How do you deal with Custom Shop wait times?
How do you deal with Custom Shop wait times?
This is meant to be light hearted but I'm currently waiting for a Dunable Asteroid, I'm currently at 3 months of my 4-6 month wait time and I'm now starting to get ancy haha. I keep looking at the spec sheet, deciding where I'm going to hang the guitar, the first song I'm going to play on it, looking up pictures of similar colored CS guitars Dunable has put out. Is this what Christmas feels like? I had almost forgotten haha.
What's the funniest thing you've done while anticipating your Custom Shop arrival?
Not a custom shop order but back in 2021 while awaiting the arrival of my firstborn, I decided to treat myself to a Gibson ES-339 in transparent ebony during supply shortages. I’d call sweetwater at least twice a week to see if there was a any word on when they’d show up. Looked at countless YouTube unboxings and reviews, thought of which first songs to play on it, which amp I was going to run it through, essentially all the things you’re doing now.
One of the times I called Sweetwater my regular rep wasn’t there so I was connected with another guy (I’ll keep his name private in case this somehow gets him in trouble). Out of sheer curiosity, I asked him how much of a discount he could give me on a Sweetwater exclusive Lemonburst LP Standard and he said he could do $2100. I felt that was too good to pass up so I canceled the 339 order and switched to the LP. I’m so glad I did. It came a few weeks later and I haven’t looked back.
Moral of the story for me is, if I wait long enough for a guitar, I’ll lose interest and move on to something else.