It's a nice guitar. I can't really speak to the price tag. I would like to think we could hear it on somebody's record but I'm not holding my breath.
Tongue-in-cheek, I'll speak about the price. Lets me see now ... house? ... or guitar? .... house? .... guit......?.... Man this is a lot tougher than I thought. 
That guitar is absolutely gorgeous, but what would I do with it?
The guitar that brought me the most musical joy in my life was the first instrument I ever owned. It came from Sears and cost about $38. Believe it or not, the cheapest guitar on Amazon today is only about $25
So... for $150,000 I could by 6000 cheap Amazon guitars and give them to 6000 kids who wanted to learn how to play guitar.
I think I need to speak with my attorney about a change to my will.
Seems to me that the main reason to buy this guitar is to show th world you can afford it. Gryphon is in the heart of Silicon Valley, so I expect it to sell by Christmas—maybe much sooner.
But does it come with a case?
The wood on the back looks like a woman's hair. Very cool.
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Originally posted by Tim JumperBut does it come with a case?
Yes--with a Harptone reproduction that mimics the original one.
We have small shop builders who can build this guitar for a bit less than 150k.
If this guitar was manufactured before the initiation of the Caribbean drug cartel hostilities, that would make it a pre-war instrument. That's probably the justification for the inflated price.
Edited by - RB3 on 12/07/2025 07:29:22
Bill,
I lug my scratched and scarred 1970 D-28 in a duct-taped Harptone -- all three of us now qualify as vintage!
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Originally posted by steve davisWe have small shop builders who can build this guitar for a bit less than 150k.
A guy in this general area makes pretty nice mandolins and guitars. He was sitting next to me at a jam yesterday and I mentioned the ^^ $150,000* one. He pointed to his [purchased] guitar in the stand in front of him and said something like: "This one wasn't quite that much, but it's what got me started on building them."
* almost 200 Gs of Canadian doh-rey-me. Woo! Hoo!! 
Used D size S model values are skyrocketing !
I'm waiting for the off shore copies to appear but maybe not due to export costs ?
Steve , I'm sure that option exists . If Culver guitars in Alabama could provide one I might order but would probably be too old to play it when received !
Leaving the price tag out of it, I'll say this:
That's one really pretty guitar.
I realize the big differences between my 2010 Flint Hill rosewood dread and a nice Martin,but for $232 I bought a new solid rosewood and spruce guitar with scalloped braces and forward-shifted x-braces.
And they threw in a solid mahogany uke as a gift.That little uke has made 3 kids move on to guitars.I think it's in Montreal at this time.
This guitar has revitalized my interest in flat-picking.Great rosewood cut-and-punch in the highs and lows.
Had a rosewood Silver Creek before the FH that I wish I hadn't sold.
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Originally posted by Bill RogersSeems to me that the main reason to buy this guitar is to show th world you can afford it.
Yep....kinda like an $8000 bottle of bourbon.
In the 30s and 40s that kind of sound was rare as with the flathead Mastertones.
The world wanted more of them and today they're everywhere.
Superman ain't so impressive when there are 50,000 of him.
Now if that was a banjo, it would be a different story!
Steve , I can relate to your guitar finds as I have a couple w/ little $ invested but a whole lot of attachment to !
I inherited my Dad's Yamaha 200 and love it to pieces,but I have to admit that I've only played it a couple of times since getting these SCs and Flinthills.
I kept a mahogany Silver Creek dread and haven't done anything with it yet.I'm stuck on that rosewood sound,but I know there's great tone in that mahogany.
