Denver Guitar Exchange is proud to be an authorized dealer for Ivison Guitars. We are a brick-and-mortar shop in Denver, CO, offering a unique mix of high-end gear, guitar repair/setup, and even weekend guitar building classes in partnership with Spampinato Guitars!

We are big fans of Neil Ivison’s design that brings the iconic tone of a Firebird into a well-balanced and exceedingly comfortable Junior-esque body shape. The critical structure that makes a Firebird sound the way it does, namely the pickups and neck-through construction, are preserved in this unique, functional, and more well-balanced architecture. The aesthetic is minimalist but maintains certain automotive and even Art Deco elements that inspired the Golden Era of guitar building. Simply put, the Dakota One delivers a wonderfully raw and unique Korina with a single Freebird (Firebird) pickup tone. Some players argue that a single pickup format allows the strings to vibrate more freely due to the reduced downward magnetic pull vs. multiple pickup formats. Whether you’re on board with that assertion or not, this Dakota One really resonates. At just 6.6 lbs, this one is easy on the back too. Good luck putting this down!

In the words of Ivison Guitars… “Stripped back to the bare bones, with the Dakota One, what you see is what you get. Designed to be an all out Rock n' Roll animal, the bridge pickup can be spec’d as a standard Freebird, a P90Bird or a PAFBird and when coupled with the simple wraparound bridge and unbound, old growth neck, you get a resonant, articulate tone machine.”

Body: White Limba

Neck:

o One-piece premium White Limba neck with 'ears'

o Long tenon construction

o 24.625" vintage scale length

o Single action, vintage spec truss rod

o Maple truss rod fillet

o Premium AAA Indian rosewood fingerboard

o Polished buffalo bone nut

o 12" radius

o 43mm nut width

o '59 neck profile

o Depth at 1st fret: 22.5mm

o Depth at 12th fret: 24.5mm

o Jescar 45100 nickel fretwire

o Vintage pattern celluloid dot inlays

o Celluloid side dot markers

Electronics

o Ivison Freebird bridge pickup only (7.4k bridge)

o CTS SSS premium taper 500k pots

o .022 paper in oil capacitor

o Switchcraft jack socket

Hardware

o Faber aged nickel compensated wraparound bridge

o Faber aged nickel anchors and studs

o Gotoh tuners

• Finish

o 100% nitrocellulose finish, vintage formulated

o Korina (Vintage Tinted)

Accessories

o Hiscox Liteflite case

o Ivison Guitars certificate of authenticity


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ConditionBrand New (New)
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Brand
Model
  • Dakota One
Finish
  • Korina (Vintage Tinted)
Categories
Year
  • 2025
Made In
  • United Kingdom
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Body Type
  • Solid Body

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