These guitars are surprisingly good for acoustic-type fingerpicking and strummy-strum stuff. Mine has a very glassy, crystalline clean tone, which is so weird considering it’s made of the same stuff your kitchen counter is made of. It does remind me of a Tele a bit. Honestly, I think they have a funky unique look, and nothing else sounds like a Dano.
The real secret to these are the adjustable height of the pickups. Simple to manage with the bolts on the back holding the pickups in place. Whatever you settle on, the output volume must match. So long as the pots are behaving the same, the timbre of the output is just glassy smooth.
I like this guitar! I think it's got great clarity, you get a nice mixture of highs, mids and lows without any one if these being too dominate. Plus it looks great!! If it's good enough for Jimmy Page, it's good enough for me. You're playing shows just how good it must feel, nice and smooth, effortless. But then again, you make every guitar play effortlessly!!! 😉 Great video as always, John, thanks so much! Think I'll head out to Guitar Center and try one out .....😀
Ever get one of those quistical "I dunno" moments.... It certainly sounds good, so therefore destroying any of the arguments I typically have with the voices in my head. It's just so milkshake American 50's looking, about as attractive as a formica dining-room suite, I suppose therein lies its unique kitch appeal. [coff, coff] But then, if I had a spare £300, it would be a stunning instrument to whip out at a 'Cradle of Filth' tribute jam session. Which of course I would find to be a most amusing stunt to pull. And it does sound good.
Damien Lagan if’n I spend money on something.... a basic requirement for me is that the product not be butt ugly.... sorry but.... ah. Butt... They don’t make a good looking guitar IMHO.
Me compre la d 12 cuerdas y es genial, esta otra, pero la 59 stock q es casi igual y el mismo color la compre ayer, me llega el martes, me volaron la cabeza
Nice review! I’m sure that the Dano will sell after your very comprehensive demo. Like your student I probably have far too many guitars but you can never really have too many. A few years ago I found a single cutaway Danelectro two pickup guitar at a car boot sale for £25, a bit of a bargain considering that it was still in its original cardboard box. As far as I can tell mine was built in the late 1990s as it has a slightly different shaped coke bottle headstock to the later guitars and a simpler bridge/tailpiece consisting of a strip of rosewood on a metal bass. Otherwise it’s pretty similar to your students with the aluminium nut, stacked pots and Kluson style machine heads. These cheaply constructed guitars sound amazing and make you wonder when it comes to the great tone wood debate.
Almost bought one of these Dano's a few years back. I rather like their quirkiness. I'll probably end up getting one, although I've been kind of stubbornly waiting for them to offer a lefty model with a zero fret. Thanks again for the videos. Hope you are well, too :)
I'm also planning on getting this or the Danelectro 59X dark red or Fender Mustang Olive green. The X model seems more versatile and more modern looking and sounding
The weirdest part is the centre position on the switch puts the pickups in series not parallel. I liked it so much I put a series switch (takes some doing) on my Telecaster. That bridge is a massive improvement.
Thanks for explaining. Love my 59 as a player. Wondered why center sounded so good. Just such a blast to play, my les paul stays in the case and is jealous!
Super cool vibe on these guitars, if I had a spare £300 I'd be really tempted! Cool demo btw, this is the first of your vids I've watched and I've really enjoyed it! 👍
I’ve played a 59dc3 deluxe almost 50 years. It was under my grandparents bed since before I was born. Just always liked it and despite playing other guitars that were a lot more expensive and attractive that I liked, it’s favorite in my collection. So… I recently bought a 90s 59dc2 nos much like the one in the demo. Wonderful condition and ridiculously inexpensive. Im fiddling with a similar bridge and not thrilled with it as the tilt is a bit much. Doesn’t seem the inserts in the wood, but just sloppy slot. I’ll try a couple washers, but really would like to upgrade to a better one eventually. Suggestions for that are welcome. My intentions were for the neck and pickups for a custom built body, but it looks nice as is and just intend to play it for a while first.
Not to be a snob but apparently the only time he ever recorded with it was “In my Time of Dying”. He did use his Dano live a lot because he always kept it in an open tuning or DADGAD
I been looking up down all around..for someone to plain speak me. is Dan electro great ? Of course ...you John!!! Truth will out with John... Yours for sure Top geezer John
I have a re-issue DC-59 12 string. I notice that the tone/volume knobs are different on this example as mine is one for volume and one for tone across the pickups as chosen by the switch. The biggest thing I noticed, which was true with the original as well as mine, is that the wiring is such that the middle switch selection does not make the sound twice as loud. The original wiring was in series between the two pickups, which meant that if you chose to have both then you had twice as much output as either single pickup selection. It thus seems that there has been some redesign of the wiring. Oh, and I use my 12 string Danelectro as a Rickenbacker simulator - much like Peter Buck did (though far far more proficiently). It is a gorgeous sound - zangly more than jangly.
I’ve always coveted a Dano since you know, that Kashmir guy, but I could never quite pull the cash from my pocket. Then again the guitar I play every day is a Les Paul jr. It’s the best tele fender never made but on really good drugs. Gibson p90 pups are magic drugs.
The Danelectro Hodad I bought in '00 has has a lot going for it BUT the neck must be removed to get to the truss rod, so "they" say, I have not had to confirm this luck still holding!
Scary timing john, as I've just (last night) put something up on some of the FB pages about my Korean first reissue (90s) DC59 Jimmy Page, bought new in 97. Trying to find its worth as there is nothing that matches mine online (metal nut, wood insert bridge, all original).
I don't want to piss on your fire or anything but the last time I took interest in a 90's Dano that was on the wall of my local second hand guitar shop , only a few months ago, the guy was asking £250 for a sparkly jewel that was in very good nick. He said "I have a black one too ,I'll let you have it for £200" . Hang on to it & enjoy it , I love Danelectro guitars ,just never actually pulled the trigger on one ...yet !
Hey Joe, I have not tried the 64XT but it has the same pickups, does it sound the same? Please tell me you chose the lovely green colour, my 59XT is the dark Burgundy, almost black in daylight but a rich plum under stage lights. I notice the volume control on the 64XT is a little forward of the bridge, I have an Epiphone V like that and I find it a problem being so far forward for strumming, do you notice that? It looks a crazy axe but way cool at the same time! Great trem unit as well!!
Great review John , really nice playing , someone is going to get a great sounding guitar , rockabilly and slide sounded bril, would love to be able to play some good slide ,
Hmmm...just had a look at one on Thomann. Seems like a lot of money (£400 ish) for a guitar made of hardboard, when you can get a Gretsch 2420 for £387!
I don't think he's got it up on eBay or Gumtree. As far as I know he's only got it up for sale on his Facebook profile & as I'm not on Facebook (and have no desire to be) I can't get the link for you.
Rosewood is now exempt from the CITIES regulation. No more Pooh ferro and other weird and wonderful alternatives. Although I have a VM strat with Indian laurel that looks cool enough. Anyway sorry not exactly revelent to this video but I thought I'd share the news ☺
From what I know rosewood other than Brazilian Rosewood will come of the CITES list sometime in November this year, exact date to be confirmed, and for musical instruments only. For other uses it will still be on the CITES list of banned items.
As I have said a gazillion times... Plenty of TH-camrs open with "Hi Guys!" I'm just using the British version of "guys" - a general greeting which isn't intended to exclude anyone.
@@NathanChisholm041: Likewise also if you don't, I'm not a fan of the sound as it's very tinny & twangy but it just looks "toyish" with those colour coded rounded off control knobs, it just makes it a bit too "Fisher Price" looking for me & the body being part hardboard doesn't say around £300.00 gbp either sorry I'm just not a fan but that's just my own opinion & if other people think it's great then that's ok too!
These guitars are surprisingly good for acoustic-type fingerpicking and strummy-strum stuff. Mine has a very glassy, crystalline clean tone, which is so weird considering it’s made of the same stuff your kitchen counter is made of. It does remind me of a Tele a bit. Honestly, I think they have a funky unique look, and nothing else sounds like a Dano.
I love those re-issued Danelectro guitars. They have wonderful necks and finger boards. The old ones would feed back a lot.
The real secret to these are the adjustable height of the pickups. Simple to manage with the bolts on the back holding the pickups in place. Whatever you settle on, the output volume must match. So long as the pots are behaving the same, the timbre of the output is just glassy smooth.
Thanks for including specs for the neck. The 1st thing I check on any guitar, & usually skipped over in reviews & on many manufacturer's websites.
I like this guitar!
I think it's got great clarity, you get a nice mixture of highs, mids and lows without any one if these being too dominate.
Plus it looks great!!
If it's good enough for Jimmy Page, it's good enough for me.
You're playing shows just how good it must feel, nice and smooth, effortless.
But then again, you make every guitar play effortlessly!!! 😉
Great video as always, John, thanks so much!
Think I'll head out to Guitar Center and try one out .....😀
If you try it Mike then you will buy it, or another model, they are so good!
Ever get one of those quistical "I dunno" moments....
It certainly sounds good, so therefore destroying any of the arguments I typically have with the voices in my head.
It's just so milkshake American 50's looking, about as attractive as a formica dining-room suite, I suppose therein lies its unique kitch appeal. [coff, coff]
But then, if I had a spare £300, it would be a stunning instrument to whip out at a 'Cradle of Filth' tribute jam session. Which of course I would find to be a most amusing stunt to pull. And it does sound good.
Damien Lagan if’n I spend money on something.... a basic requirement for me is that the product not be butt ugly.... sorry but.... ah. Butt... They don’t make a good looking guitar IMHO.
Everyone needs a Dano
I always wondered about these guitars never heard one and never knew anyone who had one, cant wait for the big review
Jimmy Page plays one on In my time of dying and a few other Zeppelin tunes..
Me compre la d 12 cuerdas y es genial, esta otra, pero la 59 stock q es casi igual y el mismo color la compre ayer, me llega el martes, me volaron la cabeza
Nice review! I’m sure that the Dano will sell after your very comprehensive demo. Like your student I probably have far too many guitars but you can never really have too many. A few years ago I found a single cutaway Danelectro two pickup guitar at a car boot sale for £25, a bit of a bargain considering that it was still in its original cardboard box. As far as I can tell mine was built in the late 1990s as it has a slightly different shaped coke bottle headstock to the later guitars and a simpler bridge/tailpiece consisting of a strip of rosewood on a metal bass. Otherwise it’s pretty similar to your students with the aluminium nut, stacked pots and Kluson style machine heads. These cheaply constructed guitars sound amazing and make you wonder when it comes to the great tone wood debate.
Almost bought one of these Dano's a few years back. I rather like their quirkiness. I'll probably end up getting one, although I've been kind of stubbornly waiting for them to offer a lefty model with a zero fret.
Thanks again for the videos. Hope you are well, too :)
I'm also planning on getting this or the Danelectro 59X dark red or Fender Mustang Olive green. The X model seems more versatile and more modern looking and sounding
The weirdest part is the centre position on the switch puts the pickups in series not parallel. I liked it so much I put a series switch (takes some doing) on my Telecaster. That bridge is a massive improvement.
Thanks for explaining. Love my 59 as a player. Wondered why center sounded so good. Just such a blast to play, my les paul stays in the case and is jealous!
Danelectro, they always surprise me and this one is no exception, nicely demonstrated there John, I can tell you like it lad!
Super cool vibe on these guitars, if I had a spare £300 I'd be really tempted! Cool demo btw, this is the first of your vids I've watched and I've really enjoyed it! 👍
Thank you for doing the review John
Very nice guitar , lovely colour and what a wonderful demonstration of it for a prospective buyer 👌
I’ve played a 59dc3 deluxe almost 50 years. It was under my grandparents bed since before I was born. Just always liked it and despite playing other guitars that were a lot more expensive and attractive that I liked, it’s favorite in my collection.
So… I recently bought a 90s 59dc2 nos much like the one in the demo. Wonderful condition and ridiculously inexpensive. Im fiddling with a similar bridge and not thrilled with it as the tilt is a bit much. Doesn’t seem the inserts in the wood, but just sloppy slot. I’ll try a couple washers, but really would like to upgrade to a better one eventually. Suggestions for that are welcome.
My intentions were for the neck and pickups for a custom built body, but it looks nice as is and just intend to play it for a while first.
Good morning from Texas John! I finally played something that didn't suck. Even a blind squirrel will dig up an acorn now and then. Lol
Or as my Dad used to say "A stopped clock is right twice a day" 😀
As we say here in Texas "Yessireebob ".
Jimmy Page uses a danelectro DC 59 on quite a few Zeppelin numbers....
Not to be a snob but apparently the only time he ever recorded with it was “In my Time of Dying”. He did use his Dano live a lot because he always kept it in an open tuning or DADGAD
@@skraegorn7317 and Kashmir
Sounds a lot better than it looks!
Great slide work dude.
That slide bit you did at the beginning was Fantastic, I loved it. I dig ALL your playing but that bit really stuck out for me.
Thanks mate 👍😀🎸
I been looking up down all around..for someone to plain speak me. is Dan electro great ?
Of course ...you John!!!
Truth will out with John...
Yours for sure
Top geezer John
I have a re-issue DC-59 12 string. I notice that the tone/volume knobs are different on this example as mine is one for volume and one for tone across the pickups as chosen by the switch. The biggest thing I noticed, which was true with the original as well as mine, is that the wiring is such that the middle switch selection does not make the sound twice as loud. The original wiring was in series between the two pickups, which meant that if you chose to have both then you had twice as much output as either single pickup selection. It thus seems that there has been some redesign of the wiring. Oh, and I use my 12 string Danelectro as a Rickenbacker simulator - much like Peter Buck did (though far far more proficiently). It is a gorgeous sound - zangly more than jangly.
I’ve always coveted a Dano since you know, that Kashmir guy, but I could never quite pull the cash from my pocket. Then again the guitar I play every day is a Les Paul jr. It’s the best tele fender never made but on really good drugs. Gibson p90 pups are magic drugs.
woaaa dude great level, also you remember me my guitar teachers in London
Sounds great, tonewood anyone? ;)
if im not mistaken the body is made of particle board
Nice bit of slide John. Dont think I've heard you play slide before. Very good
Put some surf drip reverb on that Dano it’s a surf machine. Reminds me of some of the Charvel surfcasters .
The Danelectro Hodad I bought in '00 has has a lot going for it BUT the neck must be removed to get to the truss rod, so "they" say, I have not had to confirm this luck still holding!
It's not a big deal , common practice on old Fenders too. It's a pain in the arse but it is what it is 😉
Scary timing john, as I've just (last night) put something up on some of the FB pages about my Korean first reissue (90s) DC59 Jimmy Page, bought new in 97. Trying to find its worth as there is nothing that matches mine online (metal nut, wood insert bridge, all original).
I don't want to piss on your fire or anything but the last time I took interest in a 90's Dano that was on the wall of my local second hand guitar shop , only a few months ago, the guy was asking £250 for a sparkly jewel that was in very good nick. He said "I have a black one too ,I'll let you have it for £200" . Hang on to it & enjoy it , I love Danelectro guitars ,just never actually pulled the trigger on one ...yet !
@@shaunw9270 you're not - I thought it was 220 - 400 ish and thats about the number I was thinking of, so no parade urinated on at all mate :)
Might have to get one of these. Not sure we get them in NZ. Nice review JR 😀
I have the 59XT, very, very good guitar, much better than it´s price suggests.
Hey Joe, I have not tried the 64XT but it has the same pickups, does it sound the same? Please tell me you chose the lovely green colour, my 59XT is the dark Burgundy, almost black in daylight but a rich plum under stage lights. I notice the volume control on the 64XT is a little forward of the bridge, I have an Epiphone V like that and I find it a problem being so far forward for strumming, do you notice that? It looks a crazy axe but way cool at the same time! Great trem unit as well!!
WANT!
I just got one, seafoam green, off a fella here in the States, for $200 USD. Only played twice
Cool guitar, cool review, cool guy 👌
My friend is the seller. He is Spencer
Great review John , really nice playing , someone is going to get a great sounding guitar , rockabilly and slide sounded bril, would love to be able to play some good slide ,
WoW!!!
I love everything about this guitars, but the fretboard after the 12 fret looks uncomfortable for the neck joint, what do you think? not a problem?
It's not really a guitar that encourages or rewards playing up at the dusty end 👍
@@JRobsonGuitar got it, thank you
Waiting for John, second.
Wot, no Kashmir??
Hmmm...just had a look at one on Thomann. Seems like a lot of money (£400 ish) for a guitar made of hardboard, when you can get a Gretsch 2420 for £387!
I know where you can get one for about £300 😀
@@JRobsonGuitar Thanks JR but I should have bought the gold dust Gretsch you had a while back. Sadly didn't have the dosh back then.
Can you post a link to the auction / for sale ad please?
I don't think he's got it up on eBay or Gumtree. As far as I know he's only got it up for sale on his Facebook profile & as I'm not on Facebook (and have no desire to be) I can't get the link for you.
Rosewood is now exempt from the CITIES regulation. No more Pooh ferro and other weird and wonderful alternatives. Although I have a VM strat with Indian laurel that looks cool enough. Anyway sorry not exactly revelent to this video but I thought I'd share the news ☺
From what I know rosewood other than Brazilian Rosewood will come of the CITES list sometime in November this year, exact date to be confirmed, and for musical instruments only. For other uses it will still be on the CITES list of banned items.
My Korean 97 ish DC59: drive.google.com/file/d/105VOaNY_LbvbOucfViAccumUoTGC_9rV/view?usp=sharing
Not rosewood but pau ferro
did it sell? ha ha
Endoskeleton.
sounds nice, don't like the look though.
First
These should be done on the cheap by the Chinese.
John..I’m a guy ..so that means I’m a chap ? So what is a girl called ? Thanks ..err..chap ..😄🎸
Perhaps Chapettes or Chapesses. :-)
As I have said a gazillion times... Plenty of TH-camrs open with "Hi Guys!" I'm just using the British version of "guys" - a general greeting which isn't intended to exclude anyone.
Wow...A Gazillion times.....I must be ..very..late to the party ! Just trying to tickle your ribs John ..You rock my man....err ..chap 👍😎🎸
Looks really cheap & nasty, it has the "childs toy" look about it I'm afraid!
SmokinJoe347 was good enough for Jimmy Page ☺
@@malcolmhardwick4258:Maybe so but that doesn't stop me having my own opinion does it!
Agreed!
@@CaptainScarlet1961 If you like it who cares what ppl think!
@@NathanChisholm041: Likewise also if you don't, I'm not a fan of the sound as it's very tinny & twangy but it just looks "toyish" with those colour coded rounded off control knobs, it just makes it a bit too "Fisher Price" looking for me & the body being part hardboard doesn't say around £300.00 gbp either sorry I'm just not a fan but that's just my own opinion & if other people think it's great then that's ok too!
sounds like a very cheap guitar
That's kind of the point of a Danelctro to be honest 🙂