Crowfoot guitars are made by me, Sean Crawford, first in a shop in Chula Vista, and now in a maker space in San Diego, California. I've been playing and tinkering with guitars since the 90s and finally decided to start building them myself in 2016. This is a part-time, evenings and weekends effort for me, on top of my day job. As such, I only work on a couple of instruments at a time. If you're interested in a build, please use the contact form to give me an idea of what you're looking for and I'll let you know if I'm free to start the instrument.
I do not build 'relic' guitars. I do build a lot of guitars that look old and comfortable, but I don't beat them up. Time will beat them up eventually. I'm not into dyed, flame maple tops. My "thing" as much as I have a thing, seems to be building guitars with a kind of simple, classic feel to them. My lacquer finishes are usually thin and not the kind of perfectly flat, mirror finish you can get from any $200 factory guitar. I work to preserve the feel of the wood. A specific tree spent decades making that wood. It's beautiful, and I want everyone to enjoy seeing it and feeling it. As such, my finishes usually have some texture to them. The texture of the wood beneath.
My prices are all over the place, depending on a variety of options. Guitars I build for my own amusement and put up for sale usually run $1000 to $1500. Special commissions that involve more design work and custom bits will usually run $1500 to $2000. Shipping outside the US can be very expensive, and even complicated, given rules governing the shipping of some hardwoods. But I'm willing to work with you on it if you're interested.
I do not build 'relic' guitars. I do build a lot of guitars that look old and comfortable, but I don't beat them up. Time will beat them up eventually. I'm not into dyed, flame maple tops. My "thing" as much as I have a thing, seems to be building guitars with a kind of simple, classic feel to them. My lacquer finishes are usually thin and not the kind of perfectly flat, mirror finish you can get from any $200 factory guitar. I work to preserve the feel of the wood. A specific tree spent decades making that wood. It's beautiful, and I want everyone to enjoy seeing it and feeling it. As such, my finishes usually have some texture to them. The texture of the wood beneath.
My prices are all over the place, depending on a variety of options. Guitars I build for my own amusement and put up for sale usually run $1000 to $1500. Special commissions that involve more design work and custom bits will usually run $1500 to $2000. Shipping outside the US can be very expensive, and even complicated, given rules governing the shipping of some hardwoods. But I'm willing to work with you on it if you're interested.