Proto Birdman

this guitar is a personnal mix between  the crestwood deluxe and a personnal design beside this it was also a radio birdman reference, once own by Deniz Tek (“zeno beach” and “deep reduction” area, see his comment here under).

Deniz tek (Sydney / Detroit ) / Radio birdman/Deep reduction/Soul movers etc …
– I have owned a DR ‘Birdman Proto’ for 8 years. I have taken it on tour with Radio Birdman and Deep Reduction, and used it in many recording
sessions including ‘Zeno Beach’ and Deep reduction II
The neck is fairly narrow with a medium radius which suits my hands. The playability is slick and there are no intonation problems. I have never
had to adjust the neck in several years. It is probably the most versatile guitar in my inventory, with a wide range of tones. The 3 pickup arrangement utilising standard vintage SD mini humbuckers in the bridge and neck position and a high output pickup in the middle also gives a range of signal output that yields very favourable touch response, hitting the front of the preamp stage of the amplifier. This gives a spectrum of glassy clean tones through clean drive
to hard crunch. The guitar is beautifully designed. The look is eye catching, unique and very cool, and I get asked constantly about it. People want to know what it is, where I got it etc. It features top quality hand selected wood and the finishing is perfect. All hardware is excellent. Construction is sturdy and I found the guitar to be very roadworthy, bulletproof even under difficult conditions mixing frequent air and van travel with long hard use and abuse. It stays in tune and does not mind getting dropped once in a while.
I dont think I could have got a better guitar for twice the price.

D.Tek