So the guy building my custom guitar ..

[benagain]

says its gonna be an additional two months .. grrrrrrrhhhaa .. it was scheduled for the end of May but they had to unexpectedly make an original body design to do it right .. i was close to scheduling time off ..
its an 8 string fanned fret nylon acoustic .

[7String Thing]

yeah its bound to happen. the only guys i know who have an exact to the T schedule is Fodera

[Thor]

Only 2 months late for something as custom as an 8 string fanned nylon acoustic? Sounds like you are quite lucky!

[benagain]

well i guess it helps to know it that its common with custom builds .. .. but still ..

[Alter]

two months is nothing.. i 'd be prepared for some more waiting if i were you.. (at least that 's what happened at a few of my builds at various builders)..

[benagain]

Originally Posted by Alter

two months is nothing.. i 'd be prepared for some more waiting if i were you.. (at least that 's what happened at a few of my builds at various builders)..

well its actually two more months .. for a total of five .. but i know patience is the key for customs .. just felt like venting..

[reentune]

Will it be an actual classical guitar?
I just picked up the most insane 7-string concert classical, and I'm just beside myself.

Enjoy your new guitar.

And after having several guitars built for me, I can definitely say that two months extra isn't too unusual. Nor is it a big deal if you end up with a monster of an instrument.

Hang in there!

[enharmonic]

I feel your pain, brother. The guy building my amp initially told me 4 months. Next month will be a year

[snacker]

my custom shop heritage h576 was scheduled to take 3 months..........it was 18 months later that i received it

[mwhy]

Yeah, even 5 months over schedule isn't bad. Frustrating, yes, but not bad.

So share with us - who's making a fanned fret classical? Sounds cool (I'm a Novax owner!).

Marc

[mwhy]

BTW, Ralph Novak has been the only custom builder I've had who came in on time! Most others were months to a year later than their original estimate. Ugh.

M

[MikeyG]

My eighteen month wait for one custom guitar is ending very soon.

I'm at 3 years on another, with no real idea of an end date....

[serviviente7]

i have never ordered a custom guitar BUT i do not like the idea of waiting even one more day after the promised date. If its one year wait then i will wait 365 days if it is 2 years then i will wait 760 days and not one more day. I just feel that if they promised a delivery date they should come thru. That is just my opinion.

[big mike]

Some stuff takes longer than expected.

Shit happens.

[Zero G]

I asked John Suhr how long it would take to build my guitar and he said, "If the neck makes it through QC after 1 month we cut the body and finish. Otherwise we start over." I'd rather wait an extra month or two than have a guitar shipped to me that the builder didn't feel was up to his standards of quality. Oh yes, and props to John Suhr and crew! :AOK