Your 1st Custom guitar ordered to your specs?

[Texsunburst59]

I had this ordered back in ‘99

‘99 Tom Anderson Cajun Red Hollow Drop Top Classic HSS

Please note: If the Neck Back Shape field comes up blank it denotes the standard Neck Back Shape

Guitar Model:	Hollow Drop Top Classic
Body Wood:	Quilted Maple Top on Basswood
Body Finish:	Cajun Red with Binding
Neck Wood:	Hard Rock Maple, Madagascar Rosewood Fretboard
Neck Finish:	Black Headstock, Satin Back
Neck Back Shape:
Nut Width:	1 5/8 in
Frets:	Heavy
Hardware Color:	Chrome
Bridge:	Vintage Tremolo
Pickups:	SA1R SA1 H2+
Pickguard:	White Pearloid
Switching:	5 Way, Mini Splits 1-4, Pull Adds Bridge, Vintage Voicing
Strings:	.009-.042 Elixir strings
Buzz Feiten Tuning System:
Comments:

 

[Geo]

I have never ordered a custom guitar in the 40 years I have been playing.

I would though, spend a whole day trying every guitar in a store.

 

[SoooRad]

I don't think it makes sense financially for me to "custom order" something from a builder. It Would just wind up being too much money for something I can assemble from parts for much less.

My tastes aren't especially difficult.

 

[dpeterson]

I also have a custom Andy... Hollow Drop Top (quilt on basswood) solid rosewood neck, floyd, HSS. Love it, will go to the grave with me. Took 4 months to get and a huge chunk of change, but they are almost 2k more now.

 

[Steinmetzify]

Ordered in 2010. Buddy started building guitars and promised me everything I couldn’t get from Gibson. SS frets, black binding on body and neck, ebony fretboard, gold MOP inlays. Was my #1 for quite a few years. I’m old now and it’s pretty heavy to play for long periods of time but I’d never get rid of it. He’s since quit building and I couldn’t replace it.

 

[Texsunburst59]

Ordered in 2010. Buddy started building guitars and promised me everything I couldn’t get from Gibson. SS frets, black binding on body and neck, ebony fretboard, gold MOP inlays. Was my #1 for quite a few years. I’m old now and it’s pretty heavy to play for long periods of time but I’d never get rid of it. He’s since quit building and I couldn’t replace it.

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That’s beautiful Steiny.

Awesome custom you’ve got there.

 

[BeZo]

At the time, they didn't offer the humbuckers on that model. I ordered them like that, and got matching twins.

 

[Texsunburst59]

At the time, they didn't offer the humbuckers on that model. I ordered them like that, and got matching twins.
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Fretted and Fretless.

Awesome !!

 

[cragginshred]

120% Anderson guitarworks!! I have my 4th Anderson (1st custom to my specs) in the finishing stages now! Don't have the spec sheet but the basic gist is:
Lil Angel 24 frets,
Wakesurf Fireburst top
Carmalized even taper neck
Baby floyd with regular nut and locking tuners -Best tuning stability hands down!

Review vid will happen once I get her! $4,900. Life is too short to play crappy guitars!

 

[Devin]

This is the only custom build I've ordered

Mahogany body

Roasted maple neck

Ebony board

SS frets

Hipshot trem

1 push/pull volume for coil split

Variable treble bleed

I've also put together a Warmoth build that I spec'd out

 

[VHTStark]

Mine was a 2007 PRS Private Stock singlecut. S. American mahogany back, rosewood neck, ebony board, charcoal top, Dragon 1 pickups. Cost less back then than a wood library or Artist package would now.

Don't have this, or the other (second hand) PS I owned. Beautiful guitars, but they certainly don't sound or play any better than a regular Core PRS.

 

[ClintN667]

Mine was a mayones regius. God I loved that guitar. I sold it to help my wife out. If I had it to do over I wouldn't have done it. I am going to order a replacement minus the evertune after I finish paying for my Atla and my Orion.

 

[CrystalSky]

This one I posted in your other thread about one’s number 1 guitar.

It was my second electric guitar after Ibanez RG350DX (I guess lol). I decided go big or go home. Built by Vadim Pashin from Moscow, former Shamray Custom luthier and harp builder started doing his own.

I was choosing between Strandberg Made to Measure and couple other luthiers popular at that time, including Mayones, Daemoness, Vik and then some. Experienced guys told me Vadim’s are worth trying and are good for metal.

So this is what I ended up spec’ing. Close to generic superstrats in terms of shape with some tweaks to my taste. Hybrid of Suhr Modern in term of being offset and Blackmachine in terms of horn shape and controls placement.

Specs are bookmatched walnut top over 2pc swamp ash body, wenge-maple-wenge 3pc set neck, all in thin nitro finish, jet black ebony with walnut binding to march the top and no inlays, Evo Gold 2,8 mm frets, bookmatched (lol I know, I know) walnut headstock veneer over hair thin maple veneer (classical guitar vibe), bone nut, Hipshot fixed bridge and Hipshot locking tuners, Bill Lawrence HB-R/L pickup set which I swapped for custom wound Fokin pickups, CTS pots, set up with a 10-50 set for E standart.

In the end, I liked how it came out a lot, still excited to pick it up every time after 9 years.

 

[MusicIsLife]

I had a Flying V-style guitar built:

• '58 style neck/body transition.
• 25.5" scale.
• Full 1.75" thickness mahogany body plus 5A flamed maple cap.
• Jumbo stainless frets
• Ebony fingerboard, no inlays.
• Whatever binding and other cosmetics, bridge/tuners/straplocks, pickups/controls I wanted.

I got to pick everything. Even specify the number of pieces in the neck, whether I wanted carbon fiber stiffening rods, and whatever else.

 

[blackie13]

This one...
My no 1 and only guitar...

 

[CEG85]

At the time, they didn't offer the humbuckers on that model. I ordered them like that, and got matching twins.
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Love Spector basses.
Some of the Warwick custom shop basses are insane.

 

[rottingcorpse]

My first custom Dean. RCMLF#1. Natural quilt top with black binding.
This was when the woodwork was being done at us masters and they were being assembled at Dean HQ in Florida.
Over the course of almost 2 years they fucked up the order 3 times at USMasters. I bought the 2nd and 3rd fuckup before moving on.

 

[Dimebag11]

1997 Schecter Avenger
It was my 16th birthday present. I ended up selling it like an idiot a while back and hunted it down for a year or so until I found her again I’ve since had her refinished, she’s lovely!

 

[Texsunburst59]

1997 Schecter Avenger
It was my 16th birthday present. I ended up selling it like an idiot a while back and hunted it down for a year or so until I found her again I’ve since had her refinished, she’s lovely!
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That’s just killer.

Awesome paint job.

 

[Strandberg Junkie]

Son and I made a day of it and drove up to Thorn's place to hand select the blanks and then take him to lunch.

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