Danelectro Guitars

streethawk

I feel like I need one.

Am I dementing?

rpr

I have a red U2 which i got when they were first reissued-tis a wonderful wee thing.Had it cranked up through a marshallstack with a guvnor pedal with no signs of squealing, which people would have you believe. 

axisus

One brand that I really don't like. I'm sure they are fine guitars though, just not for me.

ICBM

http://i.imgur.com/qB6DL3G.jpg

Convertible

Surprisingly much more different from the standard electrics than you might expect from the appearance - the body is slightly deeper, but completely hollow. It's supposed to be usable as an acoustic as well, hence the name, although it isn't really - or not for more than practicing, anyway - it's not very loud, and quite tinny. It's quite a good electric though - it sounds cheap, but in a good way. Feeds back to a fairly extreme degree even at very low volume, which I like . Super cool, if not exactly "great". For some reason my kids love it - it's their favourite out of all my guitars.

Beware though - this one needed quite a bit of work to make it really playable when I got it. It just wasn't made quite right in the first place.

streethawk

Lovely stuff chaps. Inspirational. 

I've just bought two! :-S

Pics to follow. 

streethawk

Keen Green!

streethawk

Aqua?

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Watched J J Cale's 'To Tulsa and Back' DVD. He was playing a double cut Danelectro reissue on most of his gigs featured in the film. It sounded mighty fine!

streethawk

The centre position on the keen green one is really, really nice. Tuned it to DADGAD for now. 

I need to get some new strings on them and clean the fretboards. 

So far so good! 

horse

streethawk said:

Keen Green!

I've got a red one of those 'Pro's. Tuned to open G, amp driven to light breakup, and the pickups sound fantastic and sparkly. I believe they are a little hotter than standard dano pups, so would be interested to know if you hear a difference between the two you've bought?

streethawk

Yes Horse, they are higher output. 

Loving the necks, nowhere near as skinny as you might expect. Decent sized frets too. 

horse

streethawk said:

Yes Horse, they are higher output. 

Loving the necks, nowhere near as skinny as you might expect. Decent sized frets too. 

Interesting - I'd definitely call the neck on mine skinny.

I also find mine still sounds good even with very old strings!

Nice colour btw.

WezV

Here is my DC59 with sitar bridge

Pyroman

streethawk said:

Aqua?

   Wow- that's a gorgeous one!  I'm jealous.  Great buy.

JookyChap

I have a deep urge in the direction of one of those Wild Things, I may not be able to suppress mucho longer...

streethawk

You'll take an eye out with that thing!

For me, I'm thinking a 12 string is in order... 

JookyChap

streethawk said:

You'll take an eye out with that thing!

I think it's being born before the moon landings and expecting to grow up having holidays on mars and ultimately finding it looks a lot like Weston super mare. I need a little bit of the Jetsons in my life..

jaygtr

Had my U2 for about 12 years and I love it as much as my les Paul and tele.
And I agree it's sounds just as good with really old strings strangely :-?

paulk

ddlooping

@paulk: your photo
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2362/5816298024_3dd4f07af8_b.jpg

streethawk

Cheeky sunburst!