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jmiles · April 25th, 2009, 08:24 PM

Well, Brian, you're right. We've temporarily shut down operations, hoping the economy will get better. We make a profit of about 25%, but much less when we sell to dealers. But, if these bender builders would get it together, and do a CNC program, instead of makin' them one at a time in their shops, the cost would go WAY down.

Edited to add; That 25% profit is actually before labor costs. So 75% of a pedal steel guitar is the materials, machining, polishing,etc.. The actual assembly costs come out of the 25%. So, yeah, we weren't getting rich!

April 25th, 2009, 08:24 PM	#14 (permalink)
jmiles Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ohio Posts: 234	Well, Brian, you're right. We've temporarily shut down operations, hoping the economy will get better. We make a profit of about 25%, but much less when we sell to dealers. But, if these bender builders would get it together, and do a CNC program, instead of makin' them one at a time in their shops, the cost would go WAY down. Edited to add; That 25% profit is actually before labor costs. So 75% of a pedal steel guitar is the materials, machining, polishing,etc.. The actual assembly costs come out of the 25%. So, yeah, we weren't getting rich! Last edited by jmiles; April 26th, 2009 at 03:02 PM.