Inspired by his brother’s Lowden guitar, but unable to afford his own, Cory Batson’s lightbulb moment prompted an ambitious response: Build your own guitar. With a guitar-making book in hand, he went on to build and experiment with his guitars to come up with designs that would include a side-mounted sound port, cantilevered fretboard, beveled armrest, and architecturally inspired bracing systems. These custom Batson guitars are as beautiful as they are expensive (in the $9,000 range).
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