Custom Guitar wait times, anticipation, psychology.

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I ordered my USA ESP MII back in 2001 and it took around 7 months to get built and arrive to me. IMO best thing to do is just forget about it as much as you can. Anticipation this early is useless. Just keep playing and passing the time until it arrives.
 
Similar boat here. Kiesel A6 ordered 3 weeks ago and won't be here until 2nd week of December. I have thoughts about changing a few things but decided to just leave my order as is and not fuck with it. The wait is a bit torturous I have to admit, but I've got lots keeping me busy.

If you got the funds, just by some other new piece of gear to distract yourself ;)
 
haha.... reminds me of getting my Voodoo Uber back...think it was 9 month wait right before Trace stopped accepting mods... so sick though.
 
I think nine or ten months was the longest I ever waited for a custom order, but at that point I already had so many nice guitars that I didn´t really need it and could put it out of my mind pretty easily. I was super pumped when it turned up, but I never got that kid-waiting-all-year-for-Christmas thing.
 
Shit I couldn't even do it. Wait 7 months for a guitar! That's crazy talk!!!
 
I was doing pretty good at just not thinking about my custom Chubtone being built...until you made this thread. Thanks Reza. :cry:
 
Play what you got,dream of what you will build after this one.
 
I ordered an ESP standard from Japan once, hot off the press. Went through an online distribution company in Europe which got me an amazing deal, but it took nearly 5 months to arrive. Started forgetting about it towards the end. Coming home to find it waiting for me one day was a cool surprise.
 
Never had to worry about such matters, never could afford a custom guitar. It must be rough though, I can only imagine.
 
Try to forget about it, OR order something else in the mean time, so you're always leapfroging with custom orders :)
 
Rezamatix":ye8n0gpz said:
JackBootedThug":ye8n0gpz said:
so what is it dude?
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I said in the FIRST SENTENCE!!! :lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL:
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ok captain obvious-how could i miss that? last time I was on the esp website, they had multiple models.... :lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL: :doh:
 
I've been waiting on an Ormsby Goliath GTR since the pre-orders went live. But I did do some mods and repair work on my current stable to stem the tide of anticipation. Tried out a whole bunch of string sets and settled on balanced tension, did a pickup swap or two, and had my Suhr refretted with stainless steel frets at the factory after I had worn out the original frets. Little things like that help. At least it's only a couple of months, some shops have multi-year lead times.
 
I've had a guitar on order for over a year from a luthier. It's the third build I've gotten from him, and the forth guitar. I'll occasionally get photos and updates, but I try not to rush him. The detail work on it is rather intricate, so I'd rather it be done properly than quickly. I have lots of stuff to play in the mean time, though it stinks when there's money spent out there and nothing to show in return, yet.
 
So what's the average wait time currently on a custom ESP ? Ive considered doing a custom M series but figured the build time would be something nuts like over a year.
 
Interesting topic. I'm dealing with this issue right now. I ordered a custom build from a very reputable builder at the beginning of the year. January 25, to be exact. Had to plunk down 50%, and within a day he sent me pix of woods I was to choose for the top, fretboard, inlays, the whole kit and kaboodle. I selected the materials I wanted and asked what he expected the wait time to be. August he said. 7 months give or take. I was cool with that. Dude builds everything by hand himself, old school building techniques etc...so no prob. 3 months go by. No updates or anything, so I send an email, just to see how things are going. Going good he says. No pix, but that's fine. It's only been 3 months. 3 more months go by, haven't heard a thing. I send another email just to touch base,,,,he says that he has been swamped with orders from some 'high profile' clients. Says things are going good though,,,no pix, no detail as to whether he's even started it or if I've gotten pushed back because of the influx of demand,,,but hey, I'll let the dude keep building guitars. So yesterday, after pretty much forgetting that I have this build going on, I start thinking. It's now been 9 months, and this guy hasn't proactively send me a single email, update, pic, anything. Mind you that this is a really expensive build, and I really don't want the dude calling or emailing me out of the blue with ''its done' , please give me the balance immediately. I need a little heads up so I can make sure funds are appropriated. Also, I haven't a clue as to if he's even started the build or not. I've had builds done by 5 other top notch builders over the years, some taking almost a year, but the kept up a good correspondence either thru the occasional email, a pic or two now and then. I'm at 9 months and I don't have Shit and don't know shit. So, I wrote an email to him. I was very nice, didn't go off the handle or anything, but just plainly asked if he could give me some info on how things are going. Something a bit more than 'going good' and 'it's coming along'. Maybe a pic or something,,,fuck, I'll take a pic of a pile of sawdust he shaved off of the neck. I told him that I do t really care if the build is going to take much longer, just want to know How things are looking on my guitar, , anything would be appreciated. So, I get an email back within minutes from his secretary or whatever, who happens to be his wife or girlfriend. It's all filled with piss and vinegar. In a nutshell, she said he doesn't do pics of the process, that's just how he is. Basically said that I need to chill. I had mentioned in my email that the other builders I had worked with, had kept me in the loop every 3 or so months with how things were progressing, and that the customer loves this kind of stuff. I referenced the 'Bone' les Paul I had built by Gil Yaron a couple of years back. What a great experience that was. It took a year to build, but I got pics every 3 months or so with an update on the process. The dude lived in Israel at the time and was still able to keep me informed on how the build was going.
Anyway, I finally got a response from this builder himself and he sent me a couple pix and kind of apologized for his secretaries heavy handed email to me. I told him all is cool, let's just move on I guess. BTW, the pics he sent of a rough cut neck from a couple different angles. It looks like there is a very long way to go. Also, the Brazilian fretboard I chose back on the 29 of Jan doesn't look like the one that's on the neck.
 
6 months for my custom Anderson. Between family, work, and my other amps/guitars, I just kinda forgot about it till the shop called...
 
That´s pretty fast. I mean, not too long ago Jackson was regularly quoting 24 months even if that was pretty insane.
 
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