BillAqua
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1054
Chicago IL.
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 09:09 AM
Any Danelectro/Silvertone fans in these parts?
I picked up the new for 2013 Danelectro DC Original last month. It's a cool guitar. They are back to being made in Korea(which some believe why the original reissues from the late 90s are so good). I compared it to my late 90s DC 59 RI and they got a few more of the details closer to the originals and I actually think its a better guitar than the late 90s model.
Anyway, all my comparing of the two made me start looking for a vintage one. I missed a one pickup 1965 short horn on eBay, but aside from that they have been going for stupid prices. So I looked into the Silvertone branded Danelectros. They also go for stupid prices on eBay but if you wait you can find a deal. I got this '66 for a hundred bucks more than a new reissue and it's light years ahead of the reissue as far as tone goes.
I can't stop playing it. It sounds fantastic. Think Rick Miller/Southern Culture on the Skids tones.
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 09:30 AM
That's very cool! Congratulations.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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HallmarkSweptWinger
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
Posts: 1284
Berlinesia, Germanifornia
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 09:33 AM
With this Silvertone you have maybe the best! Congratulations!!!
I owned the same guitar years ago. I played it live a lot! Good surf vibe! The keys are running in the other direction, which is very funny when you discover it the first time.
I sold it in lack of money... I missed a trem bar a bit, but this Silvertone is great!!!! Very cool looking and lightweight, good for elderly surf guitarists 
And of course not comparable with reissues.
— Twang cheers!
Ralf Kilauea
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revmike
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3852
North Atlantic
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 10:18 AM
A big Dano fan here. I've got an original 1 p-up double cut away, a Hodad Baritone, and a 90's reissue Longhorn Bass.
Rev
— Canadian Surf
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4053
Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 12:20 PM
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tubeswell
Joined: Sep 24, 2011
Posts: 1424
Wellington, NZ
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 12:36 PM
Cool geetar and amp in one case!
— He who dies with the most tubes... wins
Surf Daddies
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BillAqua
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1054
Chicago IL.
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 01:06 PM
CrazyAces wrote:
I love, love, love these guitars.
I seem to be able to connect with them and am able to use them for all different kinds of music.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151463558899914&set=pb.139026614913.-2207520000.1379870268.&type=3&theater
Nice collection! I think the 1449 will be my next model.
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4053
Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 01:20 PM
Thanks Bill.
It's embarrassing to admit but there are more around here not in that picture. An original Convertible, a 1457, a Dolphin Nose single pickup.....
FWIW, the 1449's are, in my experience, consistently "good". They are harder to find for a bargain as they were made only for a year but they are very cool.
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univoxdontsurf
Joined: Sep 06, 2011
Posts: 132
So Cal
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 01:52 PM
I have a vintage '56 Danelectro U-1, and my brother has a 1448, and they are both great sounding funky guitars. That masonite is sure one sweet tone"wood".
— Maybe a Univox does surf...
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BillAqua
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1054
Chicago IL.
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 02:36 PM
CrazyAces wrote:
Thanks Bill.
It's embarrassing to admit but there are more around here not in that picture. An original Convertible, a 1457, a Dolphin Nose single pickup.....
FWIW, the 1449's are, in my experience, consistently "good". They are harder to find for a bargain as they were made only for a year but they are very cool.
Ha! Don't be embarrassed about that. I'm looking around the gear room at stuff I can turn into more Danos/Silvertones. The more the better right?
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tubesNtweed
Joined: Sep 07, 2011
Posts: 507
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 05:39 PM
Used to own a reissue DC '59 in copper...oh how I wish I didn't sell it. Had a unique chimey sound to it and fun to play. I've been thinking lately of a Silvertone 1448 single pickup, never played one and I know they are smaller guitars, I don't know how limiting the 1 pickup would be but it's tempting. I also love my Silvertone 1482 amp, it's getting the caps changed and grounded cord installed right now, but what a cool amp.
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zzero
Joined: Jul 09, 2010
Posts: 1153
Lillian Alabama
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Posted on Sep 22 2013 06:37 PM
wow!! that rig was my first electric guitar setup!! tremolo on the amp, cool little sound too! wish I still had it!! much better than the reissues are!! great for surf and anglo-invasion tunes!! very jangly axe. sounded wicked with a Lafayette fuzz tone!!
wanna sell it?? (only kidding!!) helluva little guitar!! congrats on it!!!!!  
— Enjoying the surf,sun and sand!!
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crmartin
Joined: Jul 19, 2010
Posts: 36
Western NY
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Posted on Sep 24 2013 04:24 PM
I remember drooling over those as Sears when I was a kid, just thought they were the coolest things ever. The only Dano I have is the Wild Thing, which I really love. They are all really cool guitars. Everyone should have at least one.
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PrestonRice
Joined: Oct 05, 2012
Posts: 1725
Austin, Texas
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Posted on Sep 24 2013 05:01 PM
Sweet! Love the old "redburst" guitatars.
BTW, CRMartin - The guitar in your avvy is one of the new P-90 stangs, right? Looks seriously cool.
Fun fact about those - Under the guard, they're routed for jazzy pups. So if anyone here has ever wanted a jazzy pup equipped mustang... 
— IMO.
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crmartin
Joined: Jul 19, 2010
Posts: 36
Western NY
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Posted on Sep 28 2013 11:19 AM
PrestonRice wrote:
Sweet! Love the old "redburst" guitatars.
BTW, CRMartin - The guitar in your avvy is one of the new P-90 stangs, right? Looks seriously cool.
Fun fact about those - Under the guard, they're routed for jazzy pups. So if anyone here has ever wanted a jazzy pup equipped mustang...
Yea, it is the new p-90 Mustang. It's an awesome guitar, I really love it. The P-90s sound awesome and it's just a beautiful guitar to look at.
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tubesNtweed
Joined: Sep 07, 2011
Posts: 507
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Posted on Sep 29 2013 02:30 AM
Just won a 1964 Silvertone 1448 guitar/amp in case on eBay. Paid $350 with shipping, which I think is a fair deal considering they usually go for a few hundred more. Looks to be in really good shape, with original cable too. Will post pics and more info once it gets here. I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve, waiting for it to be delivered to the door haha. 
In 50/60 years, this stuff is either going to be like Civil War memorabilia worth thousands, or 100 year old trash. I hope it's the first one, and future generations appreciate these old fossils as much as I do. I saw a youtube video of a rock and roll museum that has the 1448 in a glass case with a decription next to it. Makes you realize how fast time goes.
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4053
Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Sep 29 2013 10:43 AM
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Sep 29 2013 10:45 AM
Congratulations. I think you did really well.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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tubesNtweed
Joined: Sep 07, 2011
Posts: 507
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Posted on Sep 29 2013 12:40 PM
Thank you, I hope it makes it to me in one piece, unlike the other thing that recently happened to a jaguar  . If that was wood, imagine what would happen to cardboard! yikes
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4053
Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Sep 29 2013 01:12 PM
FWIW, during the Nashville flood a few years back the vintage Danos and Dano made Silvertones survived surprisingly well compared to the reissues and some solid body guitars.
They're tough buggers!
Let us know what you think of yours when it arrives.
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