Re: Manea Guitars?


"Misifus" <rafseibert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5vfak4F1m1j4eU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jefferson Holston wrote:
It's the GAS thing again dammit!! Does anybody have experience with guitars built by Dumitru Manea. I'm kind of curious about a 12er at Gruhn's. It's #AM6186 on the catalog page.

http://www.gruhn.com/catalog/catalog.htm

Direct link to photos

http://www.gruhn.com/photo/AM6186.jpg

The curious thing is the Gruhn website calls this a new guitar; but it's priced at about $3k less than the pricing on www.maneaguitars.com . I've looked at this thing for probably six months now... just sent a note to Gruhn's to ask about it.

Since this is such an unknown, I doubt that I'd buy it without a test drive or (at least) a strong recommendation from someone here who's real discerning and knowlegeable. But it looks *really-really* cool!

Jeff


Is that an inlay of clapping hands on the back?

-Raf

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The Manea website makes a big deal about the picture of the "Luthiers Hands" on the back of his guitars. There's a Harmony Central review where some one said it's a decal that he was able to clean off with some acetone or something. Otherwise, he said he was pleased with the guitar... always have to take those reviews with a grain of salt though. They tend to be written by folks who've just got themselves a nifty new toy, and they're excited about it. Comments about D-28's and Samicks tend to be equally glowing.

Jeff

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