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I am not a manufacturer but have looked at a number of factories over the years in the Acoustic World most recently Martin and Taylor and they are in some ways opposites in how they work. In that Martin still carry the torch of tradition in some of the ways they work where you get a distinct impression that Taylor is all about building a better mousetrap whichever way they can and if technology and process can do the job better then lets build the machine to do it.
From the point of the question
I think the starting point is how many guitars are you planning to build. It can be an arbitrary number but its the start point in my mind.
Yes CNC is a big part of the cost but Taylor use far more lasers to cut everything from inlays to sides backs etc.
Another forgotten cost has to be space, wood storage, drying etc all take a lot of space especially if you are gassing off Nitro finish.
Hence Martin has drying guitars and Taylor uses a UV cure you can sand in minutes of spraying so you shorten time to finish.
Again Taylor had far more automated bending machine for the mould aspect.
And finally dont skimp on the budget for cloths pegs
so in reference to the relative contributions of materials and the machinery to the final cost of the guitar to the customer would you say that the initial cost of machinery and materials is high but they can mass produce more guitars in a shorter time period which enables them to sell at a lower price that a "hand built" one? or have i completely misunderstood?