Rhett... OMFG... I'm laughing here because I'm having flashbacks. My grandfather was Tony Manfredi, who worked for Danelctro in the late 60's designing necks and ultimately the famed Toilet Seat Danelectro guitars. All with lipstick pickups... I have fond memories of those masonite bodies and bolt-on necks with their whacky lipstick pickups, with three toilet seat guitars on the wall not far from the oscilloscope and Peterson strobe tuner. Thanks for bringing back those memories! Think I may have to throw a lipstick into one of my guitars... or recreate the toilet seat guitar for myself! Great job, as always!!
If your into TONE you should should check out some of the cheap guitars from Harley Benton , really good players when set up , you can do that yourself , plenty of tutorials out there . danelectro will be more expensive . Cheers
I was just wondering. When you’re hired for a studio session, how do you know what to bring? So they tell you the sound they want, or do you bring 4 guitars and a massive pedal board and a few amps so they can decide? What’s the process like in choosing the gear when going to a studio session?
I had the pleasure of visiting a couple of studios in Nashville about 15 years ago and they already had a lot of guitars and amps available. I dont/didn’t have anything near as nice as what Rhett has but I felt a little silly bringing my amp and pedals with me that first time. I don’t have a ton of experience but every time I played somewhere in Nashville all I needed was my guitar
Best thing is to ask. If you can't ask, if it is a known artist listen to previous work. If you have no clue bring a guitar you can play well. At least you can practice till you gear up.
As someone who’s played, helped out at, and called many sessions over the years, I can say people def hire the player not the guitar. If it’s your session and you have a specific ask that you have seen / heard your player use and love (baritone for sure fits this example), they’ll probably be happy to accommodate. But most producers trust the person they’re calling to bring whatever flavor they think is best. As a player, maybe you like bringing several guitars and a ton of pedals, or maybe you like just showing up with a single option and letting the producer work magic. As a studio assistant I saw guys like Gerry Leonard show up with lots of awesome gear and I saw Nile Rodgers show up with nothing but his strat and plug straight into a mic pre. Also, most studios will have a selection of house guitars, effects and amps to try out on the day and that’s part of the fun and magic of playing a session in a studio, IMO
Reading your question, I recalled a great story I read probably 20- 30 years ago. Someone laid out the difference between a New York session guitarist and a California session guitarist. The New Yorker brings one guitar, one case of pedals and takes the taxi to the studio. The Californian brings a bobtail truck with a dozen guitars, endless pedals, a half dozen amps and a roadie.
@@jasonremy1627 - Yea man.....Keith is awesome. Rhett gets more into the tone aspect of things, but Keith gives the most fascinating complete history. Keith did a "Dano" history, but Rhett is more focused on the Lipstick tone.
Requesting "What is the Goldfoil Sound?" next please Rhett. I'm aware there are a number of different varieties of foil pickups, with different sounds, but to me that just sounds like a prime excuse to add a few more guitars to your beautiful collection. Keep the great content coming, I'm a huge fan!
One note about the old lipstick magnets: they’re cylindrical, like a Tele or Strat magnet/polepiece but longer. The magnets had to be wound just right ‘cuz the whole assembly is a real tight fit into the lipstick tubes. Danos were “cheap” guitars in many ways but the handwork put into making ‘em was high quality.
HA! My grandfather, Anthony Manfredi was responsible for some of that. He worked for them for some time. I think "value" might be the best way to describe them. He was pretty anal about the necks. But the bodies... that was another story. Go figure.
I’ve got a Vintage U1 and a modern shorthorn, and they are both easily my favorite guitars I’ve owned. Absolutely love the sound of them, even if I can’t really play.
"inspires you to play a little differently" Isn't that the driver for all our gear explorations? Thanks for extending the journey, Rhett! I've used lipstick tube pickups in Danelectro U52 & 12-string, Telecaster neck position, and in Charvel Surfcaster guitars. Low-output and well-defined, they stay crunchy, even in milk. Shout out to Syd Barrett and Rick Miller (Southern Culture On The Skids) as a couple of my favorite players who've used them.
Lipsticks are some of my favorite pickups. I'm glad you mentioned they have a "hifi" sound, cause that's the way I always thought of them. Full-range, not mid-hyped
Twenty years ago my home was broken into, and my two Danos were stolen: a baritone and a Hodad electric with humbucker lipsticks and a Bigsby tremolo. Talk about bummed out. This is making me want to buy another Dano now. Love them.
I got my Danelectro 59x12 yesterday and I'm blown away by this guitar!!! So well crafted and it sounds and plays beautifully for a 12-string guitar!!! The next one will be a Danelectro 6-string with two Lipstick pickups!!!
I just recently got my Danelectro baritone, and it's stunning. As a lefty, I'm used to having not a lot of options, so the fact that I could get my hands on something so different is great. And it's such a different sound from anything else I own; I sometimes struggle with what to do with it, but it always sounds better than I expect.
The first Dano I ever played was a 12 string. That jangle is so good- nice and full without ever getting muddy. If you don't already have a 12 string electric in your arsenal, you should check one out.
I was lucky enough to get my hands on a vintage Danelectro a while back, you're absolutely right about its uniqueness. It is definitely one of my best recording guitars, and hands down my favourite for any open tuning. Also the build quality really doesn't feel cheap in any way, it's dead straight and functioning perfectly after being around for almost 65 years.
Excellent video! I’m a big fan of lipsticks for years. I have a few Jerry Jones sitar’s, Baritone and Guitarlin and those pickups are perfect for finger style!
I have a Danelectro ‘59 12-string and a U2 reissue that I love. I’m a big fan of the sound of their guitars and their brand as a whole. The “food” pedals got me into effects in a big way and the Chicken Salad remains a favorite univibe pedal of mine these many long years later. Thanks for another great episode!
When I think of lipstick pickups I always think Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Charlie guitar. My favourite of his, even over his Number One. I just love the white simplistic look with the lipstick pickups in them and the hula girl on the back
Me too Xealzy the tones he got when playing life without you live on that Charly strat, as soon as he hits that big bend at the start of the solo, it sends shivers down my spine everytime. And like you i'd have the charly strat over any othe any say.
As a bassist, I grabbed a Danelectro 63 when I graduated high school to have a guitar to kick around. I absolutely love these things, and I ended up getting a baritone later on to match.
Rhett I bought my son a U-2 like a Les Paul/ Jet style. Great in the middle position and great through the " Dirty Thirty" Dano amp I got him. Bouught it from the Korean made batch in the 80s. Wish i had them both. They may be low priced (but I think everyone sould have on ) Zac Childs has a couple. Grreat guitars and you'll only know til you get one. Good review.
You did a good job of explaining the history and construction of the pickups. I'm seriously considering buying a guitar with them right now and you may have sold me.
I have a Danelectro Nos59+ and absolutely love it. For the money I feel it is the best dollar value I spent on a guitar. I do play my PRS CE24 and Vela more often, but whenever I feel like a change the Dano really hits the mark.
I have a 90s reissue Danelectro U2. Having picked it up again in 2020 during lockdown, it has stayed out ever since. I find myself using the middle position (both pickups) most of the time. It sounds surprisingly full and rich given the more scooped, thinner sound of the individual pickups. Works well for slide with or without some overdrive.
Yes, the pickups are linked in series so you get a dual coil ( humbucker) sound as opposed to a Strat or Tele thin sound with two pickups selected. Surprised Rhett did not mention this.
@@mikebarnard2689 i guess he was reviewing the pickup rather than Dano guitars. Maybe he'll cover it if he does a video about them. The series pickup sound is great, isn't it?
I have a matching set of Danelectro guitars with lipstick pickups, and one is a baritone guitar. I love the sound of lipsticks going through my Hiwatts.
I don't have a guitar with lipstick pickups, but I was told that an old Guyatone that I have has pickups that are equivalent. The sound is very similar, though I have not experimented a lot with the guitar. Honestly, I cannot find a pic of a guitar anywhere with pickups that look like this, but I do enjoy the sound.
Can I just give a quick shoutout to the intro here, though? I am losing it over the processing on the drums and the soft panning that is going on in the percussion, it's a huge mood
Would love to see a deep dive on these Jems! No joke, several of friends who have played my Dano has ended up with one or two themselves! Great playing and great content Rhett! Cheers!
This is my favourite thing you have played. Was thinking about building a guitar with lipstick pickups just for the look. Definitely going to do it now.
Thanks Rhett for contributing to one of my all time favourites! Always a pleasure to hear what you have to say. It would be very hard for me not to try and save my 90‘s baritone from a fire in my house. I think the wooden uncompensated bridge deserves to be featured, it is playing a big role in the incredibly warm yet so chimey sound of my Dan-E and I would recommend it to very owner of a Dan with metal bridge to try out wooden. Had the worn down wood on my Baritone replaced and adjusted by my fav guitar shop and it tunes astoundishly precise considering it has such a long scale with no separate bridge parts. And the warm baritone twanger fitted with a Capo in 5th resp. 7th fret (I prefer tuning ADGC, sometimes with drop G) is turned into the most effective cutting through everything indie trasher within seconds.
The one that caught me was SRV's 1983 Custom Strat-style Guitar “Charley” This guitar was made by Charley Wirz - owner of Charley’s Guitar Shop in Dallas, in 1984. It has a white strat-style body with a rosewood neck, two controls (volume and tone) and Danelectro lipstick pickups. Then at 5:06 you strum and I'm like hey! there's that tone I've had in my head for years! As in "After Dark"
I love love love my Danelectros. I have a 12-string, a regular 6-string that I modded by adding the Danelectro sitar bridge, and a baritone. The baritone is particularly fun.
The Orange Metal Flake is out of stock at Sweetwater until July; but that color is worth the wait and premium price (the metal flake paint coats are a little more.). I have a 12 sting Dano 59x12 and that guitar could not be any better. I love the middle switch position mixing the neck P90 and the bridge Lipstick humbucker sound; just incredible sonically. When I have a bassist I can click into the bridge position to roll off some of the lower and let my guitar chime it out on that Lipstick humbucker. It has Rick 12 string qualities for 1/6 the price and it can transfer wit that P90 in the neck. Really great guitars. Now to wait for my 59M NOS+in Rhett Shull Metal Flake Orange (ok not your signature guitar....) but love the color more than all the other plethora of options for this model.
danelectro mod 6 here, first guitar when I was 15. Brand new, lady was a pianist that got it as a gift and sold it to me for $300. Blow switch, 6 pick up tune o matic selector, split coil for the humbucker that was made up of 2 lipstick pickups, I mean the thing is truly one of a kind. It's become the guitar that no longer is played but is going to the grave with me because of how much it means to me.
I bought a Mod 6 off of Musicians Friend 20+ years ago. They were blowing it out for $150 and I needed a beater as I was going to be traveling out of the country. Now, you would have to kill me before I gave it up.
Several years back I stripped an old strat body and did it up with some custom artwork. It sat around unused for a long time until I finally decided to finish it. I pretty much made all my decisions based on what I thought would look cool. Body is mostly a dark walnut color with some tan and red accents, I decided to do a red tortoise shell pick guard and thought “hey what is I did two covered humbuckers with a lipstick in the middle position?” I had to do a little routing to fit the classic dimensions lipstick pickup. It looks just as slick as I imagined, but I was surprised by how much I like the blended sound of positions 2 and 4.
ive had a Dan Electro for about 20 years i love it . the sound is great the feel of the neck is perfect and for recording its truly great for cutting through the mix . ive used it as my main gig axe for about 5 years ,
I miss my old Danelectro. I lost it in a major hurricane and I'm not sure why I've never bought another one. It sounded great, it played great, it weighed next to nothing and it was a joy to play. I just might have to break out the checkbook and buy another Danelectro as the sound and feel while playing them are most definitely unique.
Im really into Orange and White as a colour combo lately and I love those pickups too. That guitar was a steal for the price you paid. Sounds amazing and one of the most beautiful guitars I've seen
thanks for answering the Tele neck pick-up question I was having. You mention throughout the video what the lipstick pick-ups are good at. It made me wonder: what are they bad at? it must be something, or no other styles would exist, lol.
5:42 Man, let me tell ya! I have an old sunburst luthier made body and was thinking of getting an imbuia neck, gold hardware and a white shield... Thanks for showing me how it will look!!
I have a Korean Danelectro a first edition reissue. One thing to mention about Danelectros is the pickups are wired in series most pups are wired in parallel this means in middle position the two pickups combine to create almost a hum bucket effect
I'm glad you made this episode! I have a custom made guitar built 20 years ago by Gil, an amazing luthier in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and we decided to use lipsticks on her. It's my main guitar since then. Low impedance pick ups are great, and lipsticks are a very good example of it. I'd say that about 70% of my recordings were done using lipsticks!
I nearly bought a Danelectro last year, but a PRS Tremonti SE came up on a deal and I am a sucker for those bird inlays! It is a lovely guitar.. but watching this, I want a Danelectro again (my name is Dan!) .. I want a 12 string, a baritone, and a standard 6 string. Love that shimmer effect on the last play, with delay and reverb! Lovely guitars..
Rhett, I love your channel. But this was the best contribution.... the Lipstick pickup... Danelectros... in my opinion there cannot be enough praise for Nat Daniel. The sound of his guitars is outstanding because it is so percussive, natural and cool. I use it live and in the studio. I love it for clear pickings with a little nice reverb and sometimes delay with the neck pickup like E from eels does it so often. There is no better sound than this for an airy arrangement of your songs. It is so good to hear someone appreciating it as much as I do. So, thank you. I'd love to watch a whole episode on Danos. Greetings from Germany, Joe
Thank you for rocking an Atlanta Vintage Guitars T Shirt ....we get a lot of folks mention your video you did at the store !! At the Orlando Guitar Expo I had a guy come up to me and " Say it say it ....100 watts the Hard way !!! "
Love my two Dano’s and the lipstick sound. One thing to note is most two pickup danos are wired so the pickups run in series in the middle position and not parallel like on a Tele. This gives a fatter sound and is great for slide and the open tuning dano tone 🎸👌
In my opinion the greatest sounding strat was SRV’s Charley which was made with these pickups. Something about how they sounded once there were guitar changes to it or in comparison to his others alongside his #1 it was one of the most insane sounding instruments.
I have a 1964 Danelectro 3022 bronze color. I like the lipstick pickups. They give you a sound that's hard to find in other pickups. Around 2.9 ohms. Middle position double that. Thanks for the video.
I just picked up a DC 59. I love the sound of these pickups and how they're placed on the guitar. They seem to get some unique overtones. My only issue with the guitar is that the pots are incredibly stiff and the action changed completely after three days in my basement. I need to get it setup to deal with the reality of my space.
Thanx Rhett, great vid, once again. Being in Australia, I was able to purchase a Danelectro 59x guitar (2016) & FAB Fuzz pedal. It's opened up a whole new world to me. I got my '1st' guitar (Japanese Stratocaster) in 1980 when I was 16. The (Danelectro) lipstick pickup's sound so good.! I've a wide variety of musical loves Country Western to Black Metal. Absolutely HATE disco, EDM, soft-rock & early 70's pre-punk.
Lipstick pups (and Dano guitars) have been among my favorites for decades. I've put them in strats, teles, baritones, and even acoustics! I find that because of the "Hi-Fi" performance of the lipsticks, they make really excellent sound-hole pickups, especially for small body acoustic guitars. (The fact that they are longer is really handy here, considering the typically wider string spacing of most acoustic guitars... ) If you can find older, slightly microphonic examples of vintage dano pups; then a certain sort of 'magic' can happen when the microphonic aspect of the pup 'couples' with a small body (think parlor guitar) and creates a whole different kind of tone. (Why small body? Less prone to feedback, or at least a more controllable feedback that can be really useful.) If you want to hear what I'm talking about, search out this vid: "Mods Demo: A&L Ami Parlor Guitar with Danelectro Lipstick Pickup". I'd post a link but I don't know if that's allowed... :)
As the direct result of watching this video - I took the leap and just picked up a Danelectro 59M+ 60TH Anniversary Silver Metalflake - and all I can say is wow. It plays better than my custom team build '52 Tele. Makes me wonder about looking at the Yamaha Revstar Standard as a P90 option - maybe consider taking a look at Rhett!
Rhett... OMFG... I'm laughing here because I'm having flashbacks. My grandfather was Tony Manfredi, who worked for Danelctro in the late 60's designing necks and ultimately the famed Toilet Seat Danelectro guitars. All with lipstick pickups... I have fond memories of those masonite bodies and bolt-on necks with their whacky lipstick pickups, with three toilet seat guitars on the wall not far from the oscilloscope and Peterson strobe tuner. Thanks for bringing back those memories! Think I may have to throw a lipstick into one of my guitars... or recreate the toilet seat guitar for myself! Great job, as always!!
Not a player, just an audiophile. Really just enjoy soaking up the knowledge here. Thanks Rhett.
If your into TONE you should should check out some of the cheap guitars from Harley Benton , really good players when set up , you can do that yourself , plenty of tutorials out there . danelectro will be more expensive . Cheers
I was just wondering. When you’re hired for a studio session, how do you know what to bring? So they tell you the sound they want, or do you bring 4 guitars and a massive pedal board and a few amps so they can decide? What’s the process like in choosing the gear when going to a studio session?
I had the pleasure of visiting a couple of studios in Nashville about 15 years ago and they already had a lot of guitars and amps available. I dont/didn’t have anything near as nice as what Rhett has but I felt a little silly bringing my amp and pedals with me that first time.
I don’t have a ton of experience but every time I played somewhere in Nashville all I needed was my guitar
Best thing is to ask. If you can't ask, if it is a known artist listen to previous work. If you have no clue bring a guitar you can play well. At least you can practice till you gear up.
As someone who’s played, helped out at, and called many sessions over the years, I can say people def hire the player not the guitar. If it’s your session and you have a specific ask that you have seen / heard your player use and love (baritone for sure fits this example), they’ll probably be happy to accommodate. But most producers trust the person they’re calling to bring whatever flavor they think is best. As a player, maybe you like bringing several guitars and a ton of pedals, or maybe you like just showing up with a single option and letting the producer work magic. As a studio assistant I saw guys like Gerry Leonard show up with lots of awesome gear and I saw Nile Rodgers show up with nothing but his strat and plug straight into a mic pre. Also, most studios will have a selection of house guitars, effects and amps to try out on the day and that’s part of the fun and magic of playing a session in a studio, IMO
Reading your question, I recalled a great story I read probably 20- 30 years ago. Someone laid out the difference between a New York session guitarist and a California session guitarist.
The New Yorker brings one guitar, one case of pedals and takes the taxi to the studio. The Californian brings a bobtail truck with a dozen guitars, endless pedals, a half dozen amps and a roadie.
@@Derickbass that's funny, I don't care who ya are!
Love this whole series, Rhett! Any plans to do a Jazzmaster or Rickenbacker episode?
You should check out 5 Watt World. He has a series like this, and he did Rickenbacker.
@@jasonremy1627 - Yea man.....Keith is awesome. Rhett gets more into the tone aspect of things, but Keith gives the most fascinating complete history. Keith did a "Dano" history, but Rhett is more focused on the Lipstick tone.
I’d love a Jazzmaster vid, favorite guitars
Be patient dang
THIS!
Requesting "What is the Goldfoil Sound?" next please Rhett. I'm aware there are a number of different varieties of foil pickups, with different sounds, but to me that just sounds like a prime excuse to add a few more guitars to your beautiful collection. Keep the great content coming, I'm a huge fan!
Great question
One note about the old lipstick magnets: they’re cylindrical, like a Tele or Strat magnet/polepiece but longer.
The magnets had to be wound just right ‘cuz the whole assembly is a real tight fit into the lipstick tubes. Danos were “cheap” guitars in many ways but the handwork put into making ‘em was high quality.
HA! My grandfather, Anthony Manfredi was responsible for some of that. He worked for them for some time. I think "value" might be the best way to describe them. He was pretty anal about the necks. But the bodies... that was another story. Go figure.
Danelectro guitars to this day are amazing value for what they cost
Danelectro pickup magnets are bar type, not cylindrical.
@@DanelectroGuru Yes, I checked in my Dano book and bar magnets they were. Then I realized you *wrote the book* so of course you’d know. ☺️
I’ve got a Vintage U1 and a modern shorthorn, and they are both easily my favorite guitars I’ve owned. Absolutely love the sound of them, even if I can’t really play.
I love the jam at the beginning of this video
Mark Hart from Crowded House turned me on to Dano’s… man he played some beautiful guitar on that 12 string.
Production on the intro track is rad af man great work
"inspires you to play a little differently"
Isn't that the driver for all our gear explorations? Thanks for extending the journey, Rhett!
I've used lipstick tube pickups in Danelectro U52 & 12-string, Telecaster neck position, and in Charvel Surfcaster guitars. Low-output and well-defined, they stay crunchy, even in milk.
Shout out to Syd Barrett and Rick Miller (Southern Culture On The Skids) as a couple of my favorite players who've used them.
That intro was sick!
Lipsticks are some of my favorite pickups. I'm glad you mentioned they have a "hifi" sound, cause that's the way I always thought of them. Full-range, not mid-hyped
I was about to start watching this on my phone but as soon as I heard the intro, I instantly shot up to get my good headphones and went to my computer
I always get excited when your vids start with you playing. There is something about your sound and style that resonates with my soul. Thank you!
mpactdesignmedia - Same here. It's more than just his super tasty playing. His chord progressions sit perfectly on my palette.
Twenty years ago my home was broken into, and my two Danos were stolen: a baritone and a Hodad electric with humbucker lipsticks and a Bigsby tremolo. Talk about bummed out. This is making me want to buy another Dano now. Love them.
there is such a thing as a humbucker lipstick pickup?
I got my Danelectro 59x12 yesterday and I'm blown away by this guitar!!! So well crafted and it sounds and plays beautifully for a 12-string guitar!!! The next one will be a Danelectro 6-string with two Lipstick pickups!!!
I just recently got my Danelectro baritone, and it's stunning. As a lefty, I'm used to having not a lot of options, so the fact that I could get my hands on something so different is great. And it's such a different sound from anything else I own; I sometimes struggle with what to do with it, but it always sounds better than I expect.
I believe Kashmir was played on a Danelectro. Not sure about the studio version but I've seen Page use it when playing live.
Page used that Danelectro on DADGAD tuning specificly
Your intro tracks as of late have been extra spectacular! Keep up the good work, love the channel! 👍
The first Dano I ever played was a 12 string. That jangle is so good- nice and full without ever getting muddy. If you don't already have a 12 string electric in your arsenal, you should check one out.
I was lucky enough to get my hands on a vintage Danelectro a while back, you're absolutely right about its uniqueness. It is definitely one of my best recording guitars, and hands down my favourite for any open tuning. Also the build quality really doesn't feel cheap in any way, it's dead straight and functioning perfectly after being around for almost 65 years.
Hello Rhett ! Thats intro song is super sweet sounding man , great work . Love your creations ! 🤙
I’ve always loved the lipstick and fuzz sound and never knew that 😍😂 thanks for opening up my ears, Rhet!
This is easily my fave intro you’ve done.
Excellent video! I’m a big fan of lipsticks for years. I have a few Jerry Jones sitar’s, Baritone and Guitarlin and those pickups are perfect for finger style!
Those Dano's are some of the best value guitars on the market right now, another great video Rhett!
Rio Grande - Totally. My buddy has a Dano 12 string. It sounds as good as a Ric, and has awesome quality, but it's literally a quarter of the price.
5:02 🤩😍😍 what an amazing ballsy sound
i love the fact that it was litterally incased in a lipstic tube. such a funny and cool backstory :) they also look really cool :)
I have a Danelectro ‘59 12-string and a U2 reissue that I love. I’m a big fan of the sound of their guitars and their brand as a whole. The “food” pedals got me into effects in a big way and the Chicken Salad remains a favorite univibe pedal of mine these many long years later. Thanks for another great episode!
I just installed a lipstick in my partscaster and it has such a sweet sound. I highly recommend it
When I think of lipstick pickups I always think Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Charlie guitar. My favourite of his, even over his Number One. I just love the white simplistic look with the lipstick pickups in them and the hula girl on the back
Me too Xealzy the tones he got when playing life without you live on that Charly strat, as soon as he hits that big bend at the start of the solo, it sends shivers down my spine everytime.
And like you i'd have the charly strat over any othe any say.
I’ve got an old Silvertone with a single lipstick pickup. It sounds great.
As a bassist, I grabbed a Danelectro 63 when I graduated high school to have a guitar to kick around. I absolutely love these things, and I ended up getting a baritone later on to match.
Rhett I bought my son a U-2 like a Les Paul/ Jet style. Great in the middle position and great through the " Dirty Thirty" Dano amp I got him. Bouught it from the Korean made batch in the 80s. Wish i had them both. They may be low priced (but I think everyone sould have on ) Zac Childs has a couple. Grreat guitars and you'll only know til you get one. Good review.
You did a good job of explaining the history and construction of the pickups. I'm seriously considering buying a guitar with them right now and you may have sold me.
Was waiting for you to play Rumble, and you did! Thank you! Great tones and great playing, as always!
I have a Danelectro Nos59+ and absolutely love it. For the money I feel it is the best dollar value I spent on a guitar. I do play my PRS CE24 and Vela more often, but whenever I feel like a change the Dano really hits the mark.
I have a 90s reissue Danelectro U2. Having picked it up again in 2020 during lockdown, it has stayed out ever since. I find myself using the middle position (both pickups) most of the time. It sounds surprisingly full and rich given the more scooped, thinner sound of the individual pickups. Works well for slide with or without some overdrive.
Yes, the pickups are linked in series so you get a dual coil ( humbucker) sound as opposed to a Strat or Tele thin sound with two pickups selected. Surprised Rhett did not mention this.
@@mikebarnard2689 i guess he was reviewing the pickup rather than Dano guitars. Maybe he'll cover it if he does a video about them. The series pickup sound is great, isn't it?
Love my Danelectro 12 string...Thanks for coming up with the word to describe the tone so well - "mid-scooped." That's exactly it.
Wow that intro! Sounds beautiful!
I love my danelectro dano pro. I usually use it with just a big muff and a crappy delay inside my vox ac 15 and that's a killer garage rock tone !
Bright shrill and unnecessary were the first thoughts that hit my brain when I got the notification
The 60s silvertone 1457 I have is a wonderful guitar. Sweet and sassy.
Thanks for the video!
Great guitar! I love mine. I haven't played it in a while. It's time to wake her up. 😊
It would be sick to throw a lipstick in the middle on a jazzmaster with the 7 way Gilmour mod. I bet that bright chimey sound would be a great mix
I've got Joe Walsh's original single pickup Silvertone (or so I was told) and I need to give it more playing time. Thanks for posting this!
I have a matching set of Danelectro guitars with lipstick pickups, and one is a baritone guitar. I love the sound of lipsticks going through my Hiwatts.
I don't have a guitar with lipstick pickups, but I was told that an old Guyatone that I have has pickups that are equivalent. The sound is very similar, though I have not experimented a lot with the guitar. Honestly, I cannot find a pic of a guitar anywhere with pickups that look like this, but I do enjoy the sound.
Nice ! I hope you'll make a video with a Rickenbacker one day !
Can I just give a quick shoutout to the intro here, though? I am losing it over the processing on the drums and the soft panning that is going on in the percussion, it's a huge mood
That baritone with that tuning sounds awesome!
I love my Danelectro. And you're right, when I pick it up and start playing, its a different vibe.
Would love to see a deep dive on these Jems! No joke, several of friends who have played my Dano has ended up with one or two themselves! Great playing and great content Rhett! Cheers!
I regret not buying one when they reissued them in the early 2000's.
This is my favourite thing you have played. Was thinking about building a guitar with lipstick pickups just for the look. Definitely going to do it now.
This is a highly informative, articulate, intelligent explanation of a pickup sound I’ve always loved but didn’t know much about. Thank you.
Thanks Rhett for contributing to one of my all time favourites! Always a pleasure to hear what you have to say. It would be very hard for me not to try and save my 90‘s baritone from a fire in my house. I think the wooden uncompensated bridge deserves to be featured, it is playing a big role in the incredibly warm yet so chimey sound of my Dan-E and I would recommend it to very owner of a Dan with metal bridge to try out wooden. Had the worn down wood on my Baritone replaced and adjusted by my fav guitar shop and it tunes astoundishly precise considering it has such a long scale with no separate bridge parts. And the warm baritone twanger fitted with a Capo in 5th resp. 7th fret (I prefer tuning ADGC, sometimes with drop G) is turned into the most effective cutting through everything indie trasher within seconds.
That tele sounds fucking incredible I want it lol
Don't have or have ever owned lipstick pickups. But thanks to your video, I now want a pair.
That orange looks supreme.
In the 90s my buddy had a Charvel 12 string surfcaster with lipsticks. That thing sounded awesome! Great video as always!
One strum of that baritone guitar and my heart cracked open
The one that caught me was SRV's
1983 Custom Strat-style Guitar “Charley”
This guitar was made by Charley Wirz - owner of Charley’s Guitar Shop in Dallas, in 1984. It has a white strat-style body with a rosewood neck, two controls (volume and tone) and Danelectro lipstick pickups.
Then at 5:06 you strum and I'm like hey! there's that tone I've had in my head for years! As in "After Dark"
I was already sold on the classic sound alone and then i heard 7:36 and i can’t wait to get it. METAL!
I love love love my Danelectros. I have a 12-string, a regular 6-string that I modded by adding the Danelectro sitar bridge, and a baritone. The baritone is particularly fun.
The Orange Metal Flake is out of stock at Sweetwater until July; but that color is worth the wait and premium price (the metal flake paint coats are a little more.). I have a 12 sting Dano 59x12 and that guitar could not be any better. I love the middle switch position mixing the neck P90 and the bridge Lipstick humbucker sound; just incredible sonically. When I have a bassist I can click into the bridge position to roll off some of the lower and let my guitar chime it out on that Lipstick humbucker. It has Rick 12 string qualities for 1/6 the price and it can transfer wit that P90 in the neck. Really great guitars. Now to wait for my 59M NOS+in Rhett Shull Metal Flake Orange (ok not your signature guitar....) but love the color more than all the other plethora of options for this model.
7:53 OMG that sound!!!! 🤯
That intro track is tight, and the orange sparkle looks amazing! Danos are just their own thing.
danelectro mod 6 here, first guitar when I was 15. Brand new, lady was a pianist that got it as a gift and sold it to me for $300. Blow switch, 6 pick up tune o matic selector, split coil for the humbucker that was made up of 2 lipstick pickups, I mean the thing is truly one of a kind. It's become the guitar that no longer is played but is going to the grave with me because of how much it means to me.
I bought a Mod 6 off of Musicians Friend 20+ years ago. They were blowing it out for $150 and I needed a beater as I was going to be traveling out of the country. Now, you would have to kill me before I gave it up.
@@netgoat such a small circle, but always a pleasure to hear from another owner!
Several years back I stripped an old strat body and did it up with some custom artwork. It sat around unused for a long time until I finally decided to finish it. I pretty much made all my decisions based on what I thought would look cool. Body is mostly a dark walnut color with some tan and red accents, I decided to do a red tortoise shell pick guard and thought “hey what is I did two covered humbuckers with a lipstick in the middle position?” I had to do a little routing to fit the classic dimensions lipstick pickup. It looks just as slick as I imagined, but I was surprised by how much I like the blended sound of positions 2 and 4.
The fuzz tone is ridiculous! Good stuff Rhett
ive had a Dan Electro for about 20 years i love it . the sound is great the feel of the neck is perfect and for recording its truly great for cutting through the mix . ive used it as my main gig axe for about 5 years ,
Definitely great sounds and great played as well... Beato even plays Jazz with his Dano.
This is such a great channel!!!
Baritones and lipstick.... nobody else is doing this type of video...great recipes man...can't wait to see what u cook up next...🤘😜🎸🎶☮️❤️
I miss my old Danelectro. I lost it in a major hurricane and I'm not sure why I've never bought another one. It sounded great, it played great, it weighed next to nothing and it was a joy to play. I just might have to break out the checkbook and buy another Danelectro as the sound and feel while playing them are most definitely unique.
i just press like without even watching the video bc i know rhett is going to put out a video in gonna like instantly.
Im really into Orange and White as a colour combo lately and I love those pickups too. That guitar was a steal for the price you paid. Sounds amazing and one of the most beautiful guitars I've seen
I have a '58 Longhorn bass, and I love the lipstick pickup sound on the bottom end.
thanks for answering the Tele neck pick-up question I was having.
You mention throughout the video what the lipstick pick-ups are good at.
It made me wonder: what are they bad at?
it must be something, or no other styles would exist, lol.
5:42 Man, let me tell ya! I have an old sunburst luthier made body and was thinking of getting an imbuia neck, gold hardware and a white shield... Thanks for showing me how it will look!!
I have a Korean Danelectro a first edition reissue. One thing to mention about Danelectros is the pickups are wired in series most pups are wired in parallel this means in middle position the two pickups combine to create almost a hum bucket effect
I’ve been waiting for this
I'm glad you made this episode! I have a custom made guitar built 20 years ago by Gil, an amazing luthier in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and we decided to use lipsticks on her. It's my main guitar since then. Low impedance pick ups are great, and lipsticks are a very good example of it. I'd say that about 70% of my recordings were done using lipsticks!
I nearly bought a Danelectro last year, but a PRS Tremonti SE came up on a deal and I am a sucker for those bird inlays! It is a lovely guitar.. but watching this, I want a Danelectro again (my name is Dan!) .. I want a 12 string, a baritone, and a standard 6 string. Love that shimmer effect on the last play, with delay and reverb! Lovely guitars..
Just took delivery of this guitar in silver metal flake
Unbelievable how it resonates out of the box unplugged
Great video
Rhett, I love your channel. But this was the best contribution.... the Lipstick pickup... Danelectros... in my opinion there cannot be enough praise for Nat Daniel. The sound of his guitars is outstanding because it is so percussive, natural and cool. I use it live and in the studio. I love it for clear pickings with a little nice reverb and sometimes delay with the neck pickup like E from eels does it so often. There is no better sound than this for an airy arrangement of your songs. It is so good to hear someone appreciating it as much as I do. So, thank you. I'd love to watch a whole episode on Danos. Greetings from Germany, Joe
Awesome & informative video...I just got a Silvertone U2 with lipstick pickups. I'm excited to explore all the tones & variety it has to offer.
"character effect"...... wtf was that effect you kicked on at the end? I love it....
Thank you for rocking an Atlanta Vintage Guitars T Shirt ....we get a lot of folks mention your video you did at the store !! At the Orlando Guitar Expo I had a guy come up to me and " Say it say it ....100 watts the Hard way !!! "
Love my two Dano’s and the lipstick sound. One thing to note is most two pickup danos are wired so the pickups run in series in the middle position and not parallel like on a Tele. This gives a fatter sound and is great for slide and the open tuning dano tone 🎸👌
I’d love to know the difference
In my opinion the greatest sounding strat was SRV’s Charley which was made with these pickups. Something about how they sounded once there were guitar changes to it or in comparison to his others alongside his #1 it was one of the most insane sounding instruments.
My first (only) electric guitar. Thanks for the awesome sounds.
I have a 1964 Danelectro 3022 bronze color. I like the lipstick pickups. They give you a sound that's hard to find in other pickups. Around 2.9 ohms. Middle position double that.
Thanks for the video.
Ya done good chattin' up a unique albeit "cheap" piece of gear, lending it as much credibility as it can muster. I like what you did here.
Love the part from 4:25. Is that some song in particular, or just noodling around?
I was wondering this too!
I just picked up a DC 59. I love the sound of these pickups and how they're placed on the guitar. They seem to get some unique overtones. My only issue with the guitar is that the pots are incredibly stiff and the action changed completely after three days in my basement. I need to get it setup to deal with the reality of my space.
I LOVE this series. Please continue kind sir!
Thanx Rhett, great vid, once again. Being in Australia, I was able to purchase a Danelectro 59x guitar (2016) & FAB Fuzz pedal. It's opened up a whole new world to me. I got my '1st' guitar (Japanese Stratocaster) in 1980 when I was 16. The (Danelectro) lipstick pickup's sound so good.! I've a wide variety of musical loves Country Western to Black Metal. Absolutely HATE disco, EDM, soft-rock & early 70's pre-punk.
I built a tele with twin lipstick humbuckers that you can split. Crazy build sounds great. Love the lipstick sound.
Lipstick pups (and Dano guitars) have been among my favorites for decades. I've put them in strats, teles, baritones, and even acoustics! I find that because of the "Hi-Fi" performance of the lipsticks, they make really excellent sound-hole pickups, especially for small body acoustic guitars. (The fact that they are longer is really handy here, considering the typically wider string spacing of most acoustic guitars... )
If you can find older, slightly microphonic examples of vintage dano pups; then a certain sort of 'magic' can happen when the microphonic aspect of the pup 'couples' with a small body (think parlor guitar) and creates a whole different kind of tone. (Why small body? Less prone to feedback, or at least a more controllable feedback that can be really useful.) If you want to hear what I'm talking about, search out this vid: "Mods Demo: A&L Ami Parlor Guitar with Danelectro Lipstick Pickup". I'd post a link but I don't know if that's allowed... :)
As the direct result of watching this video - I took the leap and just picked up a Danelectro 59M+ 60TH Anniversary Silver Metalflake - and all I can say is wow. It plays better than my custom team build '52 Tele. Makes me wonder about looking at the Yamaha Revstar Standard as a P90 option - maybe consider taking a look at Rhett!
I have a 2012 Fender special run strat that has three Seymour Duncan lipsticks. It’s very unique and I love that thing!