Hello All -- Looking to have a custom guitar built for myself. Essentially an SG body shape, extremely lightweight, with a thin "u" neck profile. Looking to keep the damage in the $2K to $3K range. I live in the L.A. area. Anybody have suggestions of who I should contact? People who do great work without a two-year wait? Any suggestions, pics of guitars you've had made, links, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
My John Jagneaux Les Paul continually amazes the most hardcore Les Paul fanatics I know.I've played some various R7 through R9 Gibsons and they all fell short of my Jag.Hand made and hand carved with Brazilian R.W. board and Honduran Mahogany,etc.For under $2k!Go to his website.My guitar is on the home page.Yes,he'll do anything you want.
I don't know his wait time, but this guy is right near L.A. and builds beautiful guitars, in fact he has several SG style guitars on his page. Check him out!! http://www.onyxforgeguitars.com/ Someday I would like to own one of his guitars... Seth
Jason Lollar has a beautiful SG on his site. About 3gs, but I don't know about waiting time. Based on his reputation, I'd feel very confidant having him build a guitar.
Phil and David Petillo in NJ 732-531-6338 http://www.petilloguitars.com/ none better. . . though i don't know if that's in their price range anymore, to tell you the truth.
Lowel Guitars did/does SG-shaped guitars & seem to be very reasonably priced. I believe there's a TGP'er or two who own 'em.
Thinking seriously about this one, myself. Builds all by hand or cnc, practically anything you want: http://jarrettguitars.com/home.php
Scott Heatley might make an ess-gee. He certainly has before. He makes a hell of a guitar, that's for sure.
if you dont mind the slight modification you could always call up esp. Their custom shop is excellent, otherwise those heatleys look really nice
Hello All -- Thanks for the many cool suggestions. Love to hear more. Sent an e-mail to Heatley -- waiting to hear back. Already own 2 ESP's -- which I love -- but I priced a custom order Viper and it was $3000 with case... and a full year's wait.
ive gotta say you will almost always wait the better part of a year for a custom guitar. Thats kind of a tall order for a custom builder and especially in your price range. I know some guys will speed it up but you gotta pay more.
It's confirmed -- Heatley is no longer doing custom work outside his own designs. Still looking for the right guy if anyone has suggestions.
Well, if you're still looking for an SG shape then check with Lowel Guitars: http://www.sombrabella.com/lowelguitars/ AFAIK they still do 'em.
