| In the past, I have sold most of my guitars on a
custom-order basis from a waiting list which has varied anywhere from three weeks to three years during the
last decade or so. Now the internet makes possible a different way of
doing things, which I think is better both for me and for players who want
to own one of my guitars.
Currently new guitars are available from my workshop both as Readymade
instruments with standard features and as custom-made instruments built to your specifications.
About one to two of my annual production of approximately
ten guitars is set
aside for readymade sales; the others
are set aside for custom-made
instruments and dealer sales.
Players who need specific features in a guitar can place an order for a
custom-made instrument at Order a Guitar.
If you want to know first what a guitar configured to your specs
would cost at current prices, you can get this information by going to Price Summary.
Custom-made guitars are not sold on approval: if a buyer ends up being
unsatisfied with a custom-made instrument (this has never happened to me),
he can return it and will receive a refund when the instrument is sold to
a new buyer. How long will that take? It's hard to say: it depends on how
much demand there is for the specific custom features as well as on
current market conditions.
While on the subject of custom-made guitars, a few words on waiting
lists is in order. Most of the talk nowadays about waiting lists is mythology,
designed to make people think the demand for some maker's guitars is
stratospheric. The truth about waiting-list claims, if any, is more than
likely based on a bunch of people who have said, "Yeah, I'd like one
of those some day. Gimme a call." One boilerplate claim, heard so
often, is: So-And-So has a ten year waiting list. Think about it: would
YOU actually wait ten years to buy any guitar, by any maker?
My waiting
list, which now applies to custom-built instruments only, is a real waiting list, consisting of serious people,
because I ask for a 10%
non-refundable deposit upon order placement for a
custom-made guitar. This deposit secures a place on the waiting list,
which can be made flexible if the customer needs extra time to accumulate
funds, and it also locks in the price specified in the quotation which
follows receipt of the deposit.
All new guitars from my workshop are covered by a two year written
warranty on defects in materials or workmanship. |
