Danelectro Guitars - For The Player Who’s Got Everything Else! - Andertons Music Co.
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I love the way they kinda bag on the guitars and then commence to having the most inspired and best sounding jam I've ever heard them play together 🤣
saaaaame
Yes, the guitars make more sense than the mouths here.
Fuckin exACTLY! 😳😳
fossilmatic Genius comment; thank you.
Yep, and then the Captain realises ... oh wait, I,m supposed to be selling these.
15 minutes of bashing the Dano guitars for not knowing what they are, then proceed to have the best sounding jam ever.
Could in its own way, be the best endorsement they could have gotten?
They spent 15 minutes bashing the guitars that caused the most interesting guitar demo video they've had all year. Sometimes you just want something different and these are different. Just a different color to tip the brush into. I love dano's btw if you couldn't tell lol.
why does every one think every guitar has to sound like a bloody fender or gibson
Well said
I have had a danelectro, but I never liked it. The idea of having a different type of material guitar is cool and gives a unique tone. However the hardware is awful. It easily falls out of tune. It's not a guitar for everyone. I am sure for the same price you can find something better. Not only Gib or Fender. But other brands. Maybe even local ones.
I have three Danos and none were over $200. Not a lot of name brand Fenders or Gibsons in that price range.
Too right. My Danos sound cool.
"Everyone?" *Mosrite fan sits in the car outside the guitar store.*
"Why not just get an Epiphone or Squier?"
There's a difference between a Danelectro and a Squier/Epiphone: Danelectro's have originality. Sometimes, I just don't want a cheaper version of a Fender or Gibson. I want something that's cheap and yet ORIGINAL.
Think of Epiphone and Squier like McDonald's and Burger King. Sure they're cheap and affordable and everybody eats there. Can I eat somewhere else that isn't a sandwich? Like pizza? Or Chinese food? A DIFFERENT FLAVOR.
Danelectro is also made in korea: better quality than any chinese squier or epiphone
Will Fudge I got a Squier tele Classic vibe made in china, great quality some people even compared them with some fender MIM 🤔
And the danelectro plays so much better
Also Epiphone is its own company
Excellent comment!!!
This is like watching star wars fans reviewing star trek
Jack Beale
Go on.. say it : Nerd Nonsense.
:-)
It’s actually a little like watching Star Wars fans review Star Wars, too 😜😂
In not a fan of either and I know Star Trek is actually well written. Star Wars is for kids
A Channel you are old and no one cares
Yeah. Or vice versa. It’s not doing the product justice. Heck it’s probably also like Kirk fans reviewing Picard era Star Trek as well as prequel loyalists vs original trilogy loyalists.
They sound great. I wish you could have told is more about the range rather than focussing on slagging them off.
Exactly!
The limitations of this channel to this day.
Right ....
To be honest, these sounds way more interesting than all the LPs and strats.
i love it, so unique yet diverse
I just got one today and it sounds great it has that unique sounds i can't get enough of I got the black 12 string
@@toonieluvgaming8939 I just got one of those in black, also. What a cool little guitar. It isn't very luxurious, but it is fun to play.
@@Kdschaak yeah it just got a sounds that I can vibe with and create some interesting riffs
When you've had Fender, Gibson, and PRS models for years and that's all you've heard, I suppose it's easy enough to get bored. Like eating nothing but Oatmeal with either Maple Syrup or Bacon for 40 weeks, you're _probably_ going to get bored of it, no matter how good it was to start with. Even me playing my 1966 Kay, its tone (both for what it is, and also what it isn't) helped me gain some appreciation for Strats.
I'm one of those guys who likes Mosrite models (another company who can have an impressive and interesting tone in the right setup,) and I often enough have found Stratocasters boring, like if I play one, I'm gonna fall asleep while "driving." They're the poster child of a model (next to the Les Paul) that everyone and their great grandma knows. As such, they've gone through a lot of music, and how they're played often seems highly predictable, instead of being spontaneous.
Admittedly, I suppose part of that's a lack of my own talent in Stratocaster Land. Either that, or it's a deep-seated belief that the model's just not for me in most situations. But I also think it's because the model had _so_ many people play it, that I don't feel like I'm going to be adding much (if anything) to music by playing precisely what many other people are. It just doesn't seem unique enough, nor does it seem to be my thing (usually.) Then again, what am I even doing musically, except nothing but bedroom playing, with rare exceptions of uploading a badly recorded video?
I'm probably one of very few outspoken people who thinks of Strats like this. I have _some_ level of appreciation for them, but that's after having compared them to both my 1966 Mosrite, and 1966 Kay. Both models sounds "dry" by comparison. The Mosrite's still more clean than Gibson's P90 pickups. (Mosrites never used P90s, they just look like they do.) The Kay sounds a bit like a discounted Fender, but with AWG 43 Wire and metal casing for their "Pancake" bobbin pickups. I don't know what magnets they used for their pups, but I suspect they might have been Ceramics. That's just speculation, though.
Having heard the Mosrite and Kay, I've realized that Fenders have a bit of a "wet" sound to them, even if it's a Stratocaster and not a Jaguar. That might not make sense tonally at first, because no one I've heard of seems to be using that term. But the tone of my Kay _sometimes_ leaves me feeling like "Agh, I wish I could drink in (listen to) the tone of a Fender right about now." I don't feel that way with the Mosrite, because the pickups are far more punchy and ready to overdrive an amp; it's a different kind of "dry tone," the type that doesn't leave me wanting a Fender in its place.
I only bought the Mid 1966 Kay because I like how it looks aesthetically, and I like trying out less often played instruments. The Kay is an Old Kraftsman (Spiegel Catalog, first showed up for sale in the 1966 Fall - Winter Catalog) version of the Kay K-300 (not the 1962 - 1966 version with "Speed Bump" pickups that look like Gibson P13s, but the later type of the K-300 with pickups called "Cake Pan," "Pancake," and "Zippo" pickups) and this guitar has a surprisingly ornate pickguard. It's also often mistaken for a Vanguard model, but no sales catalogs indicate that.
The Kay does have a pretty thick (that is, depth - not width) V profile neck, which helped me realize that not all thick necks are bad, and they can actually be comfortable for me. I've never played a thicker neck - it's about 0.970" inches thick from back to front around the 1st fret. The V profile moves my hand into a nice spot.
Finally, a guitar Rob can't instantly make sound like himself. Remember the Gretsch Streamliner he turned into a shred machine?
Lee thinks they are a bit shit and then inadvertently demonstrates exactly why they aren't. Inspired to do different stuff, which the strats and LPs don't seem to do. great video!
The bari and the 12's sound good.
I thought the same thing man, very cool vibe especially with the bari on rhy n 12 on lead
Very dirty, nasty, awesome sound
Yeah. Those are 2 I have. They are both great. I really fell in love with the 12 string right away.
I have One of the 2010-ish era Baritones from them, and It's been noted as "One of the best clean tones I've ever heard" by three separate guitarists (One of which is a sound technician.) Good enough To the point I've been offered money for it. Not sure I'm sold on their normal guitars, though.
Dude all of them sound good
say what you like about them but they sound fantastic and very different to the usual!
Umm that was one of ur best sounding jams
I think the expression Lee was looking for was "Low-Fi". There's and time and a place for the roaring JCM 800 rock tone. But there's also a time and place for the "wasp in a jam jar" sound where's its fuzzy and lacking definition.
That's kinda where Dan Electro guitars fall. They've got that super bright, jangley sound to them that give them character.
Around 10:00 ish, that's the coolest thing ever heard the two of you play and on "crap" guitars. Send me one if they don't sell. I'll play the shit out of it.
I agree, the whole part where they jam with the baritone and the 12-string sounds absolutely great. So mellow and hazy...
Same😂
I agree
9:22 “You see what’s happening here, we’re picking up guitars and writing music”
This. This was probably the best jam they had in like 2 years
Own the tone my g
Ed Is Sick one of my favourites is the opening jam from their Marshall Astoria video
Yeah and guess what it has nothing to do with these shitty overpriced guitars
Actually, it has everything to do with those guitars. The sound you hear when you are just noodling on a guitar is almost completely responsible for anything new coming out of your playing. There is something to be said about when you pick up a guitar that doesn't have a genre association mired I your head, it will open up your thought process beyond what you would normally play as well. I certainly don't play the same licks on a Taylor Acoustic as I start to thumb out on say a Dusenberg Semi-hollow, and I don't play nearly the same music on a g-bender Tele as I do a normal tele....when you play a guitar totally foreign to your norm, you inevitably go further out of your normal realm.
You should play 'shite' guitars more often... this is some of the best jamming you've ever done. The limitations of the instruments are keeping you from just making your usual shred runs - you're actually creating mood and melodies!
A month late so this will be buried in a flood of comments, but.. all through this video you guys are demonstrating amazing sounds that don't come out of strats, les pauls, tele's, etc, etc. These things are unique, and I think I am actually convinced to buy one now.
I love Danelectro’s specifically because they don’t sound like a Gibson or a Fender...it’s unique which is missing in the guitar world today.
I have one and for clean tones, you want a Danelectro
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Danelectro guitars are like Lancia cars, they don't always work the way you'd like them to but they look great and enthusiasts love them.
May God have mercy on my soul, I had a Lancia Delta in the early 80s. You could actually hear it rusting away.
Ha! If I had to describe a car that I NEVER thought Lancia would make, it would be this one!
good lord, lancias in 80s and early nineties just rusted since the moment you drove them away from the car dealership. they were extremely well equipped cars but the poor quality of the metal killed the brand. Gotta thank fiat for that
@@takemebacktothen Must have been the acid rain in Britain - or just the old hearsay. My old man had a couple of Themas and a Kappa back in the day. Zero rust. A squeaky seat rail, a power window dropping out... things like that. But no rust and better equipped and performing than anything you'd get from other European manufacturers for that price...
... which brings me back to Danelectro and the part where the analogy fails: Danelectros are too expensive for what they are. For 200 EUR, I'd buy one in a heartbeat, but they're more like 500+.
The Stratos! Beautiful beyond belief!
You guys are dogging the guitars but you guys picked them up and started getting a great sound out of them together. A unique sound and that's what it is all about.
I think you've just sold a lot of Danelectro guitars. Most inspiring video I've seen you guys do. It's funny that your best and most creative jams were on guitars that you think suck :)
I personally loved all of them, specially the 12 string and the bariton
Plus these jams were so much better than when Lee just plays some random rhythm and Robs shreds mindlessly some nonsense on top of it
How about a 12 String Baritone
I swear, these Danelectros made you two work harder....and you know what? You guys sound good, and it's like you're composing real music together. LIke you've done an honest day's work.
The thing is that danelectros don’t suit either of their playing styles. When i think danelectro either super clean jazzy playing or dirty broken blues.
jamie c - or jangle jangle indie rock, or surf rock...
They should've had Pete and Bea play them.
What Jamie said. Great for dream pop type stuff.
That said, the opening jam sounded pretty lovely.
The baritone jam was nice, too.
*Plays some of the best lead he's played on one of these jams.* "I would NEVER play lead on a 12-string."
Wow, you guys are nuts. Danelectro rocks. Nothing like them. I have an original '67 that sounds like nothing else. (in a good way)
Patrick M I’m thinking about getting a 67’- I’m definitely going after a dirty blues type vibe- is it for me?
Are we just going to pretend like Rob didn't try to plug into the pickup switch at 4:30
Christian Lamm lmfao. Sorry kinda late😂
Oof, 12 string on lead is mmMmmMmmmmmmmmmmmm tastee
lol
"never gone near a danelectro in a video before. Possibly for good reason"
the snootiness begins
Yeah and they produce Chapman Guitars, which are the very definition of boring and generic. Hypocrites. I wouldn’t go near a Chapman. Does the world really need another Tele knockoff?
Jason Allen well you know, if it’s not a shredder guitar with humbuckers, Rob thumbs his nose at it.
This is 10/15 minutes of snootiness,
does the Captain also drive a big, black, beemer 4x4?
I didn't think he was one of those types....
oh, & yea, thats the first time I heard Chap, venture out of his comfort zone of usual licks. I was impressed how the guitar made him change the way he plays. Thats a compliment.
Lee’s dads money really showing up in his snootiness in this one!
loved the sound of that 12 string :)
Same here, thinking it's my next purchase.
@@meatrocket1 if u still haven't bought that 12 string yet musicians friend has them on sale for $299. $100 off!
Every so often I come back to this video just to hear that absolutely transcendent baritone/12 string jam.
I love my danelectro u2 tbh. It is an older one admittedly but I'd choose it over my strat any day
Yep. Same era that Danish Pete's U2 came from. I have that and a tele - the Tele's in Keef tuning after I broke my high E (which opened up my playing), and the U2 has some D'Addario Chrome 12s on it, in standard, for some fun.
i have a 99 or 2000 fifty six u2 , intonation is great , pickups are great
The '56 U2 reissue is my ultimate go to guitar. Whenever I pick it up I am instantly inspired to create something new & unique. There is a certain beauty to the tone that is like none other!
I would love to own one
Keep in mind, Kashmir was recorded on a Danelectro. That renders the "they're shite" point invalid
That bit from 10:00 - 10:30 gave me chills. Some of the most unique jamming I've heard from these guys.
my own baritone give me chills when i play it, there’s something about that low end that strikes through your bones.
They were the budget guitars during the huge guitar rush following the Beatles. After the Beatles, every kid wanted a guitar for Christmas and many of those kids turned out to be famous. So I see what Captain is saying but I wouldn't put it like that. I'm a huge fan of Danelectro. There's just something about them. And they're a great first guitar. They can do light and single coily but they take overdrive very well also and can sound quite ballsy. They're super fun to play.
Listen to the Travelling Wilburys...... That's the sound of Danelectros, don't even think of trying your shredding malarkey. They are simply one of the best rhythm guitars ever. They are also brilliant for slide. Lipstick pick ups are best played clean, and have their own individual sound....
It's an acquired taste, like a fine wine my friends.
See "End of the Line" vid; th-cam.com/video/UMVjToYOjbM/w-d-xo.html . Jeff gives a lesson on how to strum that 12 string Dano and Tom Petty rocks the Longhorn bass! Not quite the S#!*t they are made out to be here.
fine wine? danelectro is like boones farm lol
That twelve string, omg,, I love the way they bash it all the way through and commence to make the best sound I've heard in a long long time!!!
I'm suprised at you guys,these guitars sound great. Danelctro is a iconic brand.
best electric 12 string for the money probably. it's either this or what... super expensive double SG? super expensive Rick?
They sound amazing.
Monte Python time: Customer enters store: "Hello, I've been playing quality guitars for years, but I think it's time I step down to a shit guitar. Something with a dubious reputation for construction quality, and poorly set up by the factory, please. By the way, I'm a big fan of Jimmy Page." Lee: "Oh, yes; and welcome to Anderton's; we have several guitars that meet your criteria. I'm sure you'll hate owning one of them. Over here are the Danelectro models...and on that wall we have the Gibsons."
Love you Lee you remind me of monty python's humour it is the best English humour ever we in the states could only copy you even in music our ears suck
Sounds like two coconuts being banged together
Are you saying coconuts are migratory
I just want to sing
Harleys do suck i rode triumphs since i was 18 here in the US its hard to be passionate about anything that moves your soul but it is what always made me happy
My Danelectro is by far my favorite sounding guitar. I know it's made of cheap materials but the designers knew what they were doing. If your looking for a rock or heavy metal tone you're not going to like it but for the twangy raspy blues & slide that I love, it's perfect.
Wow. They dirt one of my favorite guitars and my favorite motorcycle company in one video. Nicely done.
typically, the higher quality the instrument, the more exposed your flaws and nicks are going to be. These guitars are amazing, and sound alive and they breath. They don’t sound like a wooden board with strings and magnets, but a living being and an extension of the player.
Thanks for showing the respect Rob as these are iconic and deserve their place - kind of like a Mosrite or Rickenbacker! So glad there's more out there than just Fender and Gibson.
I love dano's, it was my first guitar.
That soloing on the 12 string sounded awesome Chappers! you need one!
Agreed! I re-watched that section a couple of times.
He said he would never do lead on a 12, and my response was "why the hell not, that sounded awesome!"
John McLaughlin has been doing it for years, and he can make it absolutely rip...Chappers, the Gauntlet has been dropped, now get in the kitchen and make me an ML-12 or Dozen Ghosts
'John McLaughlin has been doing it for years'
Erm... Roger McGuinn...
It is a great tagline “Daneltro, when you want something a bit shit.” Then they make some sounds with it that give you chills. Fantastic.
From 8:40 to 10:30 that’s EXACTLY what Danelectros cause... you easily start drifting away.
I think these Danelectros really brought your musical creativity up, i loved your gig in this video, sounded awesome
Wow guys! Was captivated by the sound as soon as you played the first notes. These guitars sound so damn good!! Love the metallic/banjoish sound. Have to get my hands on one asap!!!
You guys are reeeaaally late to this party
I see Danelectro guitars as an awesome studio tool. I'd only use them in certain circumstances, but they are incredible in those certain circumstances!
Syd Barrett used one of those, the 3021 i think
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
That cat’s something I can’t explain.
Ice cream scuse me
i seen ya looking good the other evening
Always sitting by your side, always by your side
Piper at the Gates of Dawn I want to tell you a story about a little man, if I can
They may be "shitty" but you guys just had the coolest jams I've heard in one of your videos yet.
There is something so satisfying about coming back to this video and watch these two talk in circles, bash Dano, and reveal how little they know outside of their core brands, but then have arguably one of the best sounding jams on this channel.
It's the law to tune the DE59 to DADGAD, the law I say!
YES!
Kashmir?
Vincent Prakash yes indeed
Yeah my DC is a designated DADGAD machine
why, you play just one song?
There's a video of Derek Trucks playing slide on a Danelectro and it's knarly as hell. Sounds incredible.
SkyDog59 Derek Trucks could make a shoe string sound incredible.
Danos are AMAZING for slide. Buddy of mine uses a U2 as a dedicated slide guitar, it's great.
"Sometimes something shit is what you need."
I feel like I should out that on a t-shirt... Or my CV...
Just picked up a Danelectro 12SDC. I haven't been able to put it down for 3 days. I'm amazed at how good it plays, sounds and after several hours of playing it is holding tuning great!
By far some of the best stuff they've played, it breaks away from the norm...and that inherently makes them different.
This is one of the better sounding demos. The music and tones were cool. Seems like the unique character forced you 2 to think about music and not just what you normally play.
Despite what you guys said about the guitars, the music at around 9 minutes was just lovely
Wow, just wow. The 12 and bari duet was incredible
Love my Danelectro,its sound is like a tele and strat combined.super ergonomic and lightweight too. Give this guitar a shot!
The inception of the Danelectro concept, was to provide inexpensive guitars to anyone that might have, or have not, an inclination to even attempt playing a musical instrument. This is why they were sold near Sporting Goods or Appliance in Sears & Roebuck & Montgomery Wards. Even if You personally didn't like the Guitar line, You have to give their marketing ploy an A+ & a 1/2 for the genius behind selling guitars in a department store, plus a mail-order, as opposed to even attempting to draw your parents into a music shop!!! As far as the Dano's are concerned, they always had an unique sound, due to their construction, which by the way, was another hit out of the ballpark. Say what You will, the works Barrett, Page & White accomplished on these Dano's, is enough alone to buy one!!! **P.s. By the way, i still have my first rig my parents bought from Sears & Roebuck. A Silvertone 1449 amp in case model from 1963. I still play it, and it works flawlessly!!!
The DC 59/12 is incredible, most playable electric 12 and definitely the best value, this half -arsed review is pretty crap really, have you actually spent any time with them? try the DC59 six string through an AC30 top boost with blue speakers. And any electric 12s needs to go through Roland JC120s to be given half a chance.
tim groves Good call.. Nice to read something by someone who obviously knows what they're talking about.
My fav review done by these two. Dano guitars are MAGIC! You...write...music.
Seriously some of the best jamming y’all have done in a while.
The Captain was so Petty at the end.
My eyes rolled out of my head watching this and reading some of the comments.
Guitarists. Jeez.
Leo Cookman every guitarist here: "man Captain just doesn't get it man it's all about the feel man it makes you PLAY differently man just listen to one of their generic solos man I'd choose one these babies any day over a 10 000$ custom shop prs man...... Also playing slowly is a million times more difficult than playing fast man"
I actually would choose a Danelectro over a $10,000 PRS. I mean obviously I’d take the PRS but then I’d sell it and buy real guitars with the $10,000. PRS are fugly, especially the high end ones. I love the way Danelectros look and looks are important. Look at what Jack White has accomplished with “junk” guitars. What’s more is there’s something to be said for being different. Look at Chapman guitars, they’re as generic as generic gets. I’d take a DE over anything Chapman produces.
Jason Allen prs guitars are objectively not fugly. If you think they are ugly I’d hate to see what the inside of your house looks like
"A wasp in a jam jar" I love that description, I will use it often!
I recently purchased a brand new Danelectro '59 Specs 12-string for under $400, with a gig bag. Sounds amazing!!! It is now a dual purpose instrument, i yanked the stings from 12 to 6, and it has a totally different sound. Plus, the neck on a 12-string, is a little more comfortable with only 6 strings!
Have you guys ever sounded better?
The 12 string and the semi hollow sound good.
Guys, this is your best video, music wise. Your humor, ability, knowledge, and general interest and geekery about guitars carry every video, and you're great to watch, but the jams here went into something really creative, and tonally things are interesting here
I started playing about 5 months ago. My instructor had a 12 string in his studio. Finally played it yesterday. Wow. The sound is divine!
LOL, Rick Beato loves his Danelectro.
These were department store brands along with Airline and Silvertone. They were cheap, entry level, mass produced, guitars. "Kitsch" is a good word.
rcoveyduc - innovative for a department store brand, though. First electric 12 string, invented the baritone, first electric sitar, basically made the guitar amplifier a thing... not bad for a company that built guitars out of surplus scrap and counter tops.
For sure. I meant to say that I felt this is where Lee was going with his commentary. They were meant to be cheap compared to Fender and Gibson.
That doesn't people can't make great music on them.
Of course they can. Page used one throughout the 70s. It was what he used for Kashmir when in concert.
“I would never play lead on a 12-string” - well, you should, ‘cause the combo with the baritone on the base was DAMN good!
Danelectro's Golden Age really began in the early sixties when they combined afforable catalog guitars with an amp in a case combo. Very affordable, and absolutely available in the U.S. to 60s kids looking to get into Rock n Roll with a budget set up. A big part of Dano electric's sound was the resonance created by combining Their lipstick tube pickups with an unusual body material. They were actually made out of Masonite bodies! Dano also produced higher powered tube amplifiers then such as the "Twin Twelve"amp and the "Six Ten" as well. -Jack White (The White Stripes) uses a DAno Six-Ten even today. DAno was first to use and make "Lipstick Tube" pickups popular. -This unique pickup design is renown for its neck pickup resonance. -Historical factoid: Randy Californa of the band Spirit swore by and first used his Danelectro exclusively. He gets credit for the first pioneering of double tracked dual harmony lead fuzz solo. s using his single cutaway Dano combined with a Jordan fuzztone. He first influenced the double lead harmony lead guitar solos and they became all the rage. I personally give Randy Californai's Dano credit here. (Randy also was asked by Jimi Hendrix to join with him when he was first asked to start the Experience in England. Dano Coincidence? ) -Led Zeppelin later came to the states and opened for SPIRIT on tour. Jimmy Page was in turn introduced to Randy's/Sprit's use of his Daneletro dual Dano fuzz solos and Dano guitars. Many years later the Dano influence continued. Many more guitar players followed suit. Examples like: Jeff Skunk Baxter, Stevie Ray Vaugnn and manny others loaded their strats with lipstick tube Pickups. Danolectro also had a hand in the creating of the original Dano Sitar guitar. (Get Back Jack, Steely Dan -Can't Buy a Thrill) Today Danos have of course tried to stay true to the brand and classic models with improved bridge design and affordable effect pedals. ( I've got way more to go here;-0 ) -So to Sum up: the Captain kind of gets it here, but Mr. Anderton really should do a minimum of a little more research in fairness to the sponsors of the products he sells, and exactly why Danolectro is still very, very, Effing cool. Their vintage infuences, models, pioneering of trends, affordable guitars amps and affordable and actually intonatable 12 string electircs, the electric sitar/guitar, the baritone, Long Horn bass, effect pedals, tube amps, so many guitar hero's first instrument, etc. The list of stuff literally goes on so much further here its ridiculous. O.K. I'll stop here but this particular Anderton's TH-cam review was so far off the point of Danos I had to speak up. Both The Captain and ? Anderton really did a disservce in retrospect of the legacy and cool factor of Daneltro here. A little tiny back check would help guys..Without it I guess you really had to be there to get Danelectro. -I was, so i'll stop now. I usually really like Andertons reviews..Not this one though. Best, -doug
Lee you re an animal on that baritone
Not just on that baritone!! :-)
The key phrase here is:
TO EACH THEIR OWN!!!!
Danelectro is my favorite brand!! I love you guys, but no offense, you guys just don't get it! Being that you guys stay in the metal and blues corner (and never seem to venture out) you miss out on amazing, avant garde equipment like Danelectro! Danelectro has always been a lo-fi budget rock company; they sell excellent equipment at a decent price for noise punks and alternative rockers!! I'd play a Danelectro any day!!! They're beautiful, quirky, weird instruments for weird people like myself! I'm proud to say that I love any and every Danelectro and I hate Gibson Les Pauls and Fender Stratocasters!!
Well said mate. I have three Danos, and I love them all. Two of them are way better than anything Gibson has ever put out, for my style of playing.
+TheAwkwardSilence135
Come on! All I'm saying is that, Danelectros need love too; they're severely underrated! It's just my opinion! I hate Stratocasters and Les Pauls because of their sound (just like The Captain hates the sound of the Danos). The common internet dilemma of apples and oranges. By the way, I said I hate Stratocasters and Les Pauls because it's my opinion and because I knew I'd piss of someone because it's an unpopular opinion. People need to hear it because they have to face it, Stratocasters and Les Pauls aren't as useful as they once were. I don't mean any offense in any way and I apologize. I was just stating my opinion just like Chappers and The Captain were stating their opinion of the Danos in this video.
And honestly, now that the Danes come in some much higher end models, I am a bit disappointed that they only had the mid-range stuff there. Also, Danish Pete didn't get chance to tell them that his blue beastie was the same model that came in the old Danelectro starter packs back in 1995-96 time frame, I know because I picked the Crème and Maroon one because the amp with the blue one was too clean and the one I chose had a bit of blues overdrive to it (they called it dirty sweet back then). The crackle in the electrics at high volume was a dead give away as well...though, easily rectified with some new wiring. That being said, you can't destroy a drum kit with a Danelectro...it will go to pieces after the first swing from a second grader.
Agree 100 % with your comment. Jack Bruce and John Entwistle played the longhorn bass for a bit too, i don't think they'd have played them if they thought they were naff.
+Broken Mono
Exactly! And they both used them on some amazing, legendary songs that people love!! The "My Generation" bass solo is constantly glorified for its thunderous sound and The Ox recorded it with a Longhorn!!
All the naysayers should check out that particular solo immediately because it shows just how THUNDEROUS and BEEFY Danelectros are!!!!
I've been pretty aggravated and upset lately cause of school and other stuff and after watching this I feel way better. Rock on!
The one I remember playing had crazy slippery yaw , all over the place, but I'm always on the lookout for a used one like that now! Say you what you will, they're good for sitting down and playing music!! Job ...done!
Love that Baratone though it sounds spooky
Rather play one of those than any pointy Guitar
SRone45 one of my danelectros is pointy. actually a lot of them are.
You ever play a pointy jackson Rhoads? Don’t judge a book by what it looks like
RJ Maksym Looks are draw me to a guitar. If it doesn't look good I won't play it.
Say what you want about BC Rich (yes, I know who you were aiming at), but while every single major guitar maker continues to barf up slightly reangled versions of Gibsons and Fenders, BC Rich at least has some creative element in place. The top-shelf instruments can't be judged at all by the entry level. I've played both, and BC Rich holds up unless it lands in the hands of a Gibson/Fender/whatever fanboy who wouldn't admit digging it. Sooooo.... Yeah..
SRone45 what about the EVH Star guitar. It has a faux Danny headstock lol.
I got an old amp-in-case model that when dialed in has a really sweet tone. Plays crappily but well enough. It was always a cheap guitar but one previous owner played professionally with it and left a very detailed home-made instruction manual about all the adjustments that could be made on it. I always marvel at the design. Lots of people couldn't afford a better guitar back then.
My first guitar was a used Danelectro U2. I still go to it for inspiration.
I love how the captain has this whole rant while trying not to say it's a shit guitar, and then proceeds to play some tunes and it sounds absolutely fantastic!
Rob! You have to play 12 strings more. That sounded amazing!
These are the best guitar videos on TH-cam. Lee is a true UK icon.
Holy Macaroni that 12 string! never thought you could use it for lead that well. That sounded mad
I like the feel of my Danelectro.
It's just too fu*kin amazing. You're picking up some strange guitars and you create Sounds that are just awesome. Love you guys. Keep goin on!
They sound crisp and clear. Beautiful definition
Danelectro was started in my tiny 1 square mile town in NJ. They had a small shop right down the street from my house where they used to make all their products