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While browsing the Guitar Center in Boston near Berklee I found something I thought was too good to be true, a Danelectro Thinline 12 String. I didn't get a chance to play it, but it looked pretty sweet. I tried to find more info about it, but Dano's website was less than helpful. I've got a Dano 12-string, so it's the last thing I need right now, but I just wanted to alert you all to its existence. For reference, here's one of the two pictures of it I could find anywhere:



Seems like a great idea, and it looked more solid than the average Danelectro to me. I can't say enough good things about the Dano 12 I've got now, and this looks like it could be even sweeter.

No such thing. The f-hole is painted on, it's a sticker or if not someone has hacked the hole out. The tuners are replacements too.

Actually, these weren't offered in sunburst, so it could be a custom/refinished body.

timhulio wrote:No such thing.

iont know...

According to the page I found that from after a 2 second google search, that was a limited edition.

My bad! God that looks weird.

I like it a bit! the metallic 2-tone burst is kinda rad from that angle

at least it looks metallic in that pic

there's one of these at the guitar center in my city! and it plays and sounds awesome.

I played one today....made me miss my dano xii really bad...I like my vox, but the danos just ring out so nicely. Wish I could justify both.

Nick wrote:I played one today....made me miss my dano xii really bad...I like my vox, but the danos just ring out so nicely. Wish I could justify both.

Me too, but one 12 string is all I need now. The sunburst is gorgeous though, I like it more than the standard black and white.

that f still doesn't look real. having a thinline version would be cool, but ditch the boring f shape. it really drags down the dano look

Soggasaurus wrote:

Nick wrote:I played one today....made me miss my dano xii really bad...I like my vox, but the danos just ring out so nicely. Wish I could justify both.

Me too, but one 12 string is all I need now. The sunburst is gorgeous though, I like it more than the standard black and white.

i've owned a dc12, a fender strat 12, and a rickenbacker 620/12

the dano, price considered, is all you need imo

George wrote:

Soggasaurus wrote:

Nick wrote:I played one today....made me miss my dano xii really bad...I like my vox, but the danos just ring out so nicely. Wish I could justify both.

Me too, but one 12 string is all I need now. The sunburst is gorgeous though, I like it more than the standard black and white.

i've owned a dc12, a fender strat 12, and a rickenbacker 620/12

the dano, price considered, is all you need imo

Agreed, however the flat out nicest xii I played was a Coronado XII.

But yeah that was over 4x the cost of the dano I sold George.

i'd really like a DC-12, if i ever buy a 12 string it'd be one of those.

I got lucky and found a pristine DC 12 at a yard sale. I wasn't even looking for a 12, it was just too nice to pass up. It's a shame there aren't more of the mid 90s reissues up for grabs, but I guess that just means no one's letting go of them.

The current Danelectro company has done a bunch of weird prototypes and test runs. I don't doubt it is real.

I had a folder on my old computer with pictures, there was hollow-body Jazzbox, a U shape with a resonator...

just came back from guitar center, i saw one of these there and was like "holy shit i need to play that right now" and i did and god damn that is a comfortable neck

It seems that production of Danos came back to Korea and it is one of the reasons why prices grew up. They also have differences in the construction of the neck - headstock now has more historically accurate shallower angle and the neck in general became thinner

daftsupernova wrote:just came back from guitar center, i saw one of these there and was like "holy shit i need to play that right now" and i did and god damn that is a comfortable neck

yeah it looks best on paper for me: slimmish D profile, 1.75" nut width, as well as a 15" radius (and of course feels best in application). it's basically a shred neck lol

it just wins for playing fingerpicky stuff up and down the neck