What custom guitar commissions are you expecting delivery on in 2022?
 

Unbelievably, we have arrived at the end of 2021 (they all seem to fly by the older that I get). I suspect that a number of you fellow AGFers have some custom guitar commissions in the build queue with manufacturers, small shops and luthiers. Hopefully, some of you will share your builds and or completed commissioned guitars here in the AGF “Custom Shop” throughout 2022.

What guitars are you expecting & from which manufacturers/small shops & luthiers will we be seeing here in 2022?

I will update a summary list here over the next 4 to 6 weeks (through January) based on responses in this initial post.

COMPANY—————————————————————-(n)—-
Michel Aboudib--------------------------------------------3---
Archaic Guitars (Tim Garst)——————————————1—-
Andrea Bagnasco & Alessio Casati——————————-1—-
Rye Bear———————————————————————1—-
Allen Beardsell————————————————————1—-
Marc Beneteau————————————————————2—-
Black Creek Guitars (Kevin Dean)—————-—————1—-
Jayson Bowerman——————————————————-2—-
Nick Branwell—————————————————————1—
John Buckham————————————————————2—-
Leo Buendia—————————————————————-1—-
Circa (John Slobod)—————————————————-4—-
Collings Guitar--------------------------------------------1---
Russel Crosby————————————————————-2—-
Tom Doerr (RIP)———————————————————-1—-
Emerald Guitars———————————————————-1—-
Simon Fay——————————————————————1—-
Franklin Guitar Co. (Nick Kukich)———————————1—-
Froggy Bottom Guitars————————————————1—-
Michael Greenfield----------------------------------------2---
Halcyon Guitars (Ed Bond)——————————————1—-
Gage Halland————————————————————-1—-
Mark Hatcher————————————————————-3—-
Stephen Holst————————————————————-1—-
Indian Hill Guitars (Mike Kennedy)——————————1—-
Iris Guitar Co.————————————————————-2—-
Isaac Jang-------------------------------------------------1---
Brian Itzkin—————————————————-————1—-
John Kinnaird————————————————————-3—-
Stephen Kinnaird—————————————————-—7—-
Kevin Kopp———————————————-——————1—-
Jason Kostal—————————————————————1—-
Burton LeGeyt————————————————————1—-
Marchwood Guitars (Oliver Marchant)————————-1—-
Jordan McConnell———————————————————1—
McIlroy Guitars--------------------------------------------1---
Tim McKnight————————————————————-3—-
Joel Michaud—————————————————————3—-
Brook Moore—————————————————————1—-
Noemi Guitars (Noemi Schembri)——————————-1—-
James Olson—————————————————————1—-
Claudia & Claudio Pagelli———————————-——-—1——
Tyler Robbins----------------------------------------------1---
Kevin Ryan——————————————————————1—-
Santa Cruz Guitar Co.——————————————-——3—-
Bruce Sexauer————————————————————3—-
Skytop Guitars (Eric Weigeshoff)———————————1—
Anders Sterner————————————————————1—-
Taran Guitars (Rory Dowling)----------------------------2---
Dake Traphagen———————————————————-1—-
Treehouse Guitars (Zach Lefebre)———————-———1—-
Turnstone. Guitar Co. (Rosie Heydenrych)——————-1—
Veillette Guitars———————————————————-1—-
Wandering Boys Guitars (Jack Tarlinton)———————-1—-
David Webber----------------------------------------------1---
Ben Wilborn—————————————————————-2—
Kathy Wingert---------------------------------------------1---
TOTAL—————————————————————--—-88—-

SCGC OM Italian/Cocobolo expected delivery April 2022.

It’s hard to know for sure what will arrive in 2022, but I’m pretty sure about the following:

Pagelli 40th Anniversary (OM-ish guitar, Euro spruce and maple)
LeGeyt CLM (Carpathian spruce/koa)
Circa OM-42 (Adi/Braz)
Circa 00-12, style 30 (Adi/Braz)

Sexauer L00 adi/Pernambuco. His current build maybe finished this January.

A Simon Fay OM, Sinker Redwood over Tiger Myrtle, due in ~2 weeks, could actually arrive in '21. but probably not. Nothing ever arrives early.


(later, 1/24/22) Got it after7 days on the road... somewhere. And am loving it. I may post photos in a couple of days.

Franklin OM, Brazilian/German Spruce, starting sometime in the Spring.

In the pipeline for an Iris jumbo.

Halcyon OO White Oak/ Adi

Treehouse OM Wenge/Engelmann

Custom orders
 

Emerald X10 with a 1 3/4 nut. Expected sometime in February.
Veillette Jazz, maple back and sides, expecting around mid-year.

Bagnasco & Casati 000-42 red spruce/mahogany this summer.

Tom Doerr Solace due sometime in January. Brian Applegate will be putting the final setup and touches on this instrument. Sadly, the last guitar to come out of Tom's shop. I am still heartbroken about the loss of such a talented and caring individual.

Kostal MDC pernambuco/German
Olson SJ brz/cedar
Echopark ghetto bird

Some awesome builds coming down the pike.

I’m not certain it will make 2022, but a Buendia is on the list for me. I still need to make a visit to narrow down details.

I have two upcoming commissions scheduled for delivery during 2022:

• Santa Cruz Guitar Co., Model FS (Italian/Claro Walnut)
• Stephen Kinnaird, 000-12 (Adirondack/Macassar Ebony)

Fanned fret Indian Hill, which I need to finalize soon. Goal is more or less to build the scale length around CGCGCD tuning. Probably going to order an Applegate cedar SJ, too.