Ivison Korina Dakota One Reverse 2025 Pre Owned

Pre-owned Ivison guitars don’t come along very often, particularly models as distinctive as the Dakota One Reverse.

Built in 2025 from lightweight korina, this example has seen only light home use and remains in the same superb condition as when it left Neil Ivison’s workshop. It’s an opportunity to own one of Ivison’s most sought-after single-pickup models while avoiding the wait for a new build – and at a significant saving over today’s new price.

The Dakota One Reverse distils everything that makes the Dakota such a compelling guitar into its purest form. One pickup, one volume control, a wraparound bridge and absolutely nothing to distract from the connection between player and instrument.

Fitted with Ivison’s own outstanding P90Bird pickup, this guitar occupies a space between a classic P-90 and a vintage Firebird pickup. It has all the clarity, bite and dynamic response you’d expect, but with a sweeter top end and exceptional note separation. Clean tones shimmer with detail, while winding up the gain delivers an addictive combination of punch, growl and articulation.

The reverse six-in-line headstock gives the Dakota One Reverse its unmistakable identity. Alongside the striking looks, many players enjoy the subtly different feel of the longer bass strings, adding a little extra elasticity under the fingers and contributing to the guitar’s lively, resonant character.

If you’ve been considering an Ivison, opportunities like this don’t come around often. Compared with a current new price of £3,795, this represents exceptional value for a guitar that is, for all practical purposes, exactly as it left the workshop.

• Brand: Ivison Guitars
• Model: Korina Dakota One Reverse
• Year: 2025
• Serial No: 107
• Weight: 6lb 12oz /  3.11kg
• Finish: Aged Natural, 100% Nitrocellulose Finish, lightly aged, vintage formulated and non plasticised
• Body: Korina
• Neck: Korina
• Profile: ’59 profile
• Neck thickness: 22.5mm at 1st fret, 24.5mm at 12th fret
• Fretboard: Premium AAA Indian Rosewood, 12″ radius
• Scale length: 24.625″
• Frets: 22 Jescar 45100 Nickel
• Nut: Polished Buffalo Bone
• Nut width: 43mm
• Bridge Pickup: Ivison P90bird 8.1k
• Controls: 1x Volume, 1x Tone
• Electrics: CTS SSS Premium Taper 500k Pots, Premium PIO Caps
• Bridge: Faber Compensated Wraparound Bridge
• Tuners: Gotoh Aged Tuners, 15:1 Ratio
• Case: Hiscox Liteflite Case