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Originally Posted by Jimmy Recard
I guess I’m interested if people would mainly go for choice of woods, cosmetics, or dimensional specifications.
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Those reasons are only three of the reasons I would do a custom.
Choice of woods - definitely. My last Irvin was moon spruce top with granadillo back and sides, ebony bridge and ebony fingerboard. No company offers that combo.
I was able to pick the moon spruce top from a lot of 3 that Jean Larrivee sent up. Good luck doing THAT with Yamaha.
Plus, I was able to give the luthier a lot of direction on the tone and response I desired so that he could then use that when voicing.
Wayne was very familiar with my style so it was much easier for him to build the instrument that would empower that.
I've ended up with an instrument that is so far beyond mass production or even 'custom shop' that I only wish I had done it sooner.