Airline Map Electric Guitar (Custom Color: Black)
Is there an Eastwood or Airline guitar you’ve always wanted but in a different color? Different hardware? Or perhaps a left-hand model of something that is only available in right-hand? Well now it may be possible to have whatever you want. Read on…
Earlier this year a customer came to us asking for a custom shop guitar. He wanted an Airline MAP guitar, but he wanted it with gold hardware, gold switchplate and gold pickguard. Our standard reply was, “Any time we introduce a new color/model, our factory has to make a minimum of 8 pcs, so if you want to buy 8 of them, we’ll do it”. Typically at this point the customer will say, “Oh, I guess that’s out of the question then”.
But this customer was different. He said, “I’m willing to pay a LOT more for this, so name your price and let’s get it done!”. That got me thinking. I liked his concept of the gold hardware MAP model and I thought it would appeal to some of our existing customers, but did not want to make 8 of them only to sell just one. So I went back to him and suggested the following arrangement:
- Send us deposit of $3,000 to commit to the order, and within 3-6 months, the 8 custom guitars will be completed.
- Once complete, we send him his one guitar.
- Then we offer the next 7 guitars at $999 each (including hardshell case) to our customers via www.myrareguitars.com
- Once we have sold 4 of them, we refund $2300 back to him, making his cost on the custom guitar of his design only $700.
He agreed, and here is the guitar (sorry, they SOLD OUT within the first week!!).
So if there is something you are looking for that we do not currently make, send me an email and we can talk about it: michael@myrareguitars.com
More pictures of the Airline Map in black:
Airline Map Electric Guitar (Custom Color: Black)
Airline Map Electric Guitar (Custom Color: Black)
Airline Map Electric Guitar (Custom Color: Black)
Airline Map Electric Guitar (Custom Color: Black)
Airline Map Electric Guitar (Custom Color: Black)
Airline Map Electric Guitar (Custom Color: Black)
August 1, 2012 at 10:54 am
OK . . . left handed Bass VI, metallic margarita green with a purple pickguard. The Gammacaster! WHO’S WITH ME?
August 1, 2012 at 11:30 am
Cool idea! I love when small business owners come up with creative solutions like this. And it’s a very cool guitar!
August 1, 2012 at 11:45 am
What about a double-cut dual tone? Or is that different?
August 1, 2012 at 12:12 pm
I got one of those! Everyone who’s seen the guitar falls in love of it!
August 1, 2012 at 5:18 pm
I just bought a Ichiban Galesi. was this why that guitar exists?
August 2, 2012 at 2:30 am
I dream of a sidejack baritone DLX in black finish and chrome hardware but I don’t have 3000 $…
August 9, 2012 at 9:37 am
I really really love this idea! It makes me wish I had a little extra $ to spend right now. Keep thinking outside of the box, putting customers first, and cranking out awesome instruments!!!
August 9, 2012 at 11:07 am
I’ve been interested in either a Supro Dual Tone, Airline Twin Tone, or Airline H44 Dlx, but with the bridge/tremolo system of the Ichiban or Sidejack Dlx.
August 9, 2012 at 11:10 am
we can put a BIGSBY on the Supro or the Twin tone. But the Jazzmaster style tremolo would create a new model, hence the $3,000 deposit model…
August 11, 2012 at 1:55 am
I would love see the 59 Town and Country with knobs in on the bottom. Ive been thinking about getting a lefty and flipping it so the knobs are on the bottom. Being right handed personally I’d love if the knobs were on the bottom, as I need my left hand to play the neck and would prefer not to reach up and over the strings with my right. -JMS
August 18, 2012 at 5:33 am
Mike,
Are you going to do another run of these black Maps with gold hardware? I would be interested.
Cheers
Alan
August 18, 2012 at 9:21 am
yes, we will start taking orders in October.
August 19, 2012 at 10:21 am
Thanks Mike. Cheers.
September 6, 2012 at 11:02 am
Hi, I bought one of those custom guitars by Ebay, but my guitar just have a serial code in the back. Oposite to others custom Airline Map that says for example “1-8″ (one of eight guitars)
Why is that?
Regards
September 6, 2012 at 11:12 am
Some guitars are “custom”, which means different colors or options. Some are “Limited Edition”, which means only a limited amount are made of them.
September 6, 2012 at 11:23 pm
I wonder of anybody would want a different color tenor? Not sure if they are hot sellers. A candy apple red, sea foam green might be cool for that.
September 7, 2012 at 8:55 am
I am the one who thought of the guitar. Mike was great to work with on it and I have had great feedback on it. I am glad it sold so quick!
October 3, 2012 at 8:06 pm
How do I get a hold of Eastwood by Phone?
October 3, 2012 at 8:15 pm
905-702-8291
October 4, 2012 at 11:05 am
For some reson can’t get through on that number. What I wanted to know is if I can get the 2pdlx vintage reissue Eastwood in Seafoam green with a wtite pick guard and wihte buttons and chrome keys and a Bigsby with out killig me on money.
October 5, 2012 at 9:09 am
Read this for the answer to your question:
http://www.myrareguitars.com/eastwood-special-order-guitars-order-yours-today
October 5, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Thank you very much.I like your guitars I think I am going to go with the Airline map in the seafoam.If I had that kind of money I would do to in heart beat. Thank You for your time Mike N.
January 28, 2013 at 6:39 pm
Suggestion for new model: a thin-line, single Florentine cutaway, similar to Epiphone Sorrento or Dearmond Starfire Special. Or double cutaway like Eko Florentine.
I’m the happy owner of an Eastwood Doral (my fave) and Supro Coronado, both lefty.
Thanks, Mike.
January 28, 2013 at 8:53 pm
I think Epiphone is doing the Sorrento already (soon) and likely made in China. What about the Gretsch Super Axe without all the on-board stuff?
January 30, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Super Axe type would be cool, too. P90s or those coil-tapped humbuckers like you put on the Doral! Better still: HiLoTron single coil type. Am I the only player who loves the sound of HiLoTrons?!
March 12, 2013 at 1:00 pm
Very cool guitar, but I could only see the picture only