Production Time

stubby · Post by **stubby** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:31 am

I doubt our new Governor General would allow Ben to enter Canada on such a tour-after all, the ensuing mayhem and madness would just be too much for our quiet Canadian sensibilities. Otherwise, I would've offered to host you on the Northern leg of your tour Ben.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:17 am

Ben, I can quietly sneak you into Canada from the Detroit side...

bitzerguy · Post by **bitzerguy** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:33 am

Ben doesn't need to sneak into Canada, the new Gov. General is from party central Quebec. Just bring Rics. LOL!

John, here in Montreal, there is more eye candy and easy girls in any form... dancing or (use your imagination) than just about anyplace else in North America. I left Place d'Armes subway station on Saturday, heading for Old Montreal, and was so totally distracted by "scenery" that I suddenly found myself standing in the middle of a 6" deep, 30 foot diameter water fountain... very classy like.

...Dean

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:46 am

Ideally ALL guitars on a given production order are finished in three weeks. This doesn't always happen though since a model like a 330 can be constructed much faster than a 381/12V69.

However, we don't give a whole lot of leeway as far as extra production time for tougher models because of the amount of work we have.

300's and 4003's are not as time consuming as 600's.

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:53 am

Excellent info Ben - thanks a lot.

what's wrong with the UK may I ask....?

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:00 am

I love the UK.

I'd just want to wait till things settle down a little.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:47 am

My apologies to all our English brethren. Seems the place hasn't been the same since I visited in June '02.......

myfretless · Post by **myfretless** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:11 pm

Thanks for the info, Ben, I very much appreciate it. It is interesting that the 600s tend to take longer than the 300s. I would have thought the 600s to be more like the 4000s. Must be all that fancy checkered binding!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:40 pm

Well, let's be a bit clearer, Brad...620s are white bound. 660s are double-bound on the front, first with checkered binding and then with a white binding over that.

Binding is very, very labor-intensive.

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:19 pm

The binding is a bear but what delays those guitars the most is the fact that the necks on 600 series models are 100% handmade. A 650 takes almost as much time to produce as a 620.

This goes for 4004's as well as the 5002V58's (which we happen to have few in the factory right now)

bbobb24 · Post by **bbobb24** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:22 am

Hi Ben, can I ask what the reason is that the 600 series necks are 100% hand made and the other series necks aren't?

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:38 am

They have not been programmed on the CNC machines yet.

tito · Post by **tito** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:33 pm

Is the 325 programmed?

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:01 pm

I suppose you're referring to the C64? They are up and running.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:02 pm

Man, I sure would like to see a photo of a rack of Bluebursts waiting for hardware or setup!