Danelectro guitars - are they still available?

[tremoloman***]

http://www.danguitars.com/

http://www.danguitars.com/59-DC.html

I wanted one of those Page style Dans myself

I see they have some new reissues for '07... I'll keep checking up on that site until I find the one I've been yearning for.

[tot_Ou_tard]

I see they have some new reissues for '07... I'll keep checking up on that site until I find the one I've been yearning for.

kerc is selling his, if you're interested. That is, unless Iago already bought it.

[Brian Krashpad]

I see they have some new reissues for '07...

Yep, this is correct, they flooded the market with the RI's for several years and then totally stopped guitar production for a few years and concentrated on their effects pedals. Last year or so they started up guitar production again.

I'll probably get a Dano of some sort eventually, when I bump into one at a good price and have some cash on hand (though I don't expect the latter any time soon!).

In the meanwhile, I have a couple guitars that have similar construction to Dano's (masonite/chipboard/whatever with a centerblock and bolt-on neck) that will do for satiating my cheapo jones:





Bought each of these for about a Benjamin ($100 US), the top one used but in good shape in a pawn, the second on closeout new ($120 but with shipping included). Would be nice to get some with lipstcks though (although the toastertop alnico singles on my Brownsville and the mini-HB's on the Daisy Rock are both great, unique-sounding pups).

[tot_Ou_tard]

Would be nice to get some with lipstcks though (although the toastertop alnico singles on my Brownsville and the mini-HB's on the Daisy Rock are both great, unique-sounding pups).

You *need* lipsticks on a pink Daisy Rock.

Not necessarily for the sound, but for the image .

[Brian Krashpad]

You *need* lipsticks on a pink Daisy Rock.

Not necessarily for the sound, but for the image .

Haha, touche'!

Apparently most folks are unaware that the DR's are basically re-branded Schecters; the DR thing was something the Schecter president's wife reportedly came up with as a way of Schecter selling more guitars to girls.

I was really surprised by the quality of an import (Indonesian) guitar I could get new (albeit on closeout) for just a Benjamin. Those mini's really scream. I may just like mini's more than standard HB's (I also have a Seymour Duncan mini-HB in the neck slot on a Frankentele I have). I took the big step of gigging that guitar (egged on by my lead singer) within a day of it being delivered, plus with a band in which I was making my official debut on guitar (I had sat in on bass with them a few times prior when they were short-handed, and go way back with the lead singer), after a quick 45-minute run-through prior to the show (just me and the singer plotting arrangement ideas).

But just to be safe I played incognito:



Actually the wighat was my lead singer's idea too. Unfortunately he saw it in my office when he came over for the pre-show run-through, and I'm too big a goof not to accept a challenge like that.

[tot_Ou_tard]

Actually the wighat was my lead singer's idea too.

Alright a T-Bone Walker reference.

[Brian Krashpad]

Alright a T-Bone Walker reference.

Haha, I've always called that thing my wighat.

I think it cost me tenner, about a decade ago.

I've worn it onstage exactly 3 times.

The first time was a big gig with my punk rock band, at a last-minute show we were added to within 24 hours of going on. Funny thing was, I went down the block after sound check (the place we were playing wasn't open yet, and I couldn't figure out how to swipe any beer) for a couple rounds at the nearest tavern (an Irish bar a couple places down), and some girl actually hit on me whilst wearing it.

Maybe blondes do have more fun.

The only other time I wore it, I flung it off within the first couple songs with an Angus-like headsnap.