What are some of the strange requests you’ve had for building a custom guitar?
A client wanted a guitar in the shape of an axe. Another client wanted a guitar that looked like a keyboard. These were local players. I like that your customers feel like they’re part of the building process. We have a big difference in the way we make guitars than other companies. We take the order in the front of our office and can start building it in back. Many custom shops don’t do that. After they take the order they have to order the parts. Then they have to send it somewhere else to have it assembled. They send it somewhere else again to do the paint. We can do everything right in the back. What’s your turnaround time? It depends on the model, but if it’s an easy job we can have it done in a couple of months. The more complicated jobs take longer. Our customers are very happy. We also make our own pickups and our own parts. Our most popular model is called the PG-10, which is a custom single coil old-fashioned type pickup. We also have a humbucking pickup called the PG-50. It’
