Danelectro

Danelectro is a US designer and importer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers, and effects units. The current owners bought the name in the late 1990s from the original Danelectro company, an American manufacturer of electric guitars and amplifiers that went out of business in 1969.

History
The original Danelectro company was founded by Nathan "Nat" Daniel in 1947. Throughout the late 1940s, the company produced amplifiers for Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward. In 1954, Danelectro started producing the Danelectro lines of solidbody electric guitars and amplifiers. The company also made guitars and amplifiers under contract that were branded with the names of various store brands, such as Silvertone (Sears) and Airline (Montgomery Ward).

Later, Danelectro manufactured hollow-bodied guitars, which they constructed out of Masonite and plywood to save costs and increase production speed. These were distinguished by Silvertone's maroon vinyl covering, and Danelectro's light tweed covering. They used concentric stacked tone/volume knobs on the two-pickup models of both series—and "lipstick-tube" pickups, which contained the pickup components inside lipstick tubes, which have been said to be "war surplus" but which, in fact, Daniel ordered and bought directly from the manufacturer.

Danelectro's goal was to produce no-frills guitars of reasonably good tone at low cost. In 1956, Danelectro introduced the six-string baritone guitar. The baritone guitar never became especially popular, but found an enduring niche in Nashville for "tic-tac" bass lines.

In 1966, Danelectro was sold to MCA. A year later, in 1967, they introduced the Coral line, known for its hollow-bodies and electric sitars.

In 1969, Danelectro closed down, due to MCA's attempt to market Danelectros to small guitar shops rather than large department stores.

In the late 1990s, an importer called the Evets Corporation purchased the name and began selling imported copies of old Silvertone and Danelectro guitars, and newly designed effects pedals and small amplifiers. After initially selling well, guitar sales slowed and Danelectro stopped selling guitars after 2001 (2004 on official site ) to concentrate on effects pedals. In 2006 (2005 on official site ), new owners of Evets decided on a new marketing model for guitars, selling a limited number each year.

1947–1969 amplifiers

 * Amp-In-Case (1962–1969)
 * Artist (c. 1958)
 * Basso (c. 1961)
 * Cadet (c. 1958) or Cadet 123 (c. 1961–&thinsp;c. 1965)   or Cadet D-123 (c. 1967–&thinsp;c. 1968)
 * Centurion (c. 1958) or Centurion 272 (c. 1960), 275 (c. 1961–&thinsp;c. 1964)
 * Century 30
 * Challenger (c. 1953–?)
 * Model 88 Commando  (1954–1960)
 * Corporal Twin Eight (c. 1958) or Corporal 132 (c. 1961–&thinsp;c. 1964)
 * DM 10 (c. 1968) or DM-10 (c. 1965–&thinsp;c. 1967)
 * DM 25 or DM-25 (c. 1965–&thinsp;c. 1967)
 * DS 50 or DS-50 (c. 1965–&thinsp;c. 1967)
 * DS 100 or DS-100 (c. 1965–&thinsp;c. 1967) (Danelectro's re-badged version of the Silvertone #1485)
 * DTR-40 (c. 1965–&thinsp;c. 1967)
 * DX 250 (1968–1969)
 * DX 500 (1968. 50 W tube amp)
 * DX 1000 (1968. 100 W tube amp)
 * Envoy AC/DC (c. 1953)
 * Explorer 290 (c. 1961–&thinsp;c. 1964)
 * Leader (c. 1953)
 * Maestro (c. 1953)
 * Master-Slave (c. 1958)
 * Model 30 Pioneer
 * Special (1953–1958)
 * Twin-Fifteen (c. 1958–&thinsp;c. 1964)  or Twin 15
 * Twin-Twelve or Model 98 Twin Twelve (c. 1953–&thinsp;c. 1964)
 * Viscount 142, 143 (c. 1958–&thinsp;c. 1964)

Coral amplifiers (1967–1969)

 * Coral Jupiter 50 (1967–?. solid state amp)
 * Coral Neptune 25 (1967–?. solid state amp)
 * Coral Californian (1968/1969. CSL6 Supreme (1969): 250 Wpp, 100 W RMS)
 * Coral Thor 100 (1968–?. solid state amp)
 * Coral Stentor 100 (1968–?. bass amp)
 * Coral PA 111 (PA3-86T Supreme) (1968–1969. vocal amp, 2 set of 8&times; 6" + 1 horn tweeter)
 * Coral Kilowatt! (1969. KPL-SL16: 2 set of 8&times; 12", 1000 Wpp, over 300 W RMS. KPL-SL8: 8&times; 12", 500 Wpp, over 150 W RMS)
 * Coral Texan (1969. solid-state and tube hybrid amp, 60 W RMS)
 * Coral Super-Base Amplifier S156 Supreme (1969. 2 set of 3&times;15", total 260 Wpp, 100 W RMS)
 * Coral Super-Base S126 Supreme (1969. 6&times; 12", 270 Wpp, 100 W RMS)
 * Coral Super-Base S153 Supreme (1969. 3&times; 15", 140 Wpp, 50 W RMS)

1998–Present amplifiers

 * Amp in Bag (c. 1999–c. 2003)
 * Dirty Thirty N30 (c. 1999–c. 2003)
 * DJ16 Bacon N' Eggs Mini-Amp (current)
 * eStudio or Honeytone e-Studio (c. 1999–c. 2003/c. 2007)
 * Hodad H-1 (c. 2008–c. 2015)
 * Hodad DH-1 (2017–. mini-amp for clean & overdriven tones, with tremolo & echo effects)
 * Hodad DH-2 (2017–. mini-amp, DH-1 without effects)
 * Honeytone N10  or Honeytone Mini Amp  (c. 1999–c. 2015)
 * Nifty Fifty N50 (c. 1999–c. 2003)
 * Nifty Seventy N70 (c. 1999–c. 2003. bass combo amp. 8"&times;1, 15W RMS)

Vintage effects units

 * Model 9100 Reverb Box or Reverberation Unit Model 9100 or Danelectro Reverb Model 9100 (c. 1962–c. 1967)
 * Echo Box (c. 1953–c. 1958)

Microphones & Others

 * Microphones
 * Accordion Microphones (c. 1953–?)
 * Piano Pickup (c. 1953–?. Triple microphone)
 * Voice Microphone (c. 1953. With tone and volume control)


 * Others
 * Coral Strobe Lights (1968–?)

1954–1969

 * 1954 model or Model M (1954–1955)
 * Silvertone #1375 (1pu), #1377L (2pu) (1954–1955)
 * Danelectro C or Model C (1955–1956)
 * Silvertone #1357 (c. 1955–c. 1956)
 * U1, U2 (1956–1958)
 * Silvertone #1417/#1419, #1415/#1416 (1959–1962, U1 style single pickup with dolphin nose headstock)
 * U3 (1957–1958)


 * Shorthorn, which includes the following model range:
 * Standard models or Standard or Standard Guitar   (Single Pickup: #3011, #3012; Dual Pickups: #3021, #3022, #5025)
 * Deluxe models or Deluxe or Deluxe Guitar  (Dual Pickups: #6026, #6027, #6028; Triple Pickups: #6036, #6037, #6038)
 * Coral Deluxe Bass (1967–1969. 4-string bass: D2B4, 6-string bass: D2B6)
 * "Hand Vibrato Guitar" (c. 1963 or 1965 –1967. Shorthorn with vibrato. Single Pickup: #4011; Dual Pickups: #4021;)
 * Bass #3412 or Short Horn Bass #3412 (4 string) (1958–1966)
 * Bass Six-String #3612 or Short Horn Bass #3612 (6 string) (1958–1966)
 * "Convertible" (1958–1969. #5005: No Pickup, #5015: Single Pickup)
 * Danelectro Baritone
 * UB2 (1956–1959, U style body, "first-ever" six-string bass, known as baritone guitar, Coke-bottle headstock)
 * Silvertone #1444L (1959–1966, 4-string short scale bass version of UB2 6-string baritone, with dolphin headstock)
 * Silvertone #1442, #1443 (1966–1968, Single Pickup: #1442, Dual Pickups: #1443)


 * Dane A, B, C, D (also released / reissued as Hawk / '67 Dano, Slimline, and Hornet / Dead On '67 Hornet)
 * Hawk (1967–1968)
 * Slimline (1967–1969)
 * Hornet (base model of Coral Hornet and Silvertone #1452)
 * Coral Hornet (1967–1969. dual pickups: H2N6, H2V6 (with vibrato bridge), triple pickups: H3N6, H3V6 (with vibrato bridge)) &mdash; titled "Featured by the “WHO”", "Sculptured Body Designs" on the catalog page.
 * Coral Scorpion (1967–1969. 12 string guitar version of Coral Hornet. dual pickups: S2N12, triple pickups: S3N12)
 * Dane E (E2N4: 4 string bass guitar)
 * Coral Deluxe or Coral Deluxe Bass (1967–1969. D2B4: 4-string bass guitar, D2B6: 6-string bass / baritone guitar. similar to Dane E)
 * Coral Wasp or Coral Wasp Bass W2B4 (1967–1969. 4-string bass guitar, similar to Hornet)
 * Coral Wasp Six-String Bass W2B6 (1967–1969. 6-string bass / baritone guitar, similar to Hornet)
 * Danelectro Amp-in-case guitar
 * Silvertone Amp-in-case guitar #1448 (1962, single pickup), #1449/#1457 (1963/1963 dual pickups), #1451 /#1452 (1966 or 1967, Hawk- or Hornet-style single and dual pickups) &mdash; Silvertone #1457 was reissued as Danelectro Dano '63 in 2008.
 * Dano Pro or Pro 1 (1963–1964)
 * Doubleneck #3923 or Double Neck #3923 (1958–1969. Shorthorn style 6 string guitar + 4 string bass,   played by Stan & Dan )


 * Guitarlin #4123    or Longhorn Guitarlin #4123 (1958–1969. Longhorn style, 31-frets cover the note range of guitar and mandolin)
 * Hawaiian Guitar S61 or Hawaiian Lapsteel or Lap Steel S61 (1958–1959. lap steel guitar)
 * Innuendo Baritone
 * Longhorn style
 * Coral Long Horn L2N6 (1968–1969. Longhorn-style semi-hollowbody)
 * Danelectro Long Horn Acoustic
 * Coral Long Horn L2N12 (1968. Longhorn-style semi-hollowbody 12-string)
 * Longhorn Baritone or Longhorn Six-String Bass #4623 or Long Horn Bass #4623 (6 string)    (1958–1969. 6 string bass / baritone guitar)
 * Longhorn Four-String Bass #4423 or Long Horn Bass #4423 (4 string)   (1958–1969. 4 string bass)
 * Coral Long Horn Bass L2B4 (1968–1969. Longhorn-style semi-hollowbody)
 * Coral Long Horn Bass L2LB4 (1968. longscale version of Coral Long Horn Bass L2B4)
 * Sitar #8690 (1967– or 1968–1969. oval-shaped body with "Sitarmatic" bridge, no drone strings as on Coral version)
 * Vinnie Bell Bellzouki (1961–1967. #7010: teardrop-shaped body, #7020: symmetrical holly-leaf, #7020 prototype: unsymmetrical body similar to Coral Electric Sitar 12-string electric guitar with body based on the bouzouki)
 * Coral Bellzouki #7021 (1967–1968)

Coral original models (1967–1969)

 * Coral Combo (1968–1969. round soundhole, hollow body single cutaway guitar with ASP (adjustable sound post). Single Pickup: V1N6, Dual Pickups: V2N6) &mdash; titled "New Vincent Bell “Combo” Featuring ASP" on the catalog page
 * Coral Electric Sitar 3S19 (1967–1969. regular 6-string + drone 13-string, Sitarmatic bridge, triple pickups)  featured Vincent Bell on the catalog page
 * Coral Fiddle Bass FB2B4 (1968–1969. 4-string bass guitar, Höfner violin bass-style semi-hollow, two f-holes, bolt-on neck)
 * Coral Firefly (1967–1969. ES-335-style semi-hollow body guitar with two f-holes. F2N6: dual pickups, F2V6: dual pickups with vibrato bridge (1967) / Bigsby vibrato tailpiece (1968–1969))
 * Coral Firefly 12 string (1967–1968. F2N12: 12 string, dual pickups)
 * Coral Firefly Bass F2B4 (1967–1969. 4-string bass guitar, Gibson EB-2-style semi-hollow body with two f-holes.)
 * Coral Teardrop Guitar

1998–2003

 * U style
 * '56-U1 &#x5B;reissue&#x5D;
 * '56-U2 &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1998–2003)
 * '56-U2 Lefthand or '56-U2 Lefty &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1998–2003)
 * '56-U3 &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1999–2003)
 * Baritone &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1999–2003. 56-U style)
 * 6 String Bass &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1999–2003. 56-U style)


 * Shorthorn style
 * 59-DC &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; or DC (1998–1999)
 * '59 DC Pro or 59-DC Pro (1998–1999. 59-DC with adjustable bridge and Gotoh tuners)
 * 59DC (1998–2001)
 * DC-3 &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1998–2001 or 2003)
 * DC-12 (twelve string) or 12 string or 12-String (1999–2003)
 * Convertible &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1999. acoustic/electric)
 * Convertible Pro (1999 or 2000–2003. Convertible &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; with Gotoh tuners)
 * DC Bass (1999–2003)
 * DC Lefthand Bass or Left Hand DC Bass or DC Bass Lefty (1999–2003)
 * Doubleneck reissue
 * Doubleneck 6-string/12-string &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1999–2003)
 * Doubleneck 6-string/baritone &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1999–2003)


 * Longhorn style
 * 58-Longhorn


 * '58 Longhorn Bass &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (1998–1999)
 * Longhorn Pro (2000–2003. '58 Longhorn Bass &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; with adjustable bridge and upgraded tuners)
 * Guitarlin &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; or Guitar/Mandolin (1999–2003)


 * Danoblaster series (with built in effects)
 * Hearsay (2001–2003. with Fulcrum style tremolo. FX: distortion, distortion sweep)
 * Danoblaster Innuendo series (2001–2003. FX: distortion, tremolo, chorus, echo)
 * Innuendo (2001–2003. 6 string guitar with Fulcrum style tremolo)
 * Innuendo 12-String (2001–2003)
 * Innuendo Baritone (2001–2003)
 * Rumor Bass (2001–2003. FX: chorus)
 * Hodad
 * Hodad (1999–2003. 6 string guitar with/without Danelectro Tremolo (Bigsby type))
 * Hodad 12-string or Hodad 12 string (2000–2003)
 * Hodad Baritone (2000–2003)
 * Hodad Bass (2000–2003)
 * MOD (2000–2003)
 * MOD 6 (6-string)
 * MOD 7 (7-string)

2005–present

 * U style
 * '56 Pro or 56 U2 Pro (2005 or 2006)
 * '56 Single Cutaway (2010 or 2011. Headstock:Dolphin/Bottle/Full Bell, Pickups:lipstick single/humbucker)
 * '56 Single Cutaway Bass (2010 or 2011)
 * '56 Single Cut Bass (2015–. Short scale, with dolphin headstock)
 * '56 Baritone (c. 2014)
 * Baritone (2005 (bottle headstock), 2015– (dolphin headstock) )
 * Vintage Baritone (c. 2017, hollow-body with “S” sound hole)
 * Shorthorn style
 * 12 String (2005)
 * '59 Pro (2007)
 * '59 Dano (2007)
 * '59-DC (2009) (See )
 * 59-DC Pro (See )
 * 59-DC Pro 12-string
 * DC-12 (2009)
 * Double Cutaway 1959 Reissue (2010)
 * Double Cutaway 1959 Reissue 12-String (2010)
 * '59 Modified, '59 Left-handed, and '59 12-string (2012)
 * 59 Alligator (2013–2015. with Alligator-leather texture)
 * '59DC Long Scale Bass (c. 2016)
 * '59MJ (2015, Shorthorn with '56 Lipstick pickups)
 * '59M NOS (2015, Shorthorn with NOS pickups)
 * '59M NOS+ (2016, Shorthorn with NOS+ pickups)
 * 59 Spruce (2017, hollow-body with “S” sound hole)
 * '59M Spruce (2016, hollow-body with “S” sound hole, '56 Lipstick pickup)
 * Covertible (2015, 2017. Piezo with '56 Lipstick pickup)
 * 12 String &#x5B;f-hole&#x5D; (2015–, Shorthorn shape hollow-body with f-hole)
 * Vintage 12 String &#x5B;“S” sound hole&#x5D; (2017, hollow-body with “S” sound hole)
 * '59 Resonator (2016, '56 DC Shorthorn shape hollow-body with resonator cone, piezo and lipstick pickups)


 * Longhorn style
 * Longhorn Guitar (2005 or 2006)
 * Longhorn Baritone &#x5B;reissue&#x5D; (2005 or 2006)
 * Longhorn Bass &#x5B;2nd & 3rd reissue&#x5D; (2006, 2015 )
 * "Dead On '58" Longhorn Bass (2009)
 * 59DC Long Scale Bass (2016–) 
 * Longhorn Bass &#x5B;short scale&#x5D; (2015–. short scale bass)
 * The '64 (2016–) &mdash; Mosrite style, with Bigsby Tremolo
 * '64 Bass (c. 2017) &mdash; Mosrite style 4 string bass
 * The '66 (c. 2017) &mdash; Mosrite style, semi-hollow with center block body, f-hole, and German carve


 * '67 Dano (2015–. Hawk or Dano A style)
 * '67 Heaven (2013–2015. Hawk or Dano A style, with Alligator-leather texture)
 * Danelectro '84 (c. 2017) &mdash; Stratocaster style
 * Dano '63 (2008. reissue of #1457 Amp-in-case guitar)
 * '63 Dano (2015–. guitar)
 * Dano '63 Baritone (2008)
 * Dano '63 Long Scale Bass, Dano '63 Short Scale Bass (2008)
 * Baby Sitar DBS68 (2015–. reissue of Danelectro Sitar #1698 (1968–1969))
 * Dano Pro or Pro (2007,  2012. reissue of Pro 1 (1963–1964))
 * "Dead On '67" (2009. reissue of Hornet, or possibly Dane D)
 * Dead On '67 Baritone (2009)
 * '67 Hornet (guitar)
 * Doubleneck &#x5B;6/12 reissue&#x5D; (2015, 6 string/12 string)
 * Hodad
 * Hodad Guitar (2012, 2015–. )
 * Hodad Bass (2012)
 * Wild Thing
 * Wild Thing Guitar or MID 60's Guitar (2011)
 * Wild Thing Baritone (2011)
 * Wild Thing Bass (2011)

Effects pedals


Today, Danelectro primarily designs and imports effect pedals. They market eight pedals lines: original effects, FAB effects, mini effects, vintage effects, Wasabi effects, Paisley effects, Cool Cat effects and other miscellaneous effects. All run on 9 volt batteries or power adapters. The original effects featured metal enclosures and [field effect transistor|FET] switching. Cool Cat models are the most recent pedals, designed with metal enclosures and true-bypass switching. Danelectro has begun rolling out Cool Cat V2 pedals, featuring extra 'under the hood' features. Mini effects pedals are smaller, compact pedals with effects resembling those of the original effects and the FAB effects. Vintage effects include the large, rectangular Spring King and Reel Echo effect pedals. The discontinued Paisley series featured paisley-patterned drive effects in original style enclosures. The Wasabi series features large, futuristic-looking metal enclosures. FAB effects are the cheapest of the bunch, and feature plastic enclosures somewhat larger than the Mini effects series.

In 2006, Danelectro began selling a carrying case that holds up to five mini effects. When the player is ready to play, the top may be removed and the bottom acts as a pedals board. It has since been discontinued. Not long after, another carrying case was developed to fit five FAB or Cool Cat pedals, as well as serve in the pedal board function as well.

Despite the advantages of the mini effects, FAB effects are more common. The Mini effects are less expensive, but the plastic construction makes them fragile.

Original effects
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 * Dan-Echo Simulated Tape Echo
 * Cool Cat Chorus
 * FAB Tone Distortion
 * Daddy O. Overdrive (notably used by Mike Campbell)
 * Dan-O-Matic Tuner

FAB effects
The FAB series of guitar effect pedals is a budget range of pedals made by the Danelectro company that are manufactured in China. The series was launched in 2005 with the release of the FAB Distortion, FAB Overdrive and the FAB Metal pedals.

Currently, eight pedals share the same distinctive injection moulded plastic casing and blue LED light. Each has a mains power DC9 socket, or can be powered by a 9 volt battery.


 * FAB Chorus
 * FAB Delay
 * FAB Distortion
 * FAB Echo
 * FAB Flanger
 * FAB Fuzz
 * FAB Metal
 * FAB Overdrive

Mini effects

 * Pastrami Overdrive
 * T-Bone Distortion
 * BLT Slap Echo
 * Corned Beef Reverb (discontinued)
 * Tuna Melt Tremolo
 * Hash Browns Flanger
 * Pepperoni Phaser
 * Milkshake Chorus
 * Surf and Turf Compressor
 * Grilled Cheese Distortion
 * Chili Dog Octave
 * Fish and Chips 7-Band EQ
 * Chicken Salad Vibrato
 * French Toast Octave Distortion
 * PB&J Delay
 * Bacon & Eggs MiniAmp Distortion
 * Rocky Road Rotary Speaker
 * Black Coffee Metal Distortion
 * French Fries Auto-Wah
 * Black Licorice Beyond Metal

Vintage effects

 * Reel Echo
 * Spring King

Paisley effects (discontinued)

 * Blue Paisley PureDrive
 * Black Paisley Liquid Metal

Wasabi effects

 * Wasabi Overdrive
 * Wasabi Distortion
 * Wasabi Rock-A-Bye
 * Wasabi Forward-Reverse Delay
 * Wasabi Chorus-Trem

Miscellaneous effects

 * Shift Daddy
 * Trip-L Wah
 * Dan-O-Wah
 * Free Speech Talk Box
 * Psycho Flanger
 * Sitar Swami
 * Back Talk Reverse Delay

Cool Cat effects

 * Tremolo
 * Vibe
 * Metal
 * Fuzz
 * Fuzz V2
 * Drive
 * Drive V2
 * Transparent Overdrive
 * Transparent Overdrive V2
 * Distortion
 * Metal II
 * Chorus
 * Pedalboard

Billionaire By Danelectro

 * Pride Of Texas (2017–)
 * Big Sprender Spinning Speaker (2017–)
 * Billion Dollar Boost (2017–)
 * Filthy Rich Tremolo (2017–)
 * Battery Billionaire (2017–. power supply using 9V battries)