Daniels guitars builds and finishing

Danielsguitars · March 2023

My version of a custom is nearly done, lighter weight, thinner and fully sculpted, it'll be 7.5lbs ish hopefully.

webrthomson · March 2023

Custom looks awesome - love that combo of pickups - Staples in the neck are just magic

Danielsguitars · March 2023

webrthomson said:

Custom looks awesome - love that combo of pickups - Staples in the neck are just magic

Cheers Ross, have to say very excited for this one and that new offset above, can't wait for that one too.

Danielsguitars · March 2023

Think I absolutely nailed my goldtop colour, same thing lightweight and thinner with all the sculpting on the back , I've got nos old wire mojo p90s going in this one and I'm putting it up against a real one ASAP

webrthomson · March 2023

Now that is a goldtop - thats very nice indeed - smashing it out the park Darren!

Are you going to age that?

Danielsguitars · March 2023

webrthomson said:

Now that is a goldtop - thats very nice indeed - smashing it out the park Darren!

Are you going to age that?

Yep all aged and I've got a thinner burst next that's getting the whole treatment, I want these to look like proper old ones from the front but fully sculpted on the back
I've got mojo old wire pafs going in the burst

Danielsguitars · April 2023

It's alive but needs pickup heights adjusted then just pickguard, backplates and truss rod cover to make and I'm done.
Love the pickups so far

guitars4you · April 2023

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - that looks so cool

roberty · April 2023

Yeah it is! Missed this post the other day. I do love my Custom but it is nearly 11lbs. This looks like a much more sensible way to do it. The headstock is better too. Superb

Danielsguitars · April 2023

roberty said:

Yeah it is! Missed this post the other day. I do love my Custom but it is nearly 11lbs. This looks like a much more sensible way to do it. The headstock is better too. Superb

11lbs is just ridiculous, I wouldn't even want 9lb now, if you're going to Bristol come and have a go

I'm doing Marc at mojo pickups a full on 55 replica, I've got an original 60 headstock veneer to copy too, it's one off and that might weigh 8.5 ish pounds but I picked the lightest body blank and used a lightweight mahogany cap to control weight, I'm still drilling the wiring channel like an original.

Danielsguitars · April 2023

guitars4you said:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - that looks so cool

Thanks and it's probably the coolest thing I've built so far, I absolutely love the look of custom binding that's aged.

roberty · April 2023

Danielsguitars said:

roberty said:

Yeah it is! Missed this post the other day. I do love my Custom but it is nearly 11lbs. This looks like a much more sensible way to do it. The headstock is better too. Superb

11lbs is just ridiculous, I wouldn't even want 9lb now, if you're going to Bristol come and have a go

Yeah it is a lump. Didn't bother me so much when I was a regular at the gym! I am playing a PRS S2 Standard in my band now, you barely know it's there. The extra scale length means you can dig in a bit harder too

I will be at the show, it's more or less next door to me now. Look forward to checking out your guitars, it's been a while :-)

Kuras · April 2023

Excited to play the Custom and Goldtop at the Bristol guitar show. I’m sure they sound as incredible as they look

Danielsguitars · April 2023

Here's a quick clip of my really bad playing but I wanted you to have a listen ASAP, I absolutely love this guitar.

Danielsguitars · April 2023

Here's more pics of the new
custom model Royale 55

Image: https://i.postimg.cc/LX2RWTTB/20230405-171851.jpg

Tone71 · April 2023

That looks and sounds great Darren, looking to forward to seeing it in the flesh!

lovestrat74 · April 2023

Absolutely stonking

SteveF · April 2023

Good Lord, that custom and gold top look phenomenal.

Danielsguitars · April 2023

SteveF said:

Good Lord, that custom and gold top look phenomenal.

Thanks I'm pretty excited about these, they've got me back into a LP style guitar, the problem was I got used to lightweight and comfortable.

Danielsguitars · April 2023

Here's a few goldtop pics, checking came out great

Danielsguitars · April 2023

Quick custom demo

Danielsguitars · April 2023

New model called the underdog, it's a 40mm thick body and built like my usual vintage stuff, I've done a 2 way truss rod but in a vintage maple filler strip style as a prototype, I'll be using this on everything in future, it works really well and only a 6mm allen key access hole.
The idea is use different woods and pickups for different tones, it's bigger than my pugilist but smaller than a jazzmaster and i like how this is turning out.

Danielsguitars · June 2023

Can't wait for this silver burst underdog model.

Danielsguitars · June 2023

Had an original 54 goldtop over and did a quick compare, nothing in it apart from about 20k

Danielsguitars · June 2023

Original 1954 goldtop vs my Daniels Royale54

roberty · June 2023

Danielsguitars said:

Nailed it

Danielsguitars · June 2023

roberty said:
Nailed it

Can't remember if you played this one, anyone who says you can't get near the old ones is talking utter crap, this proves it imo.

roberty · June 2023

Danielsguitars said:

roberty said:

Danielsguitars said:

Nailed it

Can't remember if you played this one, anyone who says you can't get near the old ones is talking utter crap, this proves it imo.

I played them both mate. They sounded and felt just like vintage guitars to me. You've really struck the balance there

Danielsguitars · June 2023

My version of a 59 burst is nearly done, just the binding to do then string up, the fretboards are built up on the neck after the binding rebate is cut into the full width neck, it makes it look right but alot more work
This is built exactly like the other carved tops but I'm using a 2 way truss rod with threaded ends so I can put a maple filler strip in like the vintage ones, all because I use hot hide glue on these builds.

Danielsguitars · June 2023

My stripped down Riffraff lite is an oil finish junior using a Spanish cedar body and neck, Indian rosewood fretboard, Jescar frets, gotoh tuners, I'll be moving to a faber tone bar with vintage studs and bushes, pickup is a mojo dog ear p90 that is very versatile, I've had this out gigging with Tom Kuras who's a great all rounder, functions, his own projects, he's been out playing with Beth Rowley lately and playing Bass with Elles Bailey who I really like.

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