Custom guitars from small makers
Have you had a custom guitar made? How did it turn out? Did you get a chance to play one made by the same person/company before purchasing one for yourself?
I've currently got one on order from a local builder and cant wait to get it, but that won't be until March next year. Most of his stuff is 'heavy metal' oriented, but mine will be a Tele shape. I've been lacking a guitar with humbuckers for a long time (and a Strat but more on that in a week or so
) and this one will fill that void. I've played a couple his instruments that he's had at the workshop when I've visited and they are solid as they come. They actually make an ASAT feel like an SG in comparison they're that solid, seriously! All top quality hardware and woods, are infinitely playable, impeccably finished and the setups have been first class. Options aren't particularly huge - he's got set stuff like neck shape, scale length, has to have humbuckers (or something humbucker sized) but I like that, its like going to a restaurant with only a couple of choices - you know its going to be good. Pretty much like speccing out a G&L really, but they're all built by one guy and largely by hand. Prices are very reasonable, all things considered. With the exchange rate like it is, I'm getting one for about what a new ASAT with a few options would cost me. G&L
What other brands have piqued your interest? How has it turned out - still got them?
I've been through a Fender Japan phase over the last year and a bit. I've bought five of them, had 3 max at any one time and ultimately I've kept none. Why? Well just about everyone knows the answer to this, but for those that don't here's a pictorial clue:
And for a video - this has been doing the internet rounds recently. Amazing playing by any standards, to put it brashly a kind of a cross between Yngwie Malmsteen and Hank Marvin playing a Morricone score for a European film from the mid '80s. Enjoy!
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp2Jm4IfzUg[/video]
