The Dave Special...It took me a while to decide on a body style, no matter what I built along the way it was all food for thought. I'm done now but the shape is finalized as well as the headstock. No two guitars are the same and they all have well thought out features. Any instrument I made took lots of time to build/finish/assemble. Labor of love to make playable art.
My features include: Different body woods and tops for each guitar, chambering in the body, high quality body wood (not painted black to hide inferior wood), laminated necks for strength/stability and visual feature, and figured wood used when I have it, NO plastic binding or fancy logos or any of that commercial stuff, these are the real deal and don't need flash. Just real features from an artist and a logo burned on with a branding iron. All hardware is name brand not cheap, most of it is Gotoh but I can use others. So when I finish one it is visually appealing, finished beautifully (I wrote a book on how I do this), and sounds amazing in it's own way (not trying to copy anyone) and is a joy to hold and play right out of the box.
The typical DAB will be a bolt on (I like finishing the necks in satin poly for a slick feel), usually 25" scale but can be 25.5" as well by request. If you inquire and I have something I'm working on or hanging out on the shelf you may be able to ask for some custom options. I shoot for 7.5 lbs. which is normal weight, use EVO long wearing frets most of the time and can do medium or jumbo. Rear control routs or tele style ( I understand the popularity of this one and agree its cool). When I do a tele style plate the chambering gives lots of room underneath for mods etc. And the blade switch gives more options than a 3 way toggle as well. I have a couple fingerboards left of the multiscale which is 25.25" to 24.75" which basically came about as an idea to start with the shorter scale of 24.75" and tighten up the bass giving a more lively sound but keeping the sweet highs. A great experiment I was glad to be able to do but I'm at the end of it now. Just using the two mentioned above and there may be a possible third one for use on acoustics depending how many I make...
If you are making a guitar I say good for you, so many are doing it now. I was lucky to do what I did as lumber was cheap and available. I wouldn't want to have to find wood now...Anyways if you have any questions you can't find answers too out there then drop a line, website is still up for now...
My features include: Different body woods and tops for each guitar, chambering in the body, high quality body wood (not painted black to hide inferior wood), laminated necks for strength/stability and visual feature, and figured wood used when I have it, NO plastic binding or fancy logos or any of that commercial stuff, these are the real deal and don't need flash. Just real features from an artist and a logo burned on with a branding iron. All hardware is name brand not cheap, most of it is Gotoh but I can use others. So when I finish one it is visually appealing, finished beautifully (I wrote a book on how I do this), and sounds amazing in it's own way (not trying to copy anyone) and is a joy to hold and play right out of the box.
The typical DAB will be a bolt on (I like finishing the necks in satin poly for a slick feel), usually 25" scale but can be 25.5" as well by request. If you inquire and I have something I'm working on or hanging out on the shelf you may be able to ask for some custom options. I shoot for 7.5 lbs. which is normal weight, use EVO long wearing frets most of the time and can do medium or jumbo. Rear control routs or tele style ( I understand the popularity of this one and agree its cool). When I do a tele style plate the chambering gives lots of room underneath for mods etc. And the blade switch gives more options than a 3 way toggle as well. I have a couple fingerboards left of the multiscale which is 25.25" to 24.75" which basically came about as an idea to start with the shorter scale of 24.75" and tighten up the bass giving a more lively sound but keeping the sweet highs. A great experiment I was glad to be able to do but I'm at the end of it now. Just using the two mentioned above and there may be a possible third one for use on acoustics depending how many I make...
If you are making a guitar I say good for you, so many are doing it now. I was lucky to do what I did as lumber was cheap and available. I wouldn't want to have to find wood now...Anyways if you have any questions you can't find answers too out there then drop a line, website is still up for now...
