Custom "Dave" guitar's are built around licensed Fender™ bodies and necks, perfectly fitted to each other for a tight, stable connection.  This improves vibration transfer and gives the instrument a true unity feeling.  The fretwork is very carefully hand milled, polished and glazed with jewelers rouge to a lustrous mirror finish. The incredible big sparkle paint in the headstock and body is applied by Marty Bell in San Diego, (see martybellfinishing.com). The matching mirror guards and back plate add an interesting dimension as they tend to change appearance with the surrounding light. With the great combination of Duncan Phat Cat and Hotstack pickups.  With the hardware set of Sperzel keys and Wilkinson tremolo, you have an uncanny connection to the strings with a big, full and very diverse selection of tones not often found on instruments of this style. Aside from having a truly responsive instrument in your hands, you'll attract a lot of oohs, aahs and attention because they're so great to look at!!! 

This guitar looks alive on the inside!

Specialized parts include:

1) Custom sparkle finish - Royal Blue - Deep Red - Bling Gold - Chrome Silver  - Emerald Green - Champagne Pink  These finishes are extremely thick and rich, they look 1/4" deep and just light up on the inside!!!

2) 14" radius Maple neck, skunk stripe, truss adjust at heel of neck.

3) Full bathtub route, medium-light weight, Alder body

4)Sperzel Trimlok color matched keys

5) Seymour Duncan Fat Cat neck position,Hot Stack middle & Fat Cat bridge position pickups (other Seymour Duncan pickups are available, call for more details!)

6) Color matched mirror guard and trem plate

7) Wilkinson VS100G tremolo

8) CTS pots, single volume and tone, tone is a push pull to tap humbuckers to single mode when available.

9) Completely shielded electronics cavity

10) Belden shielded wire

11) Switchcraft jack and switch

12) Graphite nut

13) Schaller straplocks

14) Brass color matched Q-Knobs

15) Detailed assembly with full fret level and polish to mirror finish.

16) GHS .010 to .046 strings (others upon request)

17) Studiologic molded hard-shell case