Spoke to the luthier Mr. Estrada Gómez (age 77) and found that he has already sent sample guitars to California where they can be seen and tested by anyone interested. The address is:

Mr. Tim Miklaucic
Guitar Salon International
3100 Donald Douglas Loop
Santa Monica, California 90405
Phone 310 399 2181 x101
e-mail tim@guitarsalon.com
www.guitarsalon.com

There is also a music store in Paris, France which has Estrada Gómez guitars, but I guess that no Mudcatters reside in Paris. However if somebody travels to Paris, the name of the store is La Guitarrerie (further details later).

This master luthier is now contacting Hobgoblin Co. in London, and they will possibly reach some agreement.

IMPORTANT: if you like and want to buy an Estrada Gómez guitar, contact him in Buenos Aires, because he will grant domestic prices plus shipping when exporting an instrument, while a music store in USA or Europe will charge their usual price to unknown buyers and the price advantage will be for them, as long as a formal representation agreement is not established.

I repeat the web site of Mr. Estrada:

http://www.guitarristas.com/estrada/english_version.htm

Un abrazo - Andrés (steel strings: waiting a reply from other luthiers)