| Pricing:
Pricing for guitars to be delivered in 2009 start at $3200 Cdn for all standard Karol Guitar steel string models. Baritone and Classical guitars start at $3500 Cdn.
Standard features include:
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Solid top, choice of AAA Sitka Spruce or Red Cedar
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Solid back and sides, choice of Tropical or African Mahogany
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One, three or five piece neck, 12 or 14 frets to the body
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Choice of standard, tapered, or straight headstock design
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Bone compensated saddle, bone nut
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All wood binding on body, choice of woods available
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Bound fretboard, 20 frets (18 on parlours)
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Custom size neck, string spacing and nut width
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Chrome 510 Gotoh tuning pegs , 18:1 ratio
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Inlaid Mother of Pearl "K" headstock logo
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Karol standard 12th fret inlay design, or Mother of Pearl dots on fretboard
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Fretboard - Ebony or East Idian Rosewood
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Bridge material - Ebony or East Indian Rosewood
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Exotic wood segmented rosette ring 3 line purfling, choice of colours/woods
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Nitro Lacquer body finish, hard oil finish on neck/headstock
Many upgrades and custom options are available - A sampling is priced below:
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Karol Guitars custom Ameritage case - $300
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Back and Sides Tonewood upgrade- $300 - choice of East Indian Rosewood, Flamed or Quilted Maple, Figured Black Walnut, Wenge, Padauk. Additional exotics - Honduran/Madagascar/Brazilian Rosewood, Curly Koa, Cocobolo, Macassar Ebony, African Blackwood and others are available upon request.
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Multiscale fretboard - $750
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Standard Karol Venetian Cutaway - $400
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Standard Karol Florentine Cutaway - $400
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Custom shape cutaways - $600
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Shell rosette, per ring - $100
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Abalone shell top purfling - $750
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Rear headstock veneered - $75
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Slotted headstock - $300
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Nitro finish on neck/headstock - $300
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Custom inlay - priced per design, $50 per hour
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"Laskin Armrest or Ribrest" - $400 (550 in Curly Walnut/Maple) - Armrest and Ribrest are copyright William Laskin, used by permission.
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Side soundport - $150
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Gold or Black Gotoh 510 tuners - $50
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Gotoh 510 Gold/Black button tuners - $75
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AAA Engleman Spruce - $100
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Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top - $200
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Master grade topwood (Adirondack, Sitka, Engleman, Euro) available upon request
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Ebony/African Blkwood/Brazilian/5A Curly Koa binding - $50
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Highly figured Brazilian Rosewood headplates - $50
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Brazilian Rosewood bridge - $25
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Mitred purfling joints at backstrip, tailwedge intersections - $250
Commissioned Karol guitars come standard with a deluxe, arched multi-ply hardshell case in tweed or black covering. Warranty: All Karol guitars are warranted against defects in materials or workmanship for a period of ten years to the original owner. Warranty does not cover normal playing wear and tear, or damage caused by environmental conditions such as extremes of temperature and/or humidity.
Karol guitars are manufactured in a controlled environment of 40% R.H. and should be maintained at 40% R.H. during dry climate conditions. Use of a high quality guitar humidifer is recommended during dry weather periods. |