Impatient for new GA5 delivery

[michaelw]

just out of curiousity, i'm wondering what the average wait time is for any of the other large scale builders

I mentioned my experience in another thread.

When I worked at Trader, I ordered a Martin D-35 for a customer. It took about six months, and that was a standard build. I had another customer who wanted a D-28 with tortoise binding. I was quoted a year. The guitar was actually delievered in about 9-1/2 months.

I just laugh and shake my head when people complain about waiting two or three months...

i saw that too & i wasn't sure if it was a common occurrence or if it was just in that particular instance -
also, if one lives on the same coast/area as the factory & decides to order from a dealer on the opposite side
of the country, then there's shipping from the factory to the dealer & then from the dealer to the customer

45 - 60 (working days), 9 - 12 weeks, up to 2 weeks for shipping (or longer depending on the continent)
holidays, company breaks vacation, NAMM, spring & fall LTDs ... 4 months + seems very reasonable to me

ymmv

[Steve]

Fender used to have a website that dealers could log on to so they could look at availability.

I ordered a guy an Fender American Standard Strat once. A guitar in the color and with the right fretboard wasn't in stock, nor was it shown to be on the production schedule. He got his guitar almost six months after he ordered it. The only things we were particular about were the color (Black) and the fretboard (Maple), and it took almost six months.

For a freakin' Strat...

[joe the strummer]

I recently took delivery of a new GS5 after about a 5 week wait.  I like a dark tone for fingerstyle, and the cedar over mahogany sounds great.  Very rich, syrupy, even.  Sounds like playing a fretboard full of zen meditation bells.  Playing in open tunings opens up whole worlds of warm tones; it's a transporting instrument and seems to be sounding better every day.  The sustain is impressive.   

I'm sure that reading this review will help you feel like the time is flying by as you wait for your GA5. 

[ggj]

I recently took delivery of a new GS5 after about a 5 week wait.  I like a dark tone for fingerstyle, and the cedar over mahogany sounds great.  Very rich, syrupy, even.  Sounds like playing a fretboard full of zen meditation bells.  Playing in open tunings opens up whole worlds of warm tones; it's a transporting instrument and seems to be sounding better every day.  The sustain is impressive.   

I'm sure that reading this review will help you feel like the time is flying by as you wait for your GA5. 

Thanks Joe!  Now I'm even more anxious.  I'm playing a lot in DADGAD these days and looking forward to using the guitar primarily to fingerpick.  Sounds like it should be more than up to the task!