Danelectro PRO
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| Danelectro PRO | |
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| Manufacturer | Danelectro |
| Period | Original: 1959-1963/Reissue: 2007 |
| Construction | |
| Body type | masonite top and bottom with plywood frame;hollow body. |
| Neck joint | Bolt-on |
| Woods | |
| Body | Basswood |
| Neck | Maple, Original: 21.0" scale/Reissue: 25.0" scale |
| Fretboard | Rosewood, Original: 17 frets/Reissue: 19 frets |
| Hardware | |
| Pickup(s) | Original: 1 Lipstick pickup/Reissue: 2 pickups (Original style brass tube with chrome plating.) |
| Colors available | |
| Reissue: Keen Green, Royal Blue, Burgundy, Gold, Black, Red, Tangerine, Aqua, Tan, Peach | |
The Danelectro PRO is an electric guitar made by Danelectro from 1959 to 1963[1] and reissued in 2007. The reissue features two lipstick pickups compared to the original which only had one.[2] The pickups are wired in series rather than in parallel as is common with most electric guitars. Because of this, the guitar is louder when the toggle is set to both the neck and bridge pickups rather than when only one pickup is selected. The guitar body is hollow, made of masonite and plywood with a maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. The body's vaguely trapezoidal shape has led to it being described as a bowtie or Flintstone guitar[3]. The original had a short scale neck with a non-adjustable bridge. The reissue has a fully adjustable bridge and a full scale neck[4] of 19 frets with the neck connecting to the body at the 14th fret. Because of this, the guitar is not suitable for shredding. It's light tone and slight twang makes it very suitable for playing jangle pop, surf music, country music and blues.
