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Danelectro DC-3
The Danelectro Shorthorn line of guitars is a dual cutaway Hollow-body, hollow bodied design, made of Masonite and Populus, poplar. The original models were introduced in 1959 to replace the Danelectro U2, U model guitars, and were in production until the closure of the Danelectro company in 1969. There have been multiple re-issues of this line of guitars, the first two being the 59DC with two pickups and DC-3 with three pickups, sold between 1998 and 2001. The 59 Dano followed in 2007 and the 59-DC in 2009. The Shorthorn range comes in one, two and three pickup models, and has the "Coke Bottle Style" classic headstock, hollowed body cavity, and a seal shaped pickguard with two concentric "stacked" tone/volume knobs. The second reissue series (2007-2009) was Chinese-made, with an asymmetric headstock and bog-standard (non-stacked) master tone and volume knobs. In 2014, Danelectro announced several improvements for its latest iteration, the '59M NOS. Manufacturing returns to Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Danelectro Shorthorn Guitar
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