[Guitar cutter: Sourcing, Using, Maintaining]

Sounds like nobody has experience with the mini guitar, but clearly some bad experiences with Martellato! If anyone DOES decide to try this out, I would be extremely interested to hear about your experience. I'm going to have to wait a bit, and stick with my chef's knife+hot water.....boohoo.

[Guitar cutter: Sourcing, Using, Maintaining]

Hi everyone. I've long considered buying a guitar cutter, but the cost has been way too much for me. My hobbyist scale doesn't justify $2500, a fact I curse under my breath every time I'm faced with cutting 10 slabs of ganache by hand.

Just recently, though, I ran across this new product at Kerekes: a "mini guitar" with a 24cmx24cm surface for $650: http://www.bakedeco.com/detail.asp?id=23508&catid=371. Anyone have experience with this, or other insights? I think it's made by Martellato, mentioned in a previous post. I only cut ganache, no caramels, so I wonder if I could dispense with an all-metal cutter as bomb-proof as the Dedy. Heck, I can't afford the Dedy anyways....

Thanks in advance!