What custom guitar commissions are you expecting delivery on in 2018?

[Jamiejoon]

Late to the party here: 1 John Kinnaird, 1 Mario Beauregard, 1 Leo Buendia. Holy Cow!

[iim7V7IM7]

Updated AGAIN on 23 Feb 2018...

Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7

Updated (again)...

Unbelievably, there are only 3-weeks remaining in 2017 (How did that happen? ). I suspect that a number of fellow AGFers have some custom guitar(s) commissions in the queue for quite some time that we may be lucky enough to see realized here in the AGF Custom Shop throughout next year.

What type of guitar(s) are you expecting and from which luthier(s) will we be seeing here in 2018?

I will added a summary list that I will update from time to time based on responses in this initial post.

# - LUTHIER/BUILDER (64 guitars so far)

1 - Jim Allison
1 - Ted Astrand
1 - Jeff Bamburg
2 - Michael Bashkin
2 - Mario Beauregard
2 - Marc Beneteau
3 - Laurent Brondel
1 - Leo Buendia
1 - John Buscarino
1 - Jeremy Clark
1 - John Datlen
1 - Steve Denvir
1 - Mike Franks
1 - Michael Greenfield
1 - John Greven
1 - Gage Halland
2 - Hampton Brothers
1 - Mark Hatcher
3 - John Kinnaird
1 - Steve Kinnaird
2 - Jason Kostal
1 - Sparky Kramer
1 - Nick Kukich (Franklin Guitar Co.)
1 - Dennis Kwasnycia
1 - Tim McKnight
1 - Jim Merrill
1- Joel Michaud
2 - Henrik Norlund
1 - James Olson
2 - Jonathan Razo
1 - Jake Robinson
1 - Tom Sands
2 - Santa Cruz Guitar Co.
6 - Bruce Sexauer
7 - John Slobod (Circa Guitars)
1 - Stefan Sobell
2 - Joel Stehr
1 - Stephen Strahm
2 - Ben Wilborn

[picassov7]

Lucky to have a 13 fret Fairbanks F35 with Sitka top and Adirondack braces coming my way in the fall hopefully!

[iim7V7IM7]

De latest and greatest...

Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7

Updated (again)...

Unbelievably, there are only 3-weeks remaining in 2017 (How did that happen? ). I suspect that a number of fellow AGFers have some custom guitar(s) commissions in the queue for quite some time that we may be lucky enough to see realized here in the AGF Custom Shop throughout next year.

What type of guitar(s) are you expecting and from which luthier(s) will we be seeing here in 2018?

I will added a summary list that I will update from time to time based on responses in this initial post.

# - LUTHIER/BUILDER (65 guitars so far)

1 - Jim Allison
1 - Ted Astrand
1 - Jeff Bamburg
2 - Michael Bashkin
2 - Mario Beauregard
2 - Marc Beneteau
3 - Laurent Brondel
1 - Leo Buendia
1 - John Buscarino
1 - Jeremy Clark
1 - John Datlen
1 - Steve Denvir
1 - Dale Fairbanks
1 - Mike Franks
1 - Michael Greenfield
1 - John Greven
1 - Gage Halland
2 - Hampton Brothers
1 - Mark Hatcher
3 - John Kinnaird
1 - Steve Kinnaird
2 - Jason Kostal
1 - Sparky Kramer
1 - Nick Kukich (Franklin Guitar Co.)
1 - Dennis Kwasnycia
1 - Tim McKnight
1 - Jim Merrill
1- Joel Michaud
2 - Henrik Norlund
1 - James Olson
2 - Jonathan Razo
1 - Jake Robinson
1 - Tom Sands
2 - Santa Cruz Guitar Co.
6 - Bruce Sexauer
7 - John Slobod (Circa Guitars)
1 - Stefan Sobell
2 - Joel Stehr
1 - Stephen Strahm
2 - Ben Wilborn

[fitness1]

Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7

De latest and greatest...

Pretty likely you can add Bill Wise/Charis to the list - shopping for some outstanding wood to have him build me a Mahogany/Sitka SJ.

So far these are the "winners"

[iim7V7IM7]

This thread is leading me to believe that things are looking UP for custom lutherie...

Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7

Updated (again)...

Unbelievably, there are only 3-weeks remaining in 2017 (How did that happen? ). I suspect that a number of fellow AGFers have some custom guitar(s) commissions in the queue for quite some time that we may be lucky enough to see realized here in the AGF Custom Shop throughout next year.

What type of guitar(s) are you expecting and from which luthier(s) will we be seeing here in 2018?

I will added a summary list that I will update from time to time based on responses in this initial post.

# - LUTHIER/BUILDER (66 guitars so far)

1 - Jim Allison
1 - Ted Astrand
1 - Jeff Bamburg
2 - Michael Bashkin
2 - Mario Beauregard
2 - Marc Beneteau
3 - Laurent Brondel
1 - Leo Buendia
1 - John Buscarino
1 - Jeremy Clark
1 - John Datlen
1 - Steve Denvir
1 - Dale Fairbanks
1 - Mike Franks
1 - Michael Greenfield
1 - John Greven
1 - Gage Halland
2 - Hampton Brothers
1 - Mark Hatcher
3 - John Kinnaird
1 - Steve Kinnaird
2 - Jason Kostal
1 - Sparky Kramer
1 - Nick Kukich (Franklin Guitar Co.)
1 - Dennis Kwasnycia
1 - Tim McKnight
1 - Jim Merrill
1- Joel Michaud
2 - Henrik Norlund
1 - James Olson
2 - Jonathan Razo
1 - Jake Robinson
1 - Tom Sands
2 - Santa Cruz Guitar Co.
6 - Bruce Sexauer
7 - John Slobod (Circa Guitars)
1 - Stefan Sobell
2 - Joel Stehr
1 - Stephen Strahm
2 - Ben Wilborn
1 - Bill Wise (Charis)

[jaymarsch]

Originally Posted by Tim Porter

I went public with this info in the Sexauer thread but not yet here. Bruce is currently and very rapidly building me a koa/Italian spruce Schoenberg Soloist (and you can see the work in progress in that thread). Bruce's next project will be another one of his guitars for me, with the asymetrical shape, multi-scale, cutaway and wedge things going on.

So that's two Sexauers.

PLUS, one Sobell: In the target of opportunity category, I bought my fifth Stefan Sobell guitar 10 days ago and it's another OM-ish creature: Sobell New World in Malaysian Blackwood and bear-claw sitka (of all things). Here's a pretty creative guitarist giving this guitar his seal of approval. It was in my 2018 guitar game plan to buy one of Stefan's New World models and he offered exactly the guitar I wanted as a spec instrument, so I jumped. It's stellar.

Congrats on these builds. Stefan and Martin have made some beautiful music together over the years. Looks like Bruce will be kept busy.

Best,
Jayne

[Teleplucker]

Here's two photos of the Circa OMX prototype. New model by John Slobod. This one is not my guitar. I will start a new thread when mine is underway.

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[nwapoolguy]

Bayard Blain in mid April

[Tim Porter]

Originally Posted by jaymarsch

Congrats on these builds. Stefan and Martin have made some beautiful music together over the years. Looks like Bruce will be kept busy.

Best,
Jayne

Thanks, Jayne. The Sobell is unique. Bruce is amazing to work with and it’s a double dose of amazement to boot.

[iim7V7IM7]

Updated....I am going to stop updating this at the end of the first quarter...

Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7

Updated (again)...

Unbelievably, there are only 3-weeks remaining in 2017 (How did that happen? ). I suspect that a number of fellow AGFers have some custom guitar(s) commissions in the queue for quite some time that we may be lucky enough to see realized here in the AGF Custom Shop throughout next year.

What type of guitar(s) are you expecting and from which luthier(s) will we be seeing here in 2018?

I will added a summary list that I will update from time to time based on responses in this initial post.

# - LUTHIER/BUILDER (67 guitars so far)

1 - Jim Allison
1 - Ted Astrand
1 - Bayard Bain
1 - Jeff Bamburg
2 - Michael Bashkin
2 - Mario Beauregard
2 - Marc Beneteau
3 - Laurent Brondel
1 - Leo Buendia
1 - John Buscarino
1 - Jeremy Clark
1 - John Datlen
1 - Steve Denvir
1 - Dale Fairbanks
1 - Mike Franks
1 - Michael Greenfield
1 - John Greven
1 - Gage Halland
2 - Hampton Brothers
1 - Mark Hatcher
3 - John Kinnaird
1 - Steve Kinnaird
2 - Jason Kostal
1 - Sparky Kramer
1 - Nick Kukich (Franklin Guitar Co.)
1 - Dennis Kwasnycia
1 - Tim McKnight
1 - Jim Merrill
1- Joel Michaud
2 - Henrik Norlund
1 - James Olson
2 - Jonathan Razo
1 - Jake Robinson
1 - Tom Sands
2 - Santa Cruz Guitar Co.
6 - Bruce Sexauer
7 - John Slobod (Circa Guitars)
1 - Stefan Sobell
2 - Joel Stehr
1 - Stephen Strahm
2 - Ben Wilborn
1 - Bill Wise (Charis)

[sunpowder]

Quite a list...but it is JOHN Allison (not Jim)

[mikealpine]

Originally Posted by Teleplucker

Here's two photos of the Circa OMX prototype. New model by John Slobod. This one is not my guitar. I will start a new thread when mine is underway.

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Love the look of this, and the micro bevel (if that is what I am seeing) looks fantastic!

[iim7V7IM7]

Corrected (thanks)

Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7

Updated (again)...

Unbelievably, there are only 3-weeks remaining in 2017 (How did that happen? ). I suspect that a number of fellow AGFers have some custom guitar(s) commissions in the queue for quite some time that we may be lucky enough to see realized here in the AGF Custom Shop throughout next year.

What type of guitar(s) are you expecting and from which luthier(s) will we be seeing here in 2018?

I will added a summary list that I will update from time to time based on responses in this initial post.

# - LUTHIER/BUILDER (67 guitars so far)

1 - John Allison
1 - Ted Astrand
1 - Bayard Bain
1 - Jeff Bamburg
2 - Michael Bashkin
2 - Mario Beauregard
2 - Marc Beneteau
3 - Laurent Brondel
1 - Leo Buendia
1 - John Buscarino
1 - Jeremy Clark
1 - John Datlen
1 - Steve Denvir
1 - Dale Fairbanks
1 - Mike Franks
1 - Michael Greenfield
1 - John Greven
1 - Gage Halland
2 - Hampton Brothers
1 - Mark Hatcher
3 - John Kinnaird
1 - Steve Kinnaird
2 - Jason Kostal
1 - Sparky Kramer
1 - Nick Kukich (Franklin Guitar Co.)
1 - Dennis Kwasnycia
1 - Tim McKnight
1 - Jim Merrill
1- Joel Michaud
2 - Henrik Norlund
1 - James Olson
2 - Jonathan Razo
1 - Jake Robinson
1 - Tom Sands
2 - Santa Cruz Guitar Co.
6 - Bruce Sexauer
7 - John Slobod (Circa Guitars)
1 - Stefan Sobell
2 - Joel Stehr
1 - Stephen Strahm
2 - Ben Wilborn
1 - Bill Wise (Charis)

Originally Posted by sunpowder

Quite a list...but it is JOHN Allison (not Jim)

[NCBluesman]

I have a Mark Hatcher Greta nearing completion. It's Cedar over Black Walnut, 13 frets with a cutaway.