Pricing History
What's My Everett Worth? Man, who knows!
1977
- 1990
All of these guitar were built as 'one off ' instruments, and you
will find a variety of: archtop guitars, archtop electric guitars,
mandolins, a dobro or two, electric guitars (with the patented Everett
body shape), and of course acoustic instruments. There are not many
of these guitars out there. I was only building 6 - 10 instruments
a year and unless someone dies and you can pry the guitar form their
cold clammy hands, you probably will not find one.
"This is my only guitar that my wife does
not want me to sell!"
They are simply dated without a serial number.
What are they worth?
I
have seen an archtop guitar of mine that sold new for in 1986 for
$1300 go for $3600 in 1999.
So
..., who knows?
1991
- 1996
(30 - 50 guitars annually . Serial Number = guitar number / year)
These are the beginning years of my guitar production full time. It
grew from 4 guitars a month to 5 instruments per month. All acoustic
steel string guitars. There are 30 guitars out there with walnut or
rosewood back and sides , satin finish, and cedar or spruce tops that
are called the 'Artist' series. I used these guitars to develop my
production and they sold for less than $1000 each including case.
After that I started using the rosewood and spruce combination primarily.
All solid wood instruments with abalone rosettes, ivoroid or tortous
plastic bindings. The early guitars with rosewood fingerboard and
later ones with ebony boards. The earlier ones listed new for $1650
and the later ones went for a $1860 list price. They were all sold
through stores and of course discounted a bit.
1997-
1999
(50 guitars annually. Serial Number = guitar number / year)
These guitars were called the Emerald
Series guitars. Most of them had a little emerald somewhere
on the fingerboard. (usually the 12th fret) Again primarily sold through
stores with the list price going form $1860 to $2100. Rosewood and
spruce predominate. Mostly with wood bindings. Upgraded instruments
were the Silver Series $3200, the Sierra Series $3400 and the Elite
Series $3600
1999
- 2001
(50 guitars annually. Serial Number = guitar number / year)
The Milano Series replaces the
Emerald Series with a base price of $2885 and rose to $3200. All wood
bindings and use of exotic veneers. Wood bound sound hole, wood bound
peghead, use of color veneers, Schaller tuners with ebony buttons.
Upgraded guitars include the Sierra
Series $3600 & the Elite
Series $3900.
2001
(20
guitars. Serial Number = guitar number / year)
This is a transitional year for Everett guitars. During the year 2001
the Everett Laurel Series started to grow to the point where the Everett
Milano production backed down to 2 guitars per month. The Milano
Series list price rose to $4200. These were primarily custom
orders.
2001 The Laurel Series - 1st
edition - (Numbers 1 - 29)
The Laurel Series are 128 guitars that Everett
built in conjunction with a high quality factory in Nagoya Japan,
Terada. The Laurel First Edition was solid Sitka topped with laminated
rosewood back and sides, and all had highly flame Maple bindings,
Maple rosette, and Rosewood fingerboard and bridge. List price $1375
(cutaway add $175)
2002 The Laurel
Standard - (Numbers 30 - 78)
were all solid wood with rosewood fingerboards and bridges and a maple
line rosette. List price $1875 (cutaway add $175)
2002 Elan
Everett is now only available as a custom order. Beginning
in 2002, these guitars are built and sold only direct from the workshop
of Everett guitars. The finest materials and built one at a time by
Kent Everett. Prices $5600 - $6400. They are signed and dated individual
works of art.
2003
The Laurel Select (Numbers 79
- 128)
is introduced upgrading the Laurel Series to Ebony Fingerboards, Abalone
Rosettes, custom tuners with Ebony buttons, … List prices start at
$2100 (cutaway add $175)
Sadly due to the problems associated with international
business, 2003 was the last year of the Everett Laurel Series guitars.
Laurel
workshop and photos
2003 - 2004 The Everett Elan
is offered at $6200 - Everett Concert
Classical at $6200 The
Elan and Concert Classical are built entirely by Kent Everett in his
shop in Atlanta and are only available by custom order. Orders grow
to a 3 year back log.
2004
- 2005 The Everett Celona
and
Azalea
are added. No more than 3 Celonas or 3 Azaleas are built each
year. The Celona is not built to custom
order, but is used to try new ideas, woods, ... They are built in
between the Elan orders and pricing starts at $5200. The
Azalea is built entirely by Everett and is used as the example
guitar for the 'Art of the Guitar' construction class held at the
Everett workshop. 2004 Azalea prices - $2300. 2005 Azalea prices (material
upgrade) $3800.
2005
- 2008 The Everett Elan
became the custom order Everett model. Prices $8900 - $12,500. In
200 6 Everett stopped taking Elan orders in order to get caught. A
5 year wait seemed a little riduclas.
2008
The Alienzo
replaces the Elan as the custom order Everett.
Prices - $10,750 - $14,000.
2008 The Valentino is a new concept in
building a guitar that combines fine art work and fine instrumetn
craftsmanship.
Prices
start at $23,000.
*** All prices are full list prices
and do not include options such as cutaways (usually a $350 option),
inlays, custom woods, etc. (or normal store discounts). Also condition
plays a great roll in resale value, so be sure to have the guitar
inspected before buying to make sure you do not buy a repair job.
Please note : None of this information is chiseled in stone. This
is just to give you a rough idea of pricing. ***