PRICES AND ORDERING 2008
Additions, Special Order Woods, Pickups & Placing An Order, Terms and Conditions.

Prices

Prices are for any model, except Baritone, Nylon-String etc. (see below), with the stated forms of decoration and machineheads and are subject to change at any time. A Hiscox Liteflite Pro II case is included.

Woods included in the prices are:

Back and sides; Indian rosewood, mahogany or plain black walnut.
Soundboard; Sitka spruce, Englemann spruce or western red cedar.

Some particularly cosmetically high grade or special examples of these woods may add to an instrument's cost.

For details see Decoration Schemes page, please note 'New Standard' price includes wood or shell soundhole inlay.

Additions

*NEW* 'Scoop' cutaway, from £250.
*NEW* 'Percussion' strutting and pinless bridge, £200. Suited best to JOM and Jumbo.
*NEW* 'Manzer Wedge', body tapered on bass side to improve comfort as conceived by Linda Manzer, more details soon, no charge.

Venetian Cutaway, add £250.
Baritone model, add £200.
Twelve String model, add £350.
Terz guitar, no extra cost.
Nylon String model, TBC, details up soon.

'Tor-Tis' scratchplates, beautiful smooth chamfered edge scratchplates, no extra cost.

Slothead, from £200.

Abalone or Awabi rosette usually added to 'Standard' models, add £100.

Gold Gotoh SG510 machine heads with ebony buttons, add £20 (included with fancier instruments).
Other nonstandard machineheads, Alessi, Schaller, Waverley etc, POA.

Calton case, from £250. Made to fit fibre-glass flight case. Please note a Hiscox case is included.

Nonstandard decoration schemes etc, see 'Options', POA.

Special Order Woods

Soundboards
Alpine Spruce, add £25-£100. In stock.
Adirondack Spruce, add £75-£250. In stock.
Redwood, add £50. In Stock.
Lutz Spruce, add £100.

Back and sides
Brazilian (Rio) Rosewood, add £400-£750+. Plenty in stock.
Cocobolo, add £300. In stock.
Amazon Rosewood, add £200. In stock.
Honduras Rosewood, add £250. In stock.
Mexican Rosewood (Palo Escrito), add £75. In stock. .
Highly Figured Claro Walnut, £250. In Stock.
Quilted Sapele, extraordinary figure african mahogany, from £500. In stock.
Quilted Bubinga, very deep quilt and beautiful wine red colouring, from £300. In stock.
Ziricote, one amazing set in stock. Green grey textured colour with brazilian rosewood like feather figure. Looks like reptile skin! £300.
Highly figured South American Cedar (Cedrella), a couple of sets suitable for smaller instruments (OM or OO) with some
great 'bubble' quilting, sound and colour very similar to mahogany. £100.
Flamed Koa, from £400. Available now.

Macassar Ebony fingerboards, lovely stripy ebony, black and grey or black and golden brown, no extra charge.
Matching Macassar Ebony fingerboard, bridge and head facing, several beautiful sets drying, ready soon, no extra charge.

Other woods and options, POA.

Many other species available to special order, including; myrtle, cypress, macassar ebony, madagascan rosewood, flamed black acacia, figured maples and walnuts, FSC certified woods, etc etc. Ask for a quote!

Pickups

These prices are only applicable for pickups fitted at the time of making.
See 'Pickups' page for prices when fitted to other instruments and full descriptions.

LR Baggs Active Element System (undersaddle), the best sounding undersaddle around, £140.
LR Baggs Element Dual-Source System (Element plus internal mic with mini internal blender), £310.
LR Baggs i-Mix System (Element and I-Beam with mini internal mixer), very versatile combination, £325.
LR Baggs M1 magnetic pickup (soundhole mounted), my favourite pickup in cedar topped guitars, £160.
LR Baggs M1 Active magnetic pickup (soundhole mounted), as above with built in preamp, £190.
LR Baggs i-Beam (internal soundboard contact pickup), very warm, real and lively, great for home recording, £180.
K&K Sound 'Pure' triple headed contact pickup; fat, robust and very dynamic, high output passive system, £100 (don't be put off by the low price!)
LR Baggs 'Para Acoustic DI' EQ unit, get the best out of your pickup, I wouldn't go on stage without one!, £160 (with guitar).
Others, please ask! Headway, Highlander, D-tar, Schertler etc.

Placing An Order, Terms and Conditions

A deposit of 10% secures a place in my waiting list, with a total of 33% required at least one month before construction commences.
I would usually ask for a further 33% 3 months into the build and the balance upon completion which is usually after 6 to 7 months.

When a deposit is received the price at that time is fixed for that order provided that you proceed with the order in the position in the
waiting list initially agreed upon. If you decide to delay the order after having placed it, then the price will be at the level I
am charging at the new time agreed upon.

Waiting time generally varies from one to two years (see below or Home page News), some special orders may require longer if unusual
materials must be sourced. Exact delivery date cannot be specified but I always give a maximum period after which you are entitled to
withdraw your order, this is only set at the point that building starts not when an order is placed.

The 10% deposit is non returnable from one month before building is due to start. If for any reason you are not happy with the results (This
has never occurred so far!) or are unable to pay the final installment for whatever reason, you must wait for me to resell the instrument
to get your money back (minus the 10% deposit and any other losses incurred by me).

Unique orders that would be difficult/impossible to sell to someone else (your name on the fretboard, an extra neck, etc.!) will be subject
to a larger non returnable deposit, and I may require a greater proportion of the cost up front, this would be discussed and agreed upon
before building commenced.

For special order woods the extra cost is sometimes required up front in addition to the deposit detailed above.

Every Benjamin guitar is fully warranteed to the original owner against faulty materials and workmanship (of course!) and I always
do work on my guitars later on at very preferential rates!

*WAITING TIME ABOUT 2 YEARS AT PRESENT*
(Last updated December '07)

When sending deposits please make cheques payable to 'N BENJAMIN', thanks!