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New 2010/11 Danelectros
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:31 am
by Will
Finally getting back to the U series!
Dolphin-head with a humbucker - looks awesome and has period correct concentric knobs
Proper U2 (but with U1 controls). Looks like they got the coke-bottle headstock closer than previously.
also, Steve Dickrider hates gay peeps.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:39 am
by Peter Bond
I love the look and love the concentric knobs but I cant stand guitars that are humbucker and single. It must be the autistic side of me coming out but guitars must have either two/three single coils or two humbuckers and never the twain shall meet.
Also, dont like that headstock really, I prefer side by side on those guitars.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:13 am
by Will
I don't like hum/single either. It never balances right.
I think I'd check out the U2, though. If it's hum-cancelling in the middle and the finish isn't too thick, then maybe...
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:34 am
by gaybear
they all look pretty but aren't worth that price.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:36 am
by theshadowofseattle
I LOVE THE RED/BLACK CRACKLE.
For homophobes, they sure offer some FABULOUS finishes.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:24 am
by Mages
gaybear wrote:they all look pretty but aren't worth that price.
$399
List.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:27 am
by gaybear
Mages wrote:gaybear wrote:they all look pretty but aren't worth that price.
$399
List.
i know, but that's still too much for the quality. i think they are fun guitars, but you can get better quality for the same price.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:40 am
by Will
Seriously? They'll street for like $280. That's totally right for the quality. The 59DCs this past year were just as good as my original Dano.
You can get a better quality guitar for $280, but that guitar is not this guitar.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:41 am
by gaybear
meh, i bought one for an ex for 99$ brand new.
i think 200 is ok, but the pots fall apart, etc.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:00 am
by hotrodperlmutter
theshadowofseattle wrote:For homophobes, they sure offer some FABULOUS finishes.
lellies
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:10 am
by timhulio
How can you trademark the term 'Lipstick' pickups. That's retarted.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:02 am
by westtexasred
Wait...so now it is "ok" to buy new Danos? Hot diggity dog!
This is like the new season of Eureka: The equation has changed!
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:05 am
by stewart
only if you're a fag hatin' nut who wants to fund ANTIGAYISM and probably doesn't like black people or jews either.
Re: New 2010/11 Danelectros
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:16 am
by westtexasred
Will wrote:
Dolphin-head with a humbucker - looks awesome and has period correct concentric knobs
Did Danelectro ever make a Dolphin-head under their own name or just the Silvertones?
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:18 am
by benecol
Interesting that they've come back to the traditional bridge and concentric knobs, but I'm not a fan of the dolphin headstock and I think lipstick humbuckers look silly. Much as I opened this thread in fear (lest they reissue something really cool) fuck ever buying a new Dano again.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:58 pm
by SirAstatine
I still want a Dano 12-string DC. Seem to have dissapeared again
Re: New 2010/11 Danelectros
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:58 pm
by Will
westtexasred wrote:Will wrote:
Dolphin-head with a humbucker - looks awesome and has period correct concentric knobs
Did Danelectro ever make a Dolphin-head under their own name or just the Silvertones?
Good question. If they do exist, I don't think I've ever seen one. The dolphin-nose guitars were only made from the last half of 60 through 61, and by that time about 80% of Dano's guitars were branded for Sears. It would certainly be a rare bird!
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:07 pm
by jcyphe
I would never buy a new product from this company, I don't care what they release. Don't support bigotry.
I hope somebody challenges all those false trademarks dude is trying to get.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:49 pm
by avj
To be fair, Nat Daniels' Danelectro did invent the "lipstick tube" pickup.
From Nat Daniels' son, Howard (from
NATHAN I. DANIEL, Danelectro Founder and SuperOutrigger Inventor):
In his autobiography, Joseph N. “Joe� Fisher, Sears’ principal musical instrument buyer from 1959 to 1968, wrote that “Nat was an innovator who understood the principle of ‘rigid control of expense,’ an example of which was his innovative and inexpensive … magnetic pickups used in electric guitars. He made them from surplus [actually, they were not “surplus� at all] lipstick tubes, bought from a cosmetics manufacturer. He inserted the electronics in the tubes and produced the lowest cost guitar pickup in the industry.� Low-cost they may have been, but their innovative design makes them still highly sought-after by many guitarists today, who love their distinctive sound as well as their “cool� appearance.
Love them or hate them, Evets does in fact own the rights to use the name in that context.
You can't directly link the searches, so I had to take a screenshot.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:13 pm
by Nick
jcyphe wrote:I would never buy a new product from this company, I don't care what they release. Don't support bigotry.
Quoted for truth, seriously.