OOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh baby, you pitched one right down my sweet spot on this one!!!

I am a very satisfied Pimentel customer. I can tell you from experience that there is nothing that compares to having your own personal, one of a kind guitar. You tell Rick or whoever it is that will be building your guitar exactly what you want and they can work it for you. Rick worked with me on a special little southwestern style inset for the headstock, and once he designs something he will not put it on another guitar - you may modify an existing design if you wish, but each design is unique to the owner.

Obviously I am partial to the family and the guitars, (and I have heard of unhappy customers) but they really have treated me well. I was in checking on my "baby" and Robert offered to let me hold a guitar he was putting the finishing touches on. I strummed it (it was a classical model) and he says, "yea, that's a $10,000 dollar guitar." YIKES! I almost wet my britches. They make really, really, really nice guitars, and put just as much care into the lower priced models (Mine was NOT a $10,000 I assure you!.

The eight month time lag is mainly for steel stringed models, as Rick is primarily the only one who builds those models. If you want a classical model or a jazz fusion model the construction time is quite a bit quicker (about 3-6 months).

Pimentels have been used as award guitars for national playing championships (the fingerpicking one for sure, I'm not sure about the flat picking contest) and have received rave reviews from all who play them. In a recent Acoustic Guitar magazine I noticed that a Brazilian virtuoso by the name of Badi Assad lists a Pimentel Grand Concert model as one of the guitars she plays.

There are actually two sons who perform, the above mentioned Hector and the youngest, Gustavo. Gustavo also teaches at the family business. And, SRS, there has been some difficulty in the family. Hector was seriously injured last year, but has recovered and is performing again.

I could go on (probably have gone on too long anyway), but if anyone wants any more info you can PM me. I really love these guitars!

Freightdawg