Availability
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 two to three 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. If you want to know first what a guitar configured to your specs would cost at current prices, you can get this information by submitting a Price Summary form. 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.