Monday, May 30, 2011

The History Of Danelectro Guitars Amazing Diverse And Stunning

By Robert Scott


Nathan Daniel had a preference to be his own boss and instead of working for one company he launched his own firm and so the History of Danelectro guitars started in the late nineteen forties. He started off by manufacturing amplifiers for one particular distributor before branching out a year later with an exclusive range of guitar amplifiers for another company.

In nineteen fifty four he broadened his base by manufacturing Silverstone solid body guitars. Together with this new range he continued to produce goods under the Danelectro label as well. These two products each carried their own distinctive markings. The former had vinyl of a dark maroon color whereas the latter was covered in white tweed. Both had one or two pickups hidden under a pick guard of baked melamine. The sequence wiring differed from normal parallel wires and gave a stronger tone when both pickups were used in unison.

In nineteen-fifty-six the now well known Dano materials were launched and this brought about a number of changes as to how these instruments were made. Characteristics that had previously been covered up under pick guards were now opened up for the world to see. A majority of early Donelectro's models had this distinctiveness.

Although Daniel sold the company in nineteen sixty-six he stayed on. One year later the Coral line of guitars was launched. Instruments supplied to the original two companies selling this product still received goods that were entirely made in the New Jersey plant. New distributors however received the same style instrument with the only difference being the hollow bodies were made in Japan.

A big re-shuffle took place during nineteen-sixty-nine when the New Jersey plant was shut down. Many of the parts were bought up by Dan Armstrong who continued to manufacture these guitars.

Towards the end of the last century Evets Corporation started selling replicas of original Silverstone and Danelctro guitars. After initially selling well these sales slowed and production was stopped in two thousand and one. Recently the new owners made a decision to sell a limited number of these instruments each year.

These replicas all carried distinctive hallmarks of the original classic instruments. The tone and style has not been forfeited in the remaking and all the original exceptional qualities have been incorporated. Everything a person has come to expect from original Silverstones are to be seen in these replicas.

These implements have a quality about them that embodies the serious rock era and the History of Danelectro Guitars is closely interwoven in its fabric. These modern examples of the age old classic instruments will warm the heart of all rock n roll music lovers.




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