Quote: Funny that this does not make a market that people would get their immitates replaced with real wood.
There is/was a market, but it was a small one because few were willing to pay enough to make hand made wood grips a profitable venture. I used to sell them as well, Domingo was having a guy in Peru make them who was a custom guitar maker, they were stunningly beautiful and made the right way with brass inserts and machine screws to hold them on,not just wood screws right into raw wood, but they carried a hefty price tag. The people that bought them were thrilled but at $129.00 retail they didn't sell well and we barely made a profit. The problem is also inventory. Everyone wanted a different color or type of wood, and no two were alike.
I was impressed with Gunslingers simulated wood plastic grips, they did a nice job with those, nice smooth high gloss finish with simlulated wood burl looked very similar to the real wood grips I used to sell.
