I have a little bit different take on things. The majority of my guitars were made by luthiers that you would consider custom builders. I have only done one custom order guitar though. I chose the woods and cosmetics for that one but realize that I didn't really have any unique physical specifications that I care about. A typical 1 3/4 neck usually feels fine to me. All of the others were orphans or spec guitars that I purchased from the builder and I have been totally happy with all of them. My one custom order from John Walker took about a year from when we first talked about it until I received it which is pretty quick in the grand scheme of things. I just don't have the patience to get on a 3+ year wait list.
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