More questions about GMW

[pitboss]

Re: More questions about GMW

I'll PM you with details.

[Chameleonfong]

Re: More questions about GMW

I'm curious too, could you kindly PM it to me too?



Thanx
Fong

[The Chase]

Re: More questions about GMW

So, how much would a custom GMW cost? Approximately?

[Chuckracer]

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http://www.gmwguitars.com/class/gmwprice.html

[pitboss]

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Anyone have any ideas as to another headstock shape ? Jackson pointys and strats are out.

[dinkyjacksonman]

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Actually if you want to design your own headstock shape, you can.
Instead of goin with Lee's new new headstock design, you can come up with your own design and it will be cool as hell.
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[charvel pointy head]

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I will add this. THe real wait time for a GMW is graphic dependant. A simple 1 hum takes Lee less than a week to assemble from what he has on hand unless you ask for custom specs (like a change in neck conture or flamed/birds eye maple for the neck etc).

The thing that takes time is if you want Dan Laurance to do a graphic. At last count, figure at least 6 mos. or more (Jackson/Charvel still farm out graphics to Dan - even simplier ones if you ask them to (which I did recently) so Dan's time is gets booked fast many months in advance. I have a GMW on order which has been waiting for paint since last May.

I would expect that if you want a solid color that anyone can shoot, the wait time will be consideralble shorter.

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Um, in my experience, and I have one of the last stratheads, I got my Hotrodflames, ordered in July of last year, the next September. I commissioned my cobalt blue 2 hum March of this year, got it 13 August. Now that said, these 2 guitars are Never going to ebay in some fire sale. GMW's are hands down the best "Charvels" you can get your hands on. Well worth the wait. I was on the phone w/ Lee the day he got the "cease and desist" order from Fender. I think he should just pay the license, or contract to build the Charvels in the first place. My GMW's in head to head are better than the usa prod charvels anyway IMHO.

[RR05xx]

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Glad you got them quick. Things have changed with the fancy graphics since then (which I assume your cobalt blue is not). When I ordered by 2002 Skull, it came in a few months as well. From what Lee told me when I ordered by latest -which is advanced camo with matching headstock, Fender is now making seriuos demands an Dan's time and too some extent, I get the feeling Fender may (and I say may) be getting some preferance over regular customers getting to Dan via GMW.

[neilli]

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I must admit the graphic wait times do put me off getting anything other than solid colours from Lee until things can speed up. Shame, cos I fancy a B/W dragon at the moment! There are still a few graphic bodies listed in the GMW classifieds, but I'm sure Lee told me that all he had in stock was a couple of Jakes......
Cheers
Ian

[BennyD]

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Ya know...I've been reading this forum for a few weeks and looking into GMW's, and after reading what Fender has done to the small players in the guitar industry I have no desire to ever put my hands on another Fender product...period. That includes the new Charvels and Jacksons.

[dinkyjacksonman]

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So are you getting a GMW guitar?
Good luck!
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[pitboss]

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Anyone have some insider info on what GMW's headstock will look like ?

[dinkyjacksonman]

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Contact Lee.
That would be the only way to find out.
Even some poeple already know what they look like, Lee would never let them to reveal the designs until he says go.

[BennyD]

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I emailed Lee and he said he will "hopefully" have his new headstock design ready to be showed sometime in October. So, that could be a week from now, that could be a month from now. Patience is a virtue [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[BennyD]

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If someone wanted a strathead on their GMW, could they pay extra to have Lee pay the fender license? Or is the licensing thing like an annual fee rather than a case by case fee?