I have been known to criticize dealers both in general and specifically but let the record show that I know how important they are and the better ones can be very good for the artisan’s visibility.  In general those who do what I do are not especially good at self-promotion.  The guitars might be fantastic but these days marketing, visibility and who is playing your guitars is sometimes more important than how they sound.  You might think that with cheap flights and no borders within European countries that it might be no more difficult to find clients in other countries than it is here.  Well, actually, there are an incredible number of guitarists who will only visit the guitar shops in their region and might never buy a guitar from the person who made it.  Therefore I am happy to report that my guitars are now available in France thanks to Jean-Marc de Beys at Guitarreria.eu  He travels around a lot especially within France and Belgium so getting a chance to try the guitars he carries shouldn’t be too hard.  He has just received a concert guitar of mine in spruce and indian which sounds sweet and strong.