Danelectro

Danelectro is an American manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in electric guitars, basses, guitar amplifiers and effects units.

The company Danelectro was founded in 1947 by Nathan Daniel. In the late 1940s, the company instrument amplifier put forth on behalf of mail-order houses Sears and Montgomery Ward. 1954 Danelectro began even to build guitars and basses. The guitars were known by their electromagnetic " lipstick tube" pickups: In order to keep the price as low as possible, Danelectro had bought up large stocks of lipstick sleeves of overproduction, in which the company einbaute their pickups. So it came to a characteristic name and appearance of these pickups. The bodies of the guitars are hollow and were then as now, from a wooden frame, which are with Masonite, fiberboard, also from the boats were made ​​, disguised.

In 1956, Danelectro introduced the first manufacturer to present a six-string electric bass, the model UB -2, that of other companies such as Fender (model Fender VI) was copied. However, this instrument could not prevail on the market. 1966 Danelectro was bought by the entertainment company MCA. On the initiative of MCA was one years later, the introduction of the product line Coral, which consisted of semi-acoustic guitars and electric sitars. In 1969 it came to the closure of the factory.

Since 1990, Danelectro has specialized in selling replicas of the Silvertone guitar and current guitar effects. After an interim From there are now in the Danelectro range again different Gitarrennachbauten own earlier models with partially exceptional designs and a wide range of effects devices for electric guitars.

The distribution of Danelectro musical instruments in Germany took over the company Mitanis sound distribution in 2013. One of the most famous studio musicians with Danelectro bass was Carol Kaye.

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