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'Danelectro' is a manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and effects units.
Danelectro was founded by Nathan Daniel in 1947; throughout the late forties, the company produced amplifiers for Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward. In 1954, Danelectro started producing the Danelectro lines of solidbody electric guitars and amplifiers, and also working as a "jobber", that is producing guitars and amps by contract, that were branded not with the Danelectro name, but with the names of various store brands, such as Silvertone and Airline. Later hollow-bodied guitars (constructed out of Masonite and plywood to save costs and increase production speed,) distinguished by Silvertones' maroon vinyl covering, Danelectros' light tweed covering, the concentric stacked tone/volume knobs used on the two-pickup models of both series, and the "lipstick-tube" pickups of both--invented by cramming the entire mechanism into spare lipstick tubes--these lines aimed to produce no-frills guitars of reasonably good tone at low cost. In 1956, Danelectro introduced the six-string electric bass, which would be adopted by other companies such as Fender with the Fender VI. The six string bass never proved especially popular but found an enduring niche in Nashville as the instrument of choice for "tick-tack" bass lines. In 1966, Danelectro was sold to MCA. A year later, the Coral line was introduced, known for its hollow-bodies and electric sitars. In 1969, the Danelectro plant was closed, due to MCA's attempt to market Danelectros to small guitar shops, rather than large department stores.
In the late 1990s, the Evets Corporation started selling primarily copies of old Silvertone and Danelectro guitars and newly designed effects pedals, and small amplifiers.

Contents

Guitars

Guitar amplifier

Baritones

Basses

Effects pedals

Original effects

FAB effects

Mini effects

Artists who have used Danelectro

External links

Guitars

★ U1

★ U2; Reissue as Danelectro 56 Pro in 2007

★ U3

★ Danelectro Amp-in-case

★ 59 DC

★ DC-3

★ 56 Pro-Convertible

★ Shorthorn Standard

★ Shorthorn Deluxe

★ Convertible

★ Hodad

★ Mod

★ Mod 7 (seven-string)

★ Guitarlin

★ Baritone

★ Stan & Dan

Guitar amplifier

★ Danelectro Amp-in-case, 1962-1969

★ Danelectro Commando

★ Danelectro Master-Slave

★ Danelectro Honeytone (current)

★ Danelectro Honeytone e-Studio (current)

Baritones

★ Innuendo Baritone

★ Longhorn Baritone

Basses

★ 6 string Bass

★ Shorthorn Bass

★ Longhorn Bass

★ Hodad Bass

Effects pedals

Today, Danelectro primarily produces effect pedals. There are three main runs of pedals: original effects, FAB effects, and mini effects. All run on 9V batteries or may be equipped with a power adapter. The original effects resemble those of the early Danelectro times. FAB effects are the most recent pedals, designed with modernized effects. Mini effects pedals are smaller, compact pedals with effects resembling those of the original effects and the FAB effects. Recently, a carrying case was developed to hold up to five mini effects in it. When the player is ready to play, the top may be removed and the bottom acts as a pedals board. Despite the many advantages of the mini effects, FAB effects are the ones primarily seen today. The Mini effects are often praised for their high quality tones, but the plastic construction leaves these pedals inadequate for gigging.

Original effects

★ Daddy O. Overdrive

★ Cool Cat Chorus

★ FAB Tone Distortion

★ Dan-Echo Simulated Tap Echo

FAB effects

★ FAB Overdrive

★ FAB Distortion

★ FAB Metal

★ FAB Chorus

★ FAB Flanger

★ FAB Echo

Mini effects

★ Pastrami Overdrive

★ T-Bone Distortion

★ BLT Slap Echo

★ Corned Beef Reverb

★ Tuna Melt Tremolo

★ Hash Browns Flanger

★ Pepperoni Phaser

★ Milkshake Chorus

★ Surf and Turf Compressor

★ Grilled Cheese Distortion

★ Pedal Tuner

★ Chili Dog Octave

★ Fish and Chips 7 Band EQ

★ Chicken Salad Vibrato

★ French Toast Octave Distortion

★ Bacon'N'Eggs Mini Amp/Distortion

★ PB&J Delay

★ Rocky Road Spinning Speaker

★ Black Coffee Metal Distortion

★ French Fries Auto-Wah

★ Black Licorice Beyond Metal

Artists who have used Danelectro

★ Jeff Lang

★ Tom Petty (The Travelling Wilburies) Playing a Longhorn Bass in "Handle With Care"

★ Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)

★ Steve Adams (The Broken Family Band)

★ Tyson Meade (Chainsaw Kittens)

★ Tinariwen

★ Link Wray playing a Danelectro Longhorn as seen on the album - Slinky! The Epic Sessions '58-'61

★ Elvis Costello appeared in a couple Danelectro ads

★ Dave Matthews plays a Jerry Jones-built guitar based on a black U2 baritone.

★ Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction)

★ Richard Barone played a Danelectro on his 'Clouds Over Eden' album (tracks: "Nobody Knows Me" and "Paper Airplane").

★ Beck

★ Robert Schneider (The Apples in stereo)

★ John Entwistle (The Who)

★ Pete Townshend (The Who)

★ Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

★ Eric Clapton

★ Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)

★ Tom Verlaine (Television (band))

★ Steve Priest (The Sweet)

★ Jeff Tweedy (As part of (Loose Fur)

★ Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)

★ Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)

★ Jack Bruce

★ Tom Waits

★ Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)

★ Niklas Almqvist (The Hives) (as seen in the video of ''Hate to Say I Told You So''}

★ Jimi Hendrix

★ Fat Mike {NOFX}

★ Kirk Hammett (as seen in the video of "Unforgiven II")

★ Tomethy Furse (The Horrors)

★ Rinus Gerritsen (Golden Earring)

★ Rick Miller (Southern Culture on the Skids)

★ Cecil Pope (Flexible Hours)

★ Bo Madsen (Mew) (Danelectro Baritone seen in the music video and live performances of "Special" and recording of "The Zookeeper's Boy")

★ Chan Marshall (Cat Power) (Danelectro U2 on Speaking for Trees)

★ Jeff Martin {The Tea Party}

★ Nels Cline (Free Jazz artist/Wilco)

★ Iain Shakespeare (Distress Electrics,Nyxzen The Band)

★ Randy California (Spirit)

External links

★ Danelectro Guitars - official website

★ DanGuitars - specialist dealer website with a good history section

★ Guitarbitz.com - UK based retailer of the recent Danelectro Reissues

★ Doug Tulloch - Vintage Danelectro Authority

★ [1] - Tribute to Danelectro founder Nathan I. Daniel by son Howard E. Daniel