New Guitar Day/Happy Christmas to Me!

[Brian Krashpad]

Well today a guitar fell into my lap, as they have a way of doing.

I was considering trying to buy a Les Paul Vintage Mahogany someone had listed locally on Craigslist, but I already have 2 Gibby LP's and frankly it wouldn't have been that different from what I already have. Plus it would've exhausted the rainy day fund, and once it gets up over a couple hundred I'd rather not do that unless it's something I REALLY want.

Day before yesterday I spotted something intriguing, and much cheaper, on Craigslist. A Danelectro Hodad. These are from the same era as the reissues, but the design is a new one, not a 60's classic redone. Basically they took a Mosrite silhouette and equipped it with 2 pairs of splittable lipstick humbuckers. Came with or without Bigsby, this one was with (yay!).

I'd never had a guitar with lipsticks, so this was a better addition than the LP VM, and much cheaper. Asking $250, which is on the low end of what they seem to be going for on Ebay.

Turns out the seller is an old acquaintance of mine from the local scene. He's the one I got the incredible trade deal on my beater Ric 620 from. Under other circumstances I would've bargained harder, but the asking price was fair to begin with and the seller was a longtime acquaintance of mine. I told him under other circumstances, if it were someone else, I might've bargained more, but since it was him, hey, Merry Christmas.

I'm still undecided on whether it was a good karma thing to do, or I'm just a chump.

At any rate, it's blue sparkle. Has a couple finish chips on the back but otherwise is in good shape, though in need of a fresh set of strings. When I bought this Dano off him today, he asked if I still had the Ric. I told him yeah, it was a keeper. He said if I ever wanted to sell it, call him first.

Here's the pic he posted, sorry about the quality:



Here's the original Danelectro web page re: the Hodad.



Mine's deep blue rather than purple or the light blue pictured.

[Robert****]

Congrats, that's exciting!

That Hodad looks like a pretty kewl Doodad!

[street music]

Congrats Krash, I've never held one of those, it sure looks kool.

[Brian Krashpad]

Managed to take a couple pics. Computer crashed last week and haven't reloaded software to brighten pics, so they're a bit dark, but at least they're an improvement over the camera-phone pic from the seller.

[Spudman***]

That's pretty unique. : Good thing you got it because you really needed another guitar right? Is it loud?

[Brian Krashpad]

That's pretty unique. : Good thing you got it because you really needed another guitar right? Is it loud?

I've only had a chance to play it for a few minutes at the seller's place, amplified. Lipsticks are low output, but I have no prob with that.

Acoustically it is quite a bit louder than a typical solidbody, because of Danos' unique (some would say crappy) construction. Basically a couple sheets of pressboard on a plywood frame. Very light, and mostly hollow.

[markb]

Looks great, Brian.

[Jimi75]

Congrats! That is a great guitar!!!!

[oldguy]

Brian, that is one funky lookin' axe, and I mean that in a good way!:
Congrats...........hey, if you get a chance later, let us know how you like the various p/u combinations.........sounds interesting.

[tot_Ou_tard]

I love guitars like that.

Very cool. Tell us how the lipsticks sound & how well they split.

[Brian Krashpad]

I love guitars like that.

Very cool. Tell us how the lipsticks sound & how well they split.

There's a neat demo video on youtube wiith a guy with crazy big rockabilly hair playing one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FiHikn30Ks

[bigoldron]

Sweet looking ax, man! Good score Brian! :

[warren0728]

nice find brian.....good addition to your herd!