they aren't cared for in the store.
I just bought a parlor style from an RJ store in the mall. This brand is made in Manila and has a decent sound. The tuners suck on it though. Cost me 6,000 pesos so I won't complain too much.
Guitar luthiers in the Philippines? - iknowexactly - 10-11-2014
This isn't much help, but I saw an article and interview in a newspaper online somewhere about a local maker here from a few years ago, but when I went to the address mentioned the page was down.
Heres a forum for Filipino musicians.
http://talk.philmusic.com/index.html?topic=253575.0
By the way, these suckers can sing. And the middle aged women lounge pianist at the Marco Polo Cebu sounds like Liberace and kills it, to an empty lounge with about 5 people. It's amazing.
Guitar luthiers in the Philippines? - mmedeiros14 - 10-11-2014
I heard you can score a lot of fake gibsons, prs, ect. In those malls. Just swap the hardware and the pups and it's basically on par with a real gibson for a fraction of the price. (Gibson has gone way down hill in recent years I'd rather have a les paul made by a real luthier in my opinion). I'm sure this is more prevalent in china though.