Up and Coming NGD!!

[DanDoulogos]

I ordered a brand new 3 tone sunburst Tribute Doheny a few minutes ago, from an online retailer in Quebec.

I had a coupon, and a discount I took advantage of but it still came in at $US 770.00.

I don’t expect to see it in the next six weeks, but I’ll let ya’ll know when it finally shows up.

I just been pining over a V12 lately, and thought this’d be a good distraction!

Dan

[sam]

Howdy Dan,

Looking forward to your review and all the pics we know you’ll share.

Now the waiting is the hardest part. Hum, sounds like a great song title.

[john o]

that's exciting, Dan, hope it comes sooner than anticipated!

[mutts]

Congratulations but wow, what a long wait!
I'd like to try the standard Doheny pickups. I'm less interested in the V12- too many switches for me!
Sadly, I'm not a fan of the neck width being used on new G&Ls. I suspect any G&L purchases I might make in the coming years will have to be used guitars- no Doheny for me.

[DanDoulogos]

I just got an email this morning from the vendor - the estimated delivery window is 2 - 4 months (yes.... months).

I endured this sort of wait when I bought my JB2 (Tribute) back in '22. I had ordered that a month before Christmas (as a Christmas gift for myself). It arrived in February '23.

So I knew what I was getting into when I made the order.

The only thing painful about the purchase (so far) was that a few days ago I saw a mint (used) seafoam US Doheny in my local craigslist for just $600 more than what I paid for the Tribute. I took a day to weigh the hassle of cancelling my order to buy the local Doheny, and paying a bit more to buy locally. Yet by the time I convinced myself to pick up the local one, it was already sold.

Sadness.

But to be sure I've owned six G&L guitars, three were US made, and three were Tributes. To be sure, the US versions are better - but not by much. I don't mean that to suggest that the US models are poor quality - but rather to say the Tribute models I've owned have been excellent -performance ready- guitars.

So I'm not put off by the delivery delay... well maybe a bit put off - but not surprised. I'm hoping for an April delivery. We'll see.

[tomanche]

It will be worth it, and after it arrives, the waiting part will fade into the distance.