I had a fellow I met at the Greg Koch G-DEC clinic a few weeks ago stop by on Sunday to jam for awhile. He is a younger guy but very into the older country music. We had a really good time picking and he really impressed me with his technique and knowledge of the old tunes.

Anyway, he was playing a Davison guitar, a brand I am totally unfamiliar with. It has EMG designed humbuckers with a very single coil sound to them. Very clear and clean and the quilted maple top in transparent blue is gorgeous. I'm assuming the neck and body are mahogany.


He took a real liking to my 50th anniversay Danelectro and by the end of our jam session he proposed a trade. His Davison for my Dano ( I never really bonded with the Dano). I really liked his Davison so I agreed to the trade but said if he changed his mind, to give me a call and I would let him swap back. Well he called me this morning and said he would like to keep the Dano so the deal is done. I now own a Davison guitar that I know absolutely nothing about other than it plays and sounds really good. Also, the rosewood board is cleared like on a Ricky.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk255/borgrif/Davison.jpg

Nice!

That's a great looking guitar!

Nice work Bear!! looks like a real keeper! looks like it might be a little PRS-inspired!

Congrats, Bear! She's a beauty!

... It has EMG designed humbuckers with a very single coil sound to them. Very clear and clean ...

That's gotta be the first time I've read anything that made EMG pups worth considering.

Is that guitar an actual hollow-body?

Is that guitar an actual hollow-body?

It seems to be, you can see something inside the guitar through the bottom (or at this angle, right) f-hole

Nice guitar you picked up there Bear, and I must say I like the blue :). Definitely not what you'd think of at first glance for your taste in music, but it sounds like you've found something special. Congrats.

You're so modern, Bear.

That's a nice trade Bear.
There's something magical about blue archtops :)

Nice!

Bear and the Blue Meanie.

Good Trade!

Happy NGD Bear!
Who doesnt love NGD? Happy for ya. I had a really crap day today... but this news brought a smile. Thank you.

David Gilmour used a Strat with EMG pickups during his more recent years in Pink Floyd, before reverting to the Black Strat, and those EMG pups sounded fantastic clean and dirty. Good score, Bear!

Is that guitar an actual hollow-body?I believe so, it is very lightweight.