Anyone waiting forever for a guitar?

nomadgtr

I agree with Scoredog, time to ask for your money back. You could have had several guitars built in that amount of time with other luthiers who are more customer-centric.

ChrisMartin

And if and when you do get any deposit paid back.......NAME and SHAME so the rest of us do not make the same mistake.

vanmalmsteen

Just got my van Halen guitar, a Kramer, retro 80s kind of deal. Took 19 months I believe. By the time it got here I had forgotten about it and was sort of over it.lol

Obviously the Covid stuff severely disrupted production and distribution

billyshakes

https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/109102#Comment_109102

Make sure you add it to the guitars in your profile! 🎸🤘

Bones

Maybe ask for progress pictures? Is it close enough to drive over and see it?

cmcmurphy22

I can highly recommend working with Craig Bumgarner. Great guy and amazing guitars.

nomadgtr

I concur cmcmurphy22. Craig is an example of the kind of luthier I described above that I look for when commissioning a new build.

swiessler

I agree with both of the last two comments. Craig is not only a talented luthier, but patient and accessible

to prospective clients. He remains that way throughout the entire process.

Gouch

Time-pressuring and/or over-communicating with a quality luthier 100% guarantees you won’t be getting the best work that luthier is capable of.

(Which is not to say no schedule and/or zero communication is acceptable; I’m saying if you want “the goods”, you need to submit to the idea of letting a sensitive craftsperson rip and do what they do. Late stage feedback/adjustments of the finer setup points is a simple matter of peeling off some reasonable quantity of $20s from a big visible stack)

ChrisMartin

https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/109128#Comment_109128

Maybe, but two years?