Ivison Guitars - Build and Repair Thread

Philly_Q

IvisonGuitars said:

In between Hurricane builds, I've been working on a new model i'm tentatively calling The Dakota.

Here's the neck heel detail...

Two completely different woods, or just differently-coloured mahogany?

IvisonGuitars

Philly_Q said:

IvisonGuitars said:

In between Hurricane builds, I've been working on a new model i'm tentatively calling The Dakota.

Here's the neck heel detail...

Two completely different woods, or just differently-coloured mahogany?

Just different colours of Mahogany, the neck being Honduran, the body African

IvisonGuitars

Evening chaps!

This has been getting quite a good reaction on my social media so far....

I envisaged this one as the soul of a Firebird, sprinkled with a little nod to the Flying V and with a more ergonomic, manageable vintage Single Cut feel and came up with The Dakota! 

wesker123

I saw these on Instagram. That green one is spectacular! 

Winny_Pooh

OUTSTANDING!

Schmo

You are raising the bar Neil...

sawyer

Awesome as ever!

guitargeek62

Bloody hell, those Dakota’s are fantastic! What finish is that on the green one - an aged Pelham, Inverness, or...?

IvisonGuitars

Ah, thank you chaps, very much appreciated as always!

guitargeek62 said:

Bloody hell, those Dakota’s are fantastic! What finish is that on the green one - an aged Pelham, Inverness, or...?

That’s an aged Pelham Blue - colour matched to a 1965 custom colour SG Junior I borrowed

roberty

That is such a great idea, Pelham blue too. All the fun of a Firebird without any of the embarrassment : P

impmann

Nice! A Vibrola (Lyre type) would make that even cooler, IMHO...

Or, fit a Mastery bridge and trem for a nod to the old with tuning stability for the modern world.... it would point it towards the Fano market a bit too. ;-)

Lovely, though. :-)

IvisonGuitars

impmann said:

Nice! A Vibrola (Lyre type) would make that even cooler, IMHO...

Or, fit a Mastery bridge and trem for a nod to the old with tuning stability for the modern world.... it would point it towards the Fano market a bit too. ;-)

Lovely, though. :-)

Thanks @impmann. Great minds as I have a vibrola on order as we speak  

guitars4you

P Blue looks ultra cool - Those mini humbuckers, are they a Firebird version, or more like the original Epi models - Good to see you are nice and busy - Hope to see you again soon at forth coming guitar shows in the late summer/autumn

IvisonGuitars

Saturday morning glue-up time...

IvisonGuitars

Another Hurricane off to it's new owner....

Gassage

Best one yet. I think I saw this in build....

IvisonGuitars

It's been rather busy in the workshop of late so I've neglected this thread somewhat!

Here's a few that have been completed recently:

Dakota in Tobacco Sunburst:



My own personal Hurricane has now almost completely faded to a beautiful honey burst/lemon drop:



I performed an 'Allen Collins Mod' (Dogear P90) in the bridge position of a heavy aged Pelham Blue Dakota:



And just finished up Hurricane #011 in 'Junior Burst' today:

roberty

Just stunning. The Dakota sunburst is my fave of these

tone1

That honey burst lemon drop is my idea of perfection 

Teyeplayer

Those Dakotas are something else, they look so cool!