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Spent an enjoyable hour or so on the Balaguer Guitars website with their online guitar builder, price a bit steep tho'

windmill wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:52 pm

Spent an enjoyable hour or so on the Balaguer Guitars website with their online guitar builder, price a bit steep tho'

Balaguer is not far from me and I always thought they were reasonable for a semi-custom guitar, but when I just checked their website again I discovered they are assembled from Asian parts? I always thought they were made in America.

Pepe Silvia wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:04 pm

Balaguer is not far from me and I always thought they were reasonable for a semi-custom guitar, but when I just checked their website again I discovered they are assembled from Asian parts? I always thought they were made in America.

IIRC they have a Standard line (set options, a few finish choices) for reasonable money, MIC; the Select (semi-custom but a ton of options) for still reasonable but not "great deal" territory, MIK; and the USA line (just about whatever you want, but limited availability) for $$$$$, made in their US shop.

Honestly considering the amount of shenanigans you can get up to with their Select series, I think the price is reasonable - sure, the simpler stuff is a bit pricey, but say you want a Tele Bass VI with an offset trem and mini-humbuckers, you can get that for not exorbitant amounts of cash. I've gotten my hand on a couple of the Standards and even with those the quality is more than fair for the money - they go for Fender Player prices, and I think Balaguer edges them out on consistency of QC. I remember hearing somewhere that they do final QC and setup at their US shop for all the Balaguer lines, and that would line up with my experience: the Standards punch way above their weight.

How long have they been doing this? It has probably been a year since I last checked their website and I only remember one model line.

Pepe Silvia wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 11, 2020 5:12 am

How long have they been doing this? It has probably been a year since I last checked their website and I only remember one model line.

Oof like as long as I've been aware of them, so like 2016-17 or so?

Enjoying using this Balaguer Online Guitar builder

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windmill wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:37 pm

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Is it yours?

There were several pictures of it on instagram the other day.

Nah,not mine.

New arrival!
Top Bound Jaguar with Firebirds and a player pickguard that will be replaced for something cooler: either a Swirly-Hologram Pickguard (Dead on 67/Hornet style) or something parchment - regular Jag.

Need to cut the pickup screws shorter on the Thinline - but I had this P33 laying around that I always wanted to try…might swap the brushed steel plates and Mastery to the Burgundy Mist one.

And recently added a shielding guard underneath the pickguard. The rest is the same as two years ago.

That BMM Jag with Firebirds is