Danos were never made out of plastic. They were always made out of masonite. Airlines were made out of plastic/fiberglass. Danos prove that all of the nonsense around electric guitar myths are just that, myths. Dano’s play great sound great, and last pretty much forever.
That assessment is totally wrong. I love old danos, I have 3. But they sound nothing like a chambered, hollow or solid body guitar. The wood does make a difference. Now does it make a difference between different species of timber, when played without the amp, yes. With an amp, you cannot tell
@@ifax1245 Well, MDF is glofiried cardboard (resin added), but maybe this guitar is Masonite indeed (IDK), which is good unless the guitar is used e.g. as a paddle.
Instead of MDF or cardboard. The top and back are hardboard, what we in the colonies call Masonite. The body frame is poplar. That’s how Danelectros have been made from the start. The front and back were covered with vinyl contact paper, which is probably what those photos are. As for the pronunciation of basswood, either is correct, although pronouncing the bass syllable like the fish rather than the musical instrument is more prevalent here and the other way there.
Danelectro guitars have never been made out of plastic. They're made from Masonite, which is a branded form of composite made from compressed wood fibres and is commonly known as HDF. MDF is a similar product but it's less dense. You may have been thinking of other guitars of the era that came from Italian manufacturers, where plastics and fibreglass were used commonly. I believe that Airline had guitars using that material made by other manufacturers, so that may also be where you're getting the plastic ideas from as danelectro also made guitars for them under contract however those were just regular danelectro guitars with a different badge on them.
Jimmy Page wrote, recorded & performed one of the greatest guitar songs of all time "Kashmir" on a Danelectro, thereby cementing the absolute awesomeness of cardboard guitars in perpetuity. Nothing sounds as unique as a Dano, I love them. Epic little things and they play properly fantastic, especially for slide.
Danelectro guitars were originally made with Masonite fronts and backs with cheap wood sides covered with a sticky backed plasticized paper similar to shelf paper. I could be wrong, but I have never seen or heard of a plastic-bodied Danelectro guitar. National/Supro built fiberglass-bodied guitars, both for themselves and for other retailers with customized branding (as in Airline).
I have a Danelectro Vintage 12 string, and yes it's made out of masonite, but it has an excellent bridge, intonation is perfect, and holds tune. It is made in Korea and says that it has '56 vintage lipstick pickups. I heard someone playing one at a Long and McQuade store, and thought they were playing a 12 string Rickenbacker. It's really close. I've had it for 6 years and couldn't be happier with it. I agree about the misinformation in this video.
PRO TIP for Josh... If you are worried about springs or small parts shooting out of something you are working on put the item in a plastic zip lock / freezer bag so you can see what you are doing but tiny jumpy outtie parts cant shoot all over the place or get lost. Also when putting any screw in always turn it backwards until it clicks as it falls down into the first thread. you will NEVER cross thread another screw again.
Great deep dive into the shallow end of the pool here. My GGBO2023 will be a Danelectro inspired offset with 3 overwound lipstick humbuckers I got from Stew Mac. I hope to better woodwork than this. I want it so sound like a Dany in single coil mode than kick into heavy metal overdrive in H mode. This breakdown was very helpful on what to do and not to do! Like yes to those pickup mounts and no to that body wood and neck pocket. And no to that bridge!
I’ve made guitars out of materials found in rubbish bins that sound much better than something turned out from a ‘high end’ factory. Poplar is an amazingly resonant wood as well. Great video! Interesting guitar
I have a couple of basswood bodies and they actually sound better than my mahogany ones, just a better resonance and plenty of sustain. The only con is, like you mentioned, how soft it is. When sanding you can easily take off 5mm in a few seconds. Gotta be extremely careful. They'll also ding like crazy with every bump or graze.
I LOVE these tear downs, always entertaining and fascinating material! One brand I would love you guys to look at is, ‘Sire’…! A good friend of mine recently purchased a, ‘Marcus Miller V7 2nd Gen Four string bass, £450. I was expecting to have to do a bit of fettling on it for him, but good grief, what an instrument it is! Beautifully made and finished, great set up, slim satin neck (à la Fender Jazz!) silky smooth, polished fretwires and almost mirror surface, bound fretboard with block inlays and rolled edges! One of the nicest guitars I’ve had my hands on! I would be SO interested in your thoughts, as I expect, would many others!!! Thanks for all your work guys! 🥰🥰🎸🎸🍷🍷
I started hand-carving my own guitars, just because I got tired of seeing so many people copy Tele or Strat or Les bodies. Then, I got a small cordless router. It helped immensely. Then, a bigger plug-in hand router. (I should carve one for the Crimson gang, just because they've been so inspiring to a billion of us and they give us fun videos.) The coolest thing about Dannies? They are their own animal. Originality is underrated. They sound pretty good on stage, too, especially for friends who needed something lightweight. Engineering and pickups can do a lot... but there is a magic to real wood. A life. A feel. A sound, too. Guitars are a tactile art, as well as visual and audible, and the obsession can be overwhelming. Enjoy every minute... because someone who could have made an impact on others didn't stop to enjoy the process... and gave up too soon.
not sure if anyone has said it yet, danelectro 59s have a pine block down the middle of the body and the tops and backs made of masonite. the brown material that was most noteably used on the backs of old tube tvs and stereo amplifiers in the 70s. very interesting guitars
PSA: this applies to vintage models. i personally own a D59x circa 2020 and it has similar construction to the afformentioned specs. may not apply to all modern danelectro products
Woohoo, finally something I own comes onscreen on youtube, I have the green Epi on the wall behind Josh, mine is the pearlescent white version! Great guitar!
I've played a few Dano remakes, they are all awesome. The baritone is amazing, and they reverse offset with lipstick humbucker in the bridge and a trem was Boss... but I like being married, so I passed 😞
I used to have a Dano '63. Cheap. Played Well. Decent neck. Twangy. Great guitar. Excellent VFM. I'd buy a ticket for this but I sold the one I had to make room.
I don’t know where else to leave the comment, so I will leave it here. Just some feedback The reason I originally subscribed to Crimson Guitars was to watch Ben deal with various challenges in “Luthiership” as he attempted all those wild builds and also his passion for old tools (love old tools) There seems to be less and less of that going on, perhaps the well of ideas has dried out. I seem to be skipping a lot of new videos lately. Cheers
I ended up with a Dano 56 50th anniversary model about 14 years, no intonation tuning options on the bridge, one of the pickups wasn't soldered to the switch, but it's a killer guitar that is just so playable, weighs barely anything.
I really enjoyed this break down. I also love my game of guessing what is josh going to cover for thd demo. I could listen to it all day and all of the nights
the black and white danelectro DC59 12 string is a favourite of mine, both for looks and sound, they were still only about £350 only a few years ago, it's amazing how much the price has gone up.
The company changed and all the post 2010 stuff seems to be way different. I have a 2008 Danelectro Pro and I like the vibe of that guitar much more because that thing really feels different from the newer stuff.
What I took from this.... "Tacky is the new Chic" - I bought a couple of tickets for this last week, I might buy a few more now. Thanks for another great teardown Josh, meticulous as ever! That's it - mind's made up; out goes the diet - its pie & chips for me tonight!
Danelectro proves that if you want 'cheap' sounds to sound 'cool' through a decent Rig, its actually possible, if it doesn't last, buy another - disposable guitars..... Money doesn't always just mean 'better' sounds, it means better quality materials, beyond that, its better quality control, beyond that its long term guarantees and durability. beyond that its customer service, etc - every thing adds to the cost and manpower behind every stage of production so that raises the 'cost' to consumer. If you want 'cheaper', you have to sacrifice 'something' somewhere to lose out - usually the retailer in 'sales' on their profit margin, but the company sold them to the retailer to sell in the first place at the price per unit they want/need to Grow, and still be Competitively priced.
Danelectro contradicts everything I thought I knew about wood and construction. My Dano 12 string is really resonant, the damn thing is made of hardboard. The bridge however, is the best and most adjustable 12 string bridge I’ve ever seen.
I have a Danelectro '59 Psyche.I bought it about 12-14 years ago. It has an aluminium plate with a walnut bridge sat on top of it. It is actually a copy of a Dano that Eric Clapton had in the 1960's. I have tuned to dadgad, so I can play Kashmir, because Jimmy Page used on a Dano when I saw Led Zep back in the 1970's
I love how this comment had no responses. (Facepalm) This comment is legend-level awesome because it adds history and magic... and makes you want to PLAY the guitar.
The guitarist from Wet Leg uses a U2, Dave Grohl was seen playing a Silvertone branded guitar that was just a Danelectro with a different badge recently. Jimi Page, Jimi Hendrix and...err....me... These aren't supposed to be Les Pauls or Strats, they were cheap catalogue guitars. They sound different to anything else, they look cool and they don't fall apart either. Mine's a re-issue from the 90s and is in perfect working order even though it hasn't been particularly looked after. A little research and Josh would have found out that these Danelctro originally used aluminium rods in the neck as they considered truss rods to be a "temporary solution". I'd also have been interested to know the output of these pickups as the originals were very low output and made a big difference to the sound. Anyway, once a decade, we sell one f the kids and have a snob tea. can't wait to tuck into that swan later
You’ve stolen my screwdriver! Lol I have one exactly the same, even with the paint! Danelectro has always been made from MDF type materials. That was their thing.
I used to work for a chef who was so upset when someone in his restaurant dared to order chips that he made them cheap 90s crinkle cut oven chips with cheap vinegary ketchup, thinking he'd shame the diners. The guests liked those crispy crunchy chips though. This guitar reminds me of that and I don't mind it.
If anyone wants to hear a Danelectro cut through a live show mix? Watch The last Paul McCartney tour when Dave Grohl came on as a guest with his black one The Glastonbury headline it sounds awesome 👍
Dano never used plastic, they use moisenite, which is what clipboards are made out of. And they do that because that’s what they were in the 50’s, can’t call it a 59 if they suddenly change the entire recipe. They’ve always been made weird and cheap but the sound and play is way more than the sun of their parts. If anyone hasn’t had a Dano before they’re missing out.
Don't feel bad about being able to guess the weight of a guitar. it's really bad when you can tune a guitar to within one semi-tone of correct just by string tension. But not fretting and bending effort type string tension - just the string tension above the nut, between the nut and tuners.
If you send it to Germany, the shipping costs are 1,000,000 times higher than the piece of cardboard is worth. My suggestion. Make a fire and burn it up. Greetings from a Sakastic German.
I knew guys who played the original Danelectros in the 80s. They are just cheap guitars made out of fake wood with noisy pickups but they had a sort of cheap sound that was good for blues rhythms and stuff and of course Jimmy Page played one on Kashmir and other Zeppelin stuff but I don't see the point in buying a remake since the old ones are available. I mean better to get a real guitar and getting the old pickups out of an original one and making a hybrid.
so whats that in kilos and i am making a de gamba / cello /guitar hybrid from pellet wood. for 3rd place at a flower show if i get it done by july as season is kicking off early in the gardening so less spare time . I am thinking of doing a video of when i string it up to see if it just breaks . Then i'll be in my shed in my pants (uk meaning) crying.
They're learning how guitars are constructed by other manufacturers at various price points, to make themselves better builders, to improve their market knowledge, and prevent them making Crimson production guitars in a knowledge vacuum. The industry keeps moving, they want to keep their market knowledge uptodate. They couldn't fund that knowledge and research by simply buying dozens of guitars. They cycle the guitars through the prize draw site to recoup the purchase and teardown research time and video production costs.
Can we please get some clean tones from these tests? Distortion doesn't represent the true sound of the instrument. You can always get someone else to demo if you're not comfortable playing clean.
The top isn’t MDF at that thickness MDF would break under the slightest pressure! It’s hardboard or for our American friends masonite! That’s how Danelectros were constructed with a softwood frame and hardboard top and back! Jimmy Page has played one on stage! Stop dissing what is actually a good budget guitar, no wonder you aren’t getting much interest, you’ll get even less now!
Danelectro build nice, good sounding guitars and don’t try and rip customers off by making false claims about “tone wood”. Everyone with an interest in guitar building should know it’s all BS by now, it’s been proven enough times. Build a guitar out of stable materials and put good sounding pickups in (not expensive, because there’s as much crap talked about pickups as there is tonewood!) and you’ll have a good sounding instrument.
I know im old, but I think you should research a guitar before you make a video. It's not mdf, or card. It's Masonite. As they always where. Poplar wood is what they used in the old days. Not sure now.
Can you imagine an Asian guitar manufacturer selling a guitar of this quality? Everyone would be tutting loudly about what awful guitars they were making. Of course, if an Asian manufacturer did put something like this on the market, the retail price would be £49, not £499.
Cool looking guitar but it's more of a wall hanger than a player! If I gigged this for a year it would fall apart! I'm a massive advocate for cheaper guitars and I'd rather buy the harley benton fusion 3 over this....
For me, it's just an ugly orange guitar shaped object, I have no idea how these sell for 4x the price of a squier strat, i wouldn't want it if it was free
Danos were never made out of plastic. They were always made out of masonite. Airlines were made out of plastic/fiberglass.
Danos prove that all of the nonsense around electric guitar myths are just that, myths. Dano’s play great sound great, and last pretty much forever.
If someone presents a vlog on TH-cam, they should do some research first... "cardboard..." pffft
@@ifax1245 th-cam.com/video/P26l4RiNrU8/w-d-xo.html
Josh should of boned up on Danelectro history before he made this video of miss information 👍
That assessment is totally wrong. I love old danos, I have 3. But they sound nothing like a chambered, hollow or solid body guitar. The wood does make a difference. Now does it make a difference between different species of timber, when played without the amp, yes. With an amp, you cannot tell
@@ifax1245 Well, MDF is glofiried cardboard (resin added), but maybe this guitar is Masonite indeed (IDK), which is good unless the guitar is used e.g. as a paddle.
Instead of MDF or cardboard. The top and back are hardboard, what we in the colonies call Masonite. The body frame is poplar. That’s how Danelectros have been made from the start. The front and back were covered with vinyl contact paper, which is probably what those photos are. As for the pronunciation of basswood, either is correct, although pronouncing the bass syllable like the fish rather than the musical instrument is more prevalent here and the other way there.
You keep calling this a budget guitar, but it's still £650 or so... There's an entire market segment or two below that!
Danelectro guitars have never been made out of plastic. They're made from Masonite, which is a branded form of composite made from compressed wood fibres and is commonly known as HDF. MDF is a similar product but it's less dense.
You may have been thinking of other guitars of the era that came from Italian manufacturers, where plastics and fibreglass were used commonly. I believe that Airline had guitars using that material made by other manufacturers, so that may also be where you're getting the plastic ideas from as danelectro also made guitars for them under contract however those were just regular danelectro guitars with a different badge on them.
it's called 'hardboard' in the uk but yes masonite is the same stuff.
In the UK Masonite is known as Hardboard.
Jimmy Page wrote, recorded & performed one of the greatest guitar songs of all time "Kashmir" on a Danelectro, thereby cementing the absolute awesomeness of cardboard guitars in perpetuity. Nothing sounds as unique as a Dano, I love them. Epic little things and they play properly fantastic, especially for slide.
You beat me to it!
Didn't JJ Cale use one?
There is certainly a photo of him playing a Dano Convertible. Might be a publicity shot, though.
Danelectro guitars were originally made with Masonite fronts and backs with cheap wood sides covered with a sticky backed plasticized paper similar to shelf paper. I could be wrong, but I have never seen or heard of a plastic-bodied Danelectro guitar. National/Supro built fiberglass-bodied guitars, both for themselves and for other retailers with customized branding (as in Airline).
I have a Danelectro Vintage 12 string, and yes it's made out of masonite, but it has an excellent bridge, intonation is perfect, and holds tune. It is made in Korea and says that it has '56 vintage lipstick pickups. I heard someone playing one at a Long and McQuade store, and thought they were playing a 12 string Rickenbacker. It's really close. I've had it for 6 years and couldn't be happier with it. I agree about the misinformation in this video.
PRO TIP for Josh... If you are worried about springs or small parts shooting out of something you are working on put the item in a plastic zip lock / freezer bag so you can see what you are doing but tiny jumpy outtie parts cant shoot all over the place or get lost. Also when putting any screw in always turn it backwards until it clicks as it falls down into the first thread. you will NEVER cross thread another screw again.
I have a '59 12-string - love it. I think the large radius is a consequence of the lipsticks not having height-adjustable pole pieces.
Photographs, cardboard and lipstick. Respect to them for pulling this off.
Dear Josh. I got tickets for this and I know you want to raise money but your love for these guitars lowers my chances. 😂😂😂
Great deep dive into the shallow end of the pool here. My GGBO2023 will be a Danelectro inspired offset with 3 overwound lipstick humbuckers I got from Stew Mac. I hope to better woodwork than this. I want it so sound like a Dany in single coil mode than kick into heavy metal overdrive in H mode. This breakdown was very helpful on what to do and not to do! Like yes to those pickup mounts and no to that body wood and neck pocket. And no to that bridge!
I’ve made guitars out of materials found in rubbish bins that sound much better than something turned out from a ‘high end’ factory. Poplar is an amazingly resonant wood as well. Great video! Interesting guitar
I have a couple of basswood bodies and they actually sound better than my mahogany ones, just a better resonance and plenty of sustain. The only con is, like you mentioned, how soft it is. When sanding you can easily take off 5mm in a few seconds. Gotta be extremely careful. They'll also ding like crazy with every bump or graze.
Would love to see Ben make something like this - maybe a pine body frame, fronted and backed with HDF.
Oh, hell yes!!! Let's test his Luther skills with a real challenge.
(Hehe...I really would like to see this!)
The first 'telecasters' (Broadcasters) had pine bodies...
I LOVE these tear downs, always entertaining and fascinating material! One brand I would love you guys to look at is, ‘Sire’…!
A good friend of mine recently purchased a, ‘Marcus Miller V7 2nd Gen Four string bass, £450. I was expecting to have to do a bit of fettling on it for him, but good grief, what an instrument it is! Beautifully made and finished, great set up, slim satin neck (à la Fender Jazz!) silky smooth, polished fretwires and almost mirror surface, bound fretboard with block inlays and rolled edges!
One of the nicest guitars I’ve had my hands on! I would be SO interested in your thoughts, as I expect, would many others!!!
Thanks for all your work guys! 🥰🥰🎸🎸🍷🍷
I started hand-carving my own guitars, just because I got tired of seeing so many people copy Tele or Strat or Les bodies.
Then, I got a small cordless router. It helped immensely. Then, a bigger plug-in hand router. (I should carve one for the Crimson gang, just because they've been so inspiring to a billion of us and they give us fun videos.)
The coolest thing about Dannies? They are their own animal. Originality is underrated. They sound pretty good on stage, too, especially for friends who needed something lightweight.
Engineering and pickups can do a lot... but there is a magic to real wood. A life. A feel. A sound, too.
Guitars are a tactile art, as well as visual and audible, and the obsession can be overwhelming. Enjoy every minute... because someone who could have made an impact on others didn't stop to enjoy the process... and gave up too soon.
not sure if anyone has said it yet, danelectro 59s have a pine block down the middle of the body and the tops and backs made of masonite. the brown material that was most noteably used on the backs of old tube tvs and stereo amplifiers in the 70s. very interesting guitars
PSA: this applies to vintage models. i personally own a D59x circa 2020 and it has similar construction to the afformentioned specs. may not apply to all modern danelectro products
the vintage Dano's frames were constructed out of short pieces of pine glued into the "skeleton" frame.
Woohoo, finally something I own comes onscreen on youtube, I have the green Epi on the wall behind Josh, mine is the pearlescent white version! Great guitar!
Very cool!
I love my dano longhorn guitarolin ...31 frets and holds tune like a dream!
I've played a few Dano remakes, they are all awesome. The baritone is amazing, and they reverse offset with lipstick humbucker in the bridge and a trem was Boss... but I like being married, so I passed 😞
The chav dinner of the guitar world 😂! Brilliant vid - love a dano 👌
I used to have a Dano '63. Cheap. Played Well. Decent neck. Twangy. Great guitar. Excellent VFM. I'd buy a ticket for this but I sold the one I had to make room.
I don’t know where else to leave the comment, so I will leave it here.
Just some feedback
The reason I originally subscribed to Crimson Guitars was to watch Ben deal with various challenges in “Luthiership” as he attempted all those wild builds and also his passion for old tools (love old tools)
There seems to be less and less of that going on, perhaps the well of ideas has dried out.
I seem to be skipping a lot of new videos lately.
Cheers
I've never seen that style before. Love the look. Love that "fake" boxy style.
I ended up with a Dano 56 50th anniversary model about 14 years, no intonation tuning options on the bridge, one of the pickups wasn't soldered to the switch, but it's a killer guitar that is just so playable, weighs barely anything.
I really enjoyed this break down. I also love my game of guessing what is josh going to cover for thd demo. I could listen to it all day and all of the nights
the black and white danelectro DC59 12 string is a favourite of mine, both for looks and sound, they were still only about £350 only a few years ago, it's amazing how much the price has gone up.
The company changed and all the post 2010 stuff seems to be way different. I have a 2008 Danelectro Pro and I like the vibe of that guitar much more because that thing really feels different from the newer stuff.
It would be nice if finished prize drawings were moved to a separate page of the giveaway site.
They used to be hardboard/ Masonite mate before the advent of MDF. George Harrison didn't mind 'em he played slide on one for Handle with Care.
What I took from this.... "Tacky is the new Chic" - I bought a couple of tickets for this last week, I might buy a few more now. Thanks for another great teardown Josh, meticulous as ever! That's it - mind's made up; out goes the diet - its pie & chips for me tonight!
I had a Danelectro distortion pedal once. After a while I found a useful sound...."off".
I'd love a teardown of an old dano or Silvertone. I love the way they covered the sides but never quite known how to do it
Thank you very much for this teardown. I've been contemplating one of these.
Glad we could help
I have a DC59 as my couch guitar. Love the thing to bits.
Rock on!
danelectro NEVER made guitars out of plastic. they were always made of MDF. that's their thing.
Danelectro proves that if you want 'cheap' sounds to sound 'cool' through a decent Rig, its actually possible, if it doesn't last, buy another - disposable guitars.....
Money doesn't always just mean 'better' sounds, it means better quality materials, beyond that, its better quality control, beyond that its long term guarantees and durability. beyond that its customer service, etc - every thing adds to the cost and manpower behind every stage of production so that raises the 'cost' to consumer. If you want 'cheaper', you have to sacrifice 'something' somewhere to lose out - usually the retailer in 'sales' on their profit margin, but the company sold them to the retailer to sell in the first place at the price per unit they want/need to Grow, and still be Competitively priced.
Had a dano double neck. Oh so miss that gtr no matter how impractical it was. Those necks felt so good. And nothing sounds like a dano
Josh needs to read som books on cheapo guitars!
Danelectro contradicts everything I thought I knew about wood and construction. My Dano 12 string is really resonant, the damn thing is made of hardboard. The bridge however, is the best and most adjustable 12 string bridge I’ve ever seen.
Good evening Crimson guitars❤❤❤❤❤
I have a Danelectro '59 Psyche.I bought it about 12-14 years ago. It has an aluminium plate with a walnut bridge sat on top of it. It is actually a copy of a Dano that Eric Clapton had in the 1960's. I have tuned to dadgad, so I can play Kashmir, because Jimmy Page used on a Dano when I saw Led Zep back in the 1970's
I love how this comment had no responses. (Facepalm) This comment is legend-level awesome because it adds history and magic... and makes you want to PLAY the guitar.
That top is pure danelectro magic. Looks like Masonite under that photograph. They used the same material for the baffles in their amplifiers.
Thanks for the info
As everyone else has said they weren't made of plastic.
Also not sure about the term chav? Do you know what it stands for?
Great work!! Thanks
The guitarist from Wet Leg uses a U2, Dave Grohl was seen playing a Silvertone branded guitar that was just a Danelectro with a different badge recently. Jimi Page, Jimi Hendrix and...err....me... These aren't supposed to be Les Pauls or Strats, they were cheap catalogue guitars. They sound different to anything else, they look cool and they don't fall apart either. Mine's a re-issue from the 90s and is in perfect working order even though it hasn't been particularly looked after. A little research and Josh would have found out that these Danelctro originally used aluminium rods in the neck as they considered truss rods to be a "temporary solution". I'd also have been interested to know the output of these pickups as the originals were very low output and made a big difference to the sound. Anyway, once a decade, we sell one f the kids and have a snob tea. can't wait to tuck into that swan later
Doesn’t Jack White play Danelectros? He really has a thing for atypical guitars.
You’ve stolen my screwdriver! Lol I have one exactly the same, even with the paint!
Danelectro has always been made from MDF type materials. That was their thing.
I used to work for a chef who was so upset when someone in his restaurant dared to order chips that he made them cheap 90s crinkle cut oven chips with cheap vinegary ketchup, thinking he'd shame the diners. The guests liked those crispy crunchy chips though. This guitar reminds me of that and I don't mind it.
If anyone wants to hear a Danelectro cut through a live show mix? Watch The last Paul McCartney tour when Dave Grohl came on as a guest with his black one The Glastonbury headline it sounds awesome 👍
Danelectro is the barbecue of guitars, and I'm all for it.
the David Brent of Crimson…
Dano never used plastic, they use moisenite, which is what clipboards are made out of. And they do that because that’s what they were in the 50’s, can’t call it a 59 if they suddenly change the entire recipe. They’ve always been made weird and cheap but the sound and play is way more than the sun of their parts. If anyone hasn’t had a Dano before they’re missing out.
Hi there, nice video! You definitely need to advertise that give away website more, and grow the community. All the best
The original Danelectro bodies were made of “Masonite” (chipboard). They then used vinyl tape on the sides to hide the join
Don't feel bad about being able to guess the weight of a guitar. it's really bad when you can tune a guitar to within one semi-tone of correct just by string tension. But not fretting and bending effort type string tension - just the string tension above the nut, between the nut and tuners.
These things are over £500! Where did the money go? Compare it to a Classic Vibe Strat/Tele for materials. 😬
Ooh you’ve got my epiphone eloo pro in the background has it got a brass nut like mine?
If you send it to Germany, the shipping costs are 1,000,000 times higher than the piece of cardboard is worth. My suggestion. Make a fire and burn it up. Greetings from a Sakastic German.
In the States they call it Basswood, in Europe - Linden and in the UK - Lime...
I knew guys who played the original Danelectros in the 80s. They are just cheap guitars made out of fake wood with noisy pickups but they had a sort of cheap sound that was good for blues rhythms and stuff and of course Jimmy Page played one on Kashmir and other Zeppelin stuff but I don't see the point in buying a remake since the old ones are available. I mean better to get a real guitar and getting the old pickups out of an original one and making a hybrid.
I think the fretboard is Indian Laurel, not Rosewood, isn't it?
Somehow I really like this guitar!
Can’t believe you didn’t know “Dans” were made from softwood and Masonite (MDF) - or am I just old?
Yes 😉
so whats that in kilos and i am making a de gamba / cello /guitar hybrid from pellet wood. for 3rd place at a flower show if i get it done by july as season is kicking off early in the gardening so less spare time . I am thinking of doing a video of when i string it up to see if it just breaks . Then i'll be in my shed in my pants (uk meaning) crying.
2.8kg, 'ish
It's not chicken kiev and beans it just beans on toast, could I make with materials from B&Q? Maybe I would put a photo of beans on it?
Tops and backs on Danelectros have usually been Masonite since the 50s.
I don’t understand the Luthier Teardown segment xoxo
They're learning how guitars are constructed by other manufacturers at various price points, to make themselves better builders, to improve their market knowledge, and prevent them making Crimson production guitars in a knowledge vacuum. The industry keeps moving, they want to keep their market knowledge uptodate. They couldn't fund that knowledge and research by simply buying dozens of guitars. They cycle the guitars through the prize draw site to recoup the purchase and teardown research time and video production costs.
“Simplistic” is not the same as “simple.”
Can we please get some clean tones from these tests?
Distortion doesn't represent the true sound of the instrument.
You can always get someone else to demo if you're not comfortable playing clean.
The top isn’t MDF at that thickness MDF would break under the slightest pressure! It’s hardboard or for our American friends masonite! That’s how Danelectros were constructed with a softwood frame and hardboard top and back! Jimmy Page has played one on stage! Stop dissing what is actually a good budget guitar, no wonder you aren’t getting much interest, you’ll get even less now!
17:11. Don't be a lacquer cracker.
Danelectro build nice, good sounding guitars and don’t try and rip customers off by making false claims about “tone wood”. Everyone with an interest in guitar building should know it’s all BS by now, it’s been proven enough times. Build a guitar out of stable materials and put good sounding pickups in (not expensive, because there’s as much crap talked about pickups as there is tonewood!) and you’ll have a good sounding instrument.
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I know im old, but I think you should research a guitar before you make a video. It's not mdf, or card. It's Masonite. As they always where. Poplar wood is what they used in the old days. Not sure now.
Can you imagine an Asian guitar manufacturer selling a guitar of this quality? Everyone would be tutting loudly about what awful guitars they were making. Of course, if an Asian manufacturer did put something like this on the market, the retail price would be £49, not £499.
Danelectro's were never plastic. MDF I think. Airline Guitars were plastic.
Cracka lacka
Scrimp
no one commenting on this myth about lipstick covers yet?
Are you trying to give this away or just damage the name of danelectro ?
Cool looking guitar but it's more of a wall hanger than a player! If I gigged this for a year it would fall apart! I'm a massive advocate for cheaper guitars and I'd rather buy the harley benton fusion 3 over this....
It's Masonite. Danelectros were always made of Masonite.
For me, it's just an ugly orange guitar shaped object, I have no idea how these sell for 4x the price of a squier strat, i wouldn't want it if it was free
No, I rather stay away from this guitar. Maybe you better put it in the museum?
The only guitars that are as overrated as Danelectros are Rickenbackers.
When you have to tell your customers that they don't understand a draw prize, it's time to reassess your prizes and your attitude to your patrons.
Tone Wood. What a Wank term
You didn't sell that to me Josh - utter crap.
Terrible presenter.
Absolute crap
😭I'm so sorry josh I went to buy tickets 🎟 last night but made the mistake of checking my bank balance 1st