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Vintage Guitars Info: Danelectro/Silvertone/Coral
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Danelectro Guitarlin
Electric guitar
A long-horn electric guitar made by the American brand Danelectro, named for its guitar-meets-mandolin range. The model 4623 carried an unusually long 31-fret neck reaching well past two octaves, made playable by the deep twin cutaways, with the classic Masonite body and lipstick pickups.
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Danelectro Longhorn Bass
Electric bass
A short-scale electric bass made by the American brand Danelectro, introduced in the late 1950s. Its dramatic twin long horns let a two-octave neck sit on a compact body, and its lightweight Masonite construction and lipstick pickups give a warm, woody tone. An early favourite of players such as John Entwistle.
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Silvertone 1303
Electric guitar · United States
A Danelectro-built electric guitar sold under Sears' Silvertone house brand, based on Danelectro's 'U2' design with a Masonite body and a pair of lipstick pickups. The 1303/U2 was reissued in 2013 as part of the Silvertone Classic series.
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Silvertone 1478
Electric guitar · United States
A double-cutaway solid-body electric guitar sold under Sears' Silvertone house brand and built by Harmony. Its 'Silhouette' body - also sold by Harmony as the Bobkat - and twin pickups made it a popular 1960s student and garage-rock guitar.
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Danelectro '56
Electric guitar
A single-cutaway electric guitar made by the American brand Danelectro, a reissue of Nathan Daniel's original 1956 U2 design. Like all classic Danos it uses a lightweight Masonite-and-poplar semi-hollow body, lipstick-tube pickups and a Coke-bottle/dolphin-nose headstock, delivering the bright, hollow Danelectro voice.
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Danelectro Convertible
Electric guitar
A thinline hollow-body guitar made by the American brand Danelectro, sold inexpensively as an acoustic that could be 'converted' to electric by adding a lipstick pickup kit. It pairs a floating bridge and separate tailpiece with the brand's light Masonite construction.