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I know exactly what you're saying. I've seen copies of Strats, Les Pauls, and ES335's that just seem like no thought went into them.

Nat Daniels approached guitars making from an inexpensive yet high-quality production process. Repurposing the lipstick tubes, masonite bodies, etc held up to time.

The lipstick pickups are really the secret weapon all the Dano guitars. Nat Daniels knew what he was doing when he invented those.

It's def a unique guitar with a pretty broad array of sound. And, as mentioned, for single-coils they're surprisingly not very noisy. I'm not sure what Yamaha did (presumably something electrical) to make them that way. But, really different sounding.

There's no doubt it was inspired by the Les Paul. But, these U-series guitars are almost as old as the Les Paul. They go back to 1954. But, the cutaway is not as pointy & the body is wider, thinner & lighter than an LP. The controls/bridge/hardware is all very different. So it comes down to taste.

Nice! The Longhorns are very cool looking basses. And, they did a solid job on those reissues!

GG Allin! ...no seriously Gram Parsons ;-)

itar #Guitar #Silvertone #Danelectro #DanArmstrong This is a 1969 Dan Armstrong Modified Danelectro electric guitar made by Dan Armstrong in New York City with parts from Danelectro of Neptune New Jersey. It has a black finish with original white tolex binding (which shows it’s 50+ years of wear.) It has one single coil lipstick tube pickup, a clear plastic pickguard with Dan Armstrong Modified Danelectro logo, two aluminum strap pins (upper and lower bouts), 5-way adjustable bridge. The guitar is 100% original and in very good condition. The action is fast and has an excellent range of tones with the selector switch options. Players and collectors will dig this excellent, well made guitar. This rare guitar plays and sounds excellent. It comes recent hard shell case. Description from VintageSilvertones.com

DAN ARMSTRONG MODIFIED DANELECTRO - 1pu black solidbody electric guitar NYC/Neptune NJ 1969. For sale.

Luthier Dan Armstrong bought up parts when Danelectro closed & produced a rare/small run of ace gtrs.

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Yeah, it's pretty unusual color. Kind of a grey-blue.

I bet you're right. Gene had so much potential. Desert Rose Band was great too!

Nah, Danelectro never did paint jobs like that. They stuck to the copperburst on the early longhorns. That guitar was definitely modified.

yeah, there's a lot of different sounds from them it's a pretty versatile guitar. i tended to keep it with all three pickups on then just adjusted the volume on each pickup to get the diff tones.

That's a super clean Silvertone 1448. But, the knobs have been changed. It's an early one from the first year they were made. The plastic-tipped tuners indicate that first run of the model. The later ones have Skate-key tuners.

It's definitely that. I've played it a lot over the years.

Ha!! totally!

So it's possible they were made in that same Samick factory.

What's in the briefcase, Gram?

I was listening to them over the weekend. They do a great version of Mr. Bojangles!

I'm surprised you didn't say Cosmic Charlie, Cosmic Charlie! ;-)
by the Grateful Dead.

YAMAHA MODEL: SC600 - KENNY LOGGINS OWNED - 1982 Yamaha SC-600 solid body 3 pickup electric guitar owned by Kenny Loggins. This Yamaha SC600 solid body, electric guitar was made in Japan in 1982. It has three single-coil pickups but they must be insulated really well because it exhibits none of the hum usually associated with single coils. It was owned by Kenny Loggins and used on tours and recording sessions from 1992-2000. It comes with a letter of authenticity from Kenny Loggins (on "Higher Vision - A Kenny Loggins Company" stationary), an autographed photograph, guitar technician notes, and a copy of our original bill of sale. We have not modified anything on the guitar. It's in the exact state that Kenny last played it. It comes with the original hard shell case which has roadie notes/references taped to it still. The case is missing on latch but closes and locks fine. Description from VintageSilvertones.com

YAMAHA SC600 3pu blue-grey solidbody guitar ohsc Japan. 1982. Sold.

Kenny Loggins owned, used live/studio from 1992-2000. Battery powered coil-tap kicks it into Metal territory! Its single coils are unusually super clean.

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Wow! That's cool. It looks like an original that was modified. The tear drop knobs were on the original 1960s run. They're made of wood. So they often broke off and were replaced by round plastic knobs. I wonder who did the restoration.

It definitely has that Antigua look!

Def a cool looking Hondo! I've seen a few of those but never in person. I wonder how they play.

Matsumoku shut down in 1987. The Danelectro reissues started about 1999. I'm pretty sure those were made in Korea.

Groovy one, eh! I just wish whomever started to sand it stopped before they started. But, it does give it character.

Which one is Bob Dylan's Grandma!

I've heard that story many times...the ones that got away!

I agree with you. Blue hardware would have really been unique looking. But, the gold is cool too...just maybe a bit too contrasty.

yeah, it fit their "style" well!

Gene has so many great albums in all his various incarnations. I wish he didn't leave us so young. It would have been cool to see how his later career played out.

Bob Wills is still the king!