Lipstick lovelies are back!

Ah, nice, but no 12 string reissues this time?

Ooooooh.

I wonder what they're going to cost in Europe? Might be worth jumping on a plane, especially with the US Dollar in such a poor state. At 1.9925 to the Great British Pouind that '59 Dano works out at £150 plus taxes, case and flight tix - a lot less than a 50th Anniversary Strat.

Best,

A :-)

Funny that some folks are bidding up a "vintage" '59 on ebay ... guy says it may have belonged to Jimmy Page but he's got NO PROOF whatsoever. Dummies.

Strange shapes, but GASsy nonetheless.

Lets hope the sound good.

If you want the real vintage stuff or as close as you can get to it for a decent price then you should look at Fat Dawg - http://www.fatdawg.com It's a music store in Berkeley CA (an hour or so north of me). They apparently bought a LOT of the original Danelectro bits from warehouse clearouts in the 70's. They've been making and modding them for a long time.

Have a look here for the Danelectro stuff - http://www.fatdawg.com/danelectro.html

Here's a Page style Neptune -

MF finally has pics!
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigation/guitars?N=100001+304262&Ntk=All&Ntt=danelectro&Nty=1

Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not familiar with Danelectro guitars, but there's a little voice in my head connecting them with surf music....yes? no? Bands like the Ventures and Dick Dale?

So - what are the pros and cons of these guitars?

:D :D :D

Vic

Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not familiar with Danelectro guitars, but there's a little voice in my head connecting them with surf music....yes? no? Bands like the Ventures and Richard Dale?

and Jimmy Page, famous surf guitarist!

says Danelectros were sold under the Silvertone name by Sears and here are some artists that have used them.

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)