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J.R. Rogers
08-20-2002, 09:18 PM
Don't forget - you need to place your TaylorStock guitar order with the dealer of your choice by August 26th. Please inform your dealer of this deadline, so that they don't sit on the order.

Also, please be sure to sign the bottom of the custom shop order sheet where it says "customer signature."

As of today, Taylor has only received about a dozen orders of the 52 guitars that were specified. (I expect that this is mostly due to delay on the part of the dealers.)

Thanks.
J.R.
jmeinel
08-20-2002, 09:35 PM
Both of my guitars are now on order. :roll:

I'm so giddy it's killing me. :lol:

Now time to sit and twiddle my thumbs until I get 2 UPS packages in a month or so. :(
meridian
08-20-2002, 10:06 PM
I think the signature was the problem for some folks (or so I have heard). Just simply that they faxed in their orders to their dealer but neglected to sign it.

I signed mine! Just waiting for Pete Davies (Jr) to talk to Bob T about some custom inlay work.:) It's hard to play with your fingers crossed!

CAN'T WAIT!
cpmusic
08-20-2002, 10:12 PM
I signed my form, and if I hadn't, I'm sure my dealer would have brought it to my attention. My order should be one of those dozen. Now for the wait.....I don't do waiting very well....
Cisco
08-20-2002, 10:44 PM
Mine's in !!!! hehehe I went thru Steve..so that means no UPS for me !!!! Me and cpmusic are gonna cruise down together and pick our babies up. So how long do you think ? Steve said 4 to 6 weeks !!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh

Ron
J.R. Rogers
08-20-2002, 11:42 PM
As far as I know, some of them will start getting turned out pretty quickly - within the next month. But some of the wood was in a very raw state and needs some work and kiln time. Also, be aware that these guitars are going to be walked through production very carefully. No room for error on these babies. We know from experience with JW's guitar that it's too easy for things to go wrong real quick, even when they're being closely supervised. I have these horrible visuals in my head of Buffy sending a TaylorStock guitar spinning into plexiglass heaven, turning it into toothpicks. It can happen! :eek: I believe some of the guitars will take as much as 60 days and possibly more if there is custom inlay involved.

J.R.
buddiesorg
08-20-2002, 11:59 PM
JR, I wouldn't worry too much about Buffy ... I've heard she's been quite a good girl after she demolished a Sea Turtle guitar ... so she's been untemperamental for quite some time. :)
Steve314
08-21-2002, 12:55 AM
Originally posted by buddiesorg
JR, I wouldn't worry too much about Buffy ... I've heard she's been quite a good girl after she demolished a Sea Turtle guitar ... so she's been untemperamental for quite some time. :)

Oh man, did that really happen??? That would've been quite a thing to see...

Steve
Lisa
08-21-2002, 04:45 AM
I have these horrible visuals in my head of Buffy sending a TaylorStock guitar spinning into plexiglass heaven, turning it into toothpicks. It can happen!

Bite your tongue, J.R.! After the dream I had last night that was not a welcome thought. I dreamed that my beautiful 414 was inadvertently done in a cherry sunburst, and it was a badly done one, I mean VERY badly done. In fact, in the dream it looked so bad that Bob T took it from the case and said "who on earth did this?" when I told him I had no idea, he looked at the neck and said "who on earth set this up?" YIKES! :eek:

Thank God it was only a dream. I need to stop reading about JW's guitar right before going to bed.:roll:
david_m
08-21-2002, 06:16 AM
I have this recurring nightmare that my guitar is going to be perfect until....... They accidentally cut a hole in the side for electronics. Oh, I would be heart broken.

Actually, I think I'm just spending too much time thinking about this guitar. What I need is a hobby to take my mind off of the wait. Oh wait, guitar is my hobby. Yikes, the wait is killing me.

David
JW
08-21-2002, 10:12 AM
Someone needs to tell me the story on my guitar when I get the new one. JW
JW
08-21-2002, 10:14 AM
Originally posted by JW
Someone needs to tell me the story on my guitar when I get the new one. JW Cause you really got me scared. I feel like they built frankinguitar then sent it into the village:roll: JW
cpmusic
08-21-2002, 10:28 AM
Originally posted by J.R. Rogers
Also, be aware that these guitars are going to be walked through production very carefully.

In addition, I think Bob said he would be inspecting them personally before they're sent out. That will probably add some time, since I'm sure he has other things on his schedule.
Cisco
08-21-2002, 12:16 PM
I had a dream that they used my wood for an exclusive line of hi gloss toilet seats !!!!!

Ron
charlemagne52
08-21-2002, 12:29 PM
Originally posted by JW
Cause you really got me scared. I feel like they built frankinguitar then sent it into the village:roll: JW

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

I can just imagine Bob T in his lab with the lightning bolts zipping around overhead!
rsimper
08-21-2002, 12:47 PM
Originally posted by JW
Cause you really got me scared. I feel like they built frankinguitar then sent it into the village:roll: JW

Funny you should mention this JW, or at least term it that...

BT was mentioning that whenever they try things out, they often make what they call Frankenstein guitars, which are just kind of quickly thrown together from parts to test combinations of wood or something like that...

One FrankenSpruce, a FrankenLTG and a FrankenBaby on the side for JW...coming right up!!!
Rick Crider
08-22-2002, 02:52 PM
welp....
.....my order's in now......(refreshing sigh here..)

Took it by the dealer today....he filled in his portion and faxed it on to Taylor while I was there.......

Now the wait begins.....officially......

Rick
JW
08-22-2002, 03:11 PM
Originally posted by Rick Crider
Now the wait begins.....officially......

Rick Thats the tough part!:) JW
MusicChica007
08-22-2002, 03:26 PM
It's funny that everyone was mentioning dreaming about their guitars and such, because a couple nights ago I had a dream that Bob T was having a Taylorstock for little kids, and I was helping him pass out goody bags! It was hilarious! :roll:
cpmusic
08-22-2002, 04:05 PM
Becki, did the kids pick out wood for their own Taylorstock Baby guitars? :)
meridian
08-22-2002, 04:27 PM
Thats the tough part! JW

And JW's the guy who ought to know!
buddiesorg
08-22-2002, 09:01 PM
It's not that long of a wait ... I'd think most, if not all, will be done before December.
meridian
08-22-2002, 10:30 PM
It's not that long of a wait ... I'd think most, if not all, will be done before December.

Mary, December is a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG ways away! It's like a hundred days. It's FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!:eek:
buddiesorg
08-23-2002, 07:40 AM
Well, let's just say that I think it's safe to say no one is going to be waiting 9-10 months for their guitar ... :)
Dennis
08-25-2002, 09:13 AM
Got my two on order... and now the test of patience begins... i can be patient..really i can... i can i can i can.. really i can...

ok...

are they done yet? :-)

d
Mike Carter
08-25-2002, 06:52 PM
I trust in God and Steve314,

That my order is in,

I am like all the rest of you guys I can't Wait.

There are so many variables on mine that I am having a hard time visualizing what it is going to look like. The suspense is Killing me.