The Guitars of David Daily

David Daily
1425 Greenbrae Drive
Sparks, Nevada 89431

Phone number: (775) 359-6370

WebSite: http://www.dailyguitars.com

Models:

Indian rosewood with spruce or cedar top
Brazilian rosewood with spruce or cedar top

Price: I am currently selling my guitars for $7500, regardless of the type of wood they are made of.

Please call for current prices on options (special tuning machines, different cases, etc.)

Projected waiting period for delivery:

Currently the waiting list is about one year.

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Sound the luthier is seeking:

Powerful, but with warm, sweet tones, brilliant trebles and clear inner voices.

Preferred sound wood:

Spruce or cedar, depending on artist's preference.

Preferred back/side wood:

Indian rosewood

Preferred scale length:

64 cm and 65 cm

Optional available lengths:

At artist's request.

Neck width (at nut):

2-1/16 inches

Thickness of neck (at first fret):

22 mm

Optional available neck thickness (at first fret):

At artist's request.

Other available options:

Right now I have a wide array of woods--everything from Brazilian rosewood to Macassar ebony.

Other comments:

I have been building guitars for over twenty years. In that time I have bult over three hundred instruments. Like most Americans who embark on building guitars, I began with no woodworking skills, and little idea of what a good guitar was. My best assets were bulldog-like stubborness and an open mind. Over a period of about fifteen years I developed an idea of the guitar I would like to build, and with the help of other woodworkers I learned to use the tools of the trade. When, in 1994, I was given the opportunity to go to Granada, Spain and work with Antonio Marin Montero, the patriarch of the Granada school of luthiers, I went gladly. Antonio is a fine gentleman with a wonderfully sweet demeanor. I have never seen anyone with greater mastery of his tools. This, coupled with the contruction techniques which have been used in Granada for generations, were a great inspiration for me. They cast a totally different light on luthiery and allowed me to build guitars not by the force of will alone, but with knowledge and skill functioning within a framework of techniques that work. Today my guitars are a combination of what I learned in twenty years in the field. While I am indebted to a great number of people, my guitars are uniquely mine, reflecting both years of personal experience and traditional procedures and techniques.

This page was originally created on 2/26/96 and was last updated on 5/3/08.

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