15 years ago a kid with an idea
… became a case study in do what you love and you’ll work every single moment of every single day for the rest of your life.
Daylighter. The guitar that started everything.
It’s kind of unbelievable when you think about it.
When I started down this path, I had no idea there was a boutique guitar market… heck I never even realized that guitars weren’t something made by wizened, reclusively mountain monks who only passed their secrets down on stone engraved tablets and only the select few would ever know the forbidden craft. The hubris to think I could just take wood and metal and bend them to my will and make an instrument from it!
OK so maybe that’s a bit over the top but it’s how I felt when in the early 2000’s I started going down this rabbit hole simply because a really nice piece of maple came into my life. While I had already been making some bodies and other things, Daylighter was the first design I did completely from scratch, start to finish. I learned so much and had no idea that people would respond to this design or that it would ultimately be the catalyst that launched a million bad credit scores.
Daylighter 15th Anniversary
We decided to celebrate this milestone by doing a limited run of Daylighter Super Supremes.
Happy 15th birthday to Daylighter! This limited run of Super Supremes was made to celebrate Daylighter’s anniversary.
Sold to Rusty’s Cool Guitars, Mount Pleasant, SC.
Maple top and back, Spanish Mahogany set neck, Gold Sparkle binding with Black Purfling
Finished in Ocean Turquoise
TV Jones Powertron and Powerton+
TonePros Tune-o-matic and Tailpiece, Hipshot Open-backed locking tuners
24.75” scale, 12” radius, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets
.88"-.97” Standard C profile neck, 1.70” nut width
6 lbs 14 oz
Happy 15th birthday to Daylighter! This limited run of Super Supremes was made to celebrate Daylighter’s anniversary.
Maple top and back, Spanish Mahogany set neck, Gold Sparkle binding with Black Purfling
Finished in Caddy Green
TV Jones Powertron and Powerton+
TonePros Tune-o-matic and Tailpiece, Hipshot Open-backed locking tuners
24.75” scale, 12” radius, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets
.89"-.96” Standard C profile neck, 1.70” nut width
6 lbs 11 oz
Happy 15th birthday to Daylighter! This limited run of Super Supremes was made to celebrate Daylighter’s anniversary.
Maple top and back, Spanish Mahogany set neck, Gold Sparkle binding with Black Purfling
Finished in Tahitian Coral with Gold Sparkles
TV Jones Powertron and Powerton+
TonePros Tune-o-matic and Tailpiece, Hipshot Open-backed locking tuners
24.75” scale, 12” radius, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets
.86"-.95” Standard C profile neck, 1.70” nut width
7 lbs 4 oz
Happy 15th birthday to Daylighter! This limited run of Super Supremes was made to celebrate Daylighter’s anniversary.
Maple top and back, Spanish Mahogany set neck, Gold Sparkle binding with Black Purfling
Finished in Seafoam Green
TV Jones Powertron and Powerton+
TonePros Tune-o-matic and Tailpiece, Hipshot Open-backed locking tuners
24.75” scale, 12” radius, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets
.87"-.96” Standard C profile neck, 1.70” nut width
7 lbs 3 oz
Happy 15th birthday to Daylighter! This limited run of Super Supremes was made to celebrate Daylighter’s anniversary.
Sold to Cottonwood Music Emporium, Costa Mesa, CA.
Maple top and back, Spanish Mahogany set neck, Silver Sparkle binding with Black Purfling
Finished in Silver Nebula
TV Jones Powertron and Powerton+
TonePros Tune-o-matic and Tailpiece, Hipshot Open-backed locking tuners
24.75” scale, 12” radius, 22 Jescar 47095NS frets
.88"-.96” Standard C profile neck, 1.70” nut width
7 lbs 3 oz
Michael Burks
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