Balaguer Guitars ?

Tonray's Ghost · Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:20 pm

Saw this in a shop that specializes in pro audio equipment today. Running about $950 bucks at current exchange rates.

Anyone ever hear of them ?

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Chocol8 · Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:44 pm

$950? That will get you a nice MIA Fender...and enough change left over to by a prince’s balls in a jar of formaldehyde.

golem · Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:16 pm

Yeah I know someone on Facebook (bought a guitar from him) who works at Guitar Sanctuary who buys these for his own use (and I'm sure he gets good deals on guitar in the shop he works/manages at). He seems to think that they're great, but you have to keep in mind that (I think) they're custom orders made to specs.

I'm specifically thinking of the guy selling this:

mozz · Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:49 pm

Website shows they are out of PA. here. Made in China but QC in USA. Could be one of those deals where they are made in China but they sneak them out the back door and resell without the main company knowing. The artist page shows a lot of metal guys covered in tattoos.

Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:02 pm

mozz wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:49 pm Website shows they are out of PA. here. Made in China but QC in USA. Could be one of those deals where they are made in China but they sneak them out the back door and resell without the main company knowing. The artist page shows a lot of metal guys covered in tattoos.

How ho you tattoo metal?
Wouldn't you have to etch it?

mozz · Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:40 pm

Yeah, you remember those etchers where you used to put your social security number on everything you owned in case it got stolen?

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golem · Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:49 pm

mozz wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:49 pm Website shows they are out of PA. here. Made in China but QC in USA. Could be one of those deals where they are made in China but they sneak them out the back door and resell without the main company knowing. The artist page shows a lot of metal guys covered in tattoos.

"You choose the guitar and customize almost every aspect of it. Designed and Engineered in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Handcrafted to our specifications by the head luthiers in the South Korean shop."

ROK not PRC. I see they have some that aren't semi-custom though.

Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:56 pm

mozz wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:40 pm Yeah, you remember those etchers where you used to put your social security number on everything you owned in case it got stolen?

I think I have one of those in a toolbox around here somewhere.
Dunno whether it still works or not?

zisme · Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:38 pm

reminds me very much of moniker (RIP)

Tonray's Ghost · Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:34 pm

My only advice is they should change the name....Balageaur Guitars sounds too much like "Beleaguered" Guitars.

Tonray's Ghost · Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:38 pm

Apparently the verbose German dude has talked about them:

and this:

Tonray's Ghost · Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:39 pm

Seem like nice guitars ...just caught my eye...usually don't see too much new on the high end. There is a shop downtown in one of the swanky malls that carries FGN (Fujigen) guitars...now those are something else....if I win the lottery..

https://fgnguitars.com/

chimi42 · Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:46 am

I really dig their RD style guitar. They had a single pickup one (a small run) that prompted me to create my own from parts.

Brendan · Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:55 pm

I like those designs. Was looking at this one last night:
https://reverb.com/item/36251986-balagu ... shell-pink

A bit more than I want to pay for MIC, but if the QC is good....
I really don't like that bridge though.

Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:14 pm

Brendan wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:55 pm I like those designs. Was looking at this one last night:
https://reverb.com/item/36251986-balagu ... shell-pink

A bit more than I want to pay for MIC, but if the QC is good....
I really don't like that bridge though.

Irrespective of where it was made nor the name on the headstock, that looks like a $100 (i.e., cheap) guitar in the pics.

Brendan · Sun Oct 18, 2020 9:35 pm

mickey wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:14 pm
Brendan wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:55 pm I like those designs. Was looking at this one last night:
https://reverb.com/item/36251986-balagu ... shell-pink

A bit more than I want to pay for MIC, but if the QC is good....
I really don't like that bridge though.
Irrespective of where it was made nor the name on the headstock, that looks like a $100 (i.e., cheap) guitar in the pics.

They look better on the website. I like offset bodies including that shape. The build-to-order Korean models look interesting with some nice options, but the price is up there.
https://www.balaguerguitars.com/product ... nebuilder/
$1864 for a FIrebird-ish neck thru with binding. The "Enigma" body shape looks like a Guild.