Danelectro Dead On 67

The Danelectro '67 Hornet was released by the revived Danelectro company as a limited run recently. In the 1960s there was a guitar called the Coral Hornet that looked nearly identical to this and they're getting to be quite sought after, especially when linked to players such as Pete Townshend who had one in his home studio in the late sixties. This guitar is basically a reissue of that, and it was available in regular and long scale versions in a variety of whacky colours. It features a lightweight basswood body, a rosewood fretboard with 21 frets, dot inlays, 24 3/4" scale length, original style Danelectro bridge with tremolo and a pair of classic lipstick pickups for that Dano sound. They're built overseas now as compared to the USA models of the sixties, but they're still very true to the original designs.

UTILIZATION

The design is fairly ergonomic overall. It has a sort of offset vibe to it like certain short scale Fenders, and the body is aptly contoured. The guitar is very light and due to the satin finish it's got a certain slick feel that is true to the original cheap Danos. They don't feel classy or top notch by any means but that's part of the charm and I'm glad they kept that certain mojo for the reissues. The upper fret access isn't great on these guitars but the guitar only has 21 frets anyway and they weren't really designed for flying over the fretboard in the first place.

Getting a good sound is fairly simple. The guitars are really equipped to do that signature trashy/jangly Danelectro sound. It doesn't sound quite as bright as a Strat nor does it have the refined nature and strong low end of a Les Paul. The tones that this guitar gets are much more of that era - bright, brash and loud.

SOUNDS

The guitar definitely sounds better in clean to lower gain applications. The pickups are fairly low output and don't have the great tolerance for overdrive I find. However, for surf or rockabilly type clean or very mildly driven tones, that's where this guitar excels tonally. The pickups are fairly bright and jangly and for those styles where you need a loud and clean sound guitar this one is a good choice. The guitar's tone might be considered a bit too brash for some tastes, but Danos have always been a bit outside the norm tone wise so it's kind of something you learn to love/deal with. If you're going for a really fuzzed out and trashy tone the pickups work reasonably well with distortion or fuzz, but they don't offer the greatest articulation or dynamics - it's pretty much on 11 all the time.

OVERALL OPINION

All in all I think the Danelectro '67 Hornet is a great reissue of a really classic looking guitar. Ever since I saw a pic of Pete Townshend with one I wanted one and when Danelectro announced the reissue I was over the moon. They can be found for about $350 new in general which is a pretty cool deal for someone just looking for a flashback to the sixties, in looks, feel and tone.

Manufacture: China.
Green color (limey green)
Bridge: Danelectro vibrato with rosewood bridge.
body solid body basswood
Neck: Bolt-on Maple.
Frets: 21.
Pickups: 2 Danelectro Lipstick pickups, wired in series.
Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, dial 1 (1, 1 2, 2).

UTILIZATION

The handle is very comfortable to play, an exemplary finish for the price.
Ergonomics is very good, playing comfort (sitting as standing) with the overall balance & harmony rather the lightness of the guitar.
Access to acute is easy
in the spirit of the brand, this is not a complicated guitar very "sixties" in mind.

SOUNDS

This guitar is completely my approach: a classic rock sound, light, vintage, typed but flexible & versatile: Clear where with a bit of overdrive, it's easy to orient differently: everything that goes through your head except maybe metal, it does not really designed for heavy distos swallow. ditto for vibrato, which can physically withstand bends bombings and violent, it offers just a slight ripple but very nice, the return position is right.
This is perhaps one of the more nuanced models Danelectro (basswood body)
she wonders out without violently attack the strings, the sounds are rich and singing without forcing it's good, it's my approach
I love to play in position 1 +2 microphones (standard) & twangy fat at once.

OVERALL OPINION

I play regularly since late 2010.
I have not tried tons of models before, but I knew what I wanted with a limited budget (I bought other models from the same brand).
This is a simple and generous, I love the aesthetics, at least for the aluminum plate suspended knobs, a little lighter, but hey, it's a guitar cheap!
The value is great.
With experience, I would do this choice.

Guitar shape comparable to Fender Jazzmaster and Jaguar, it is American design but made in China.
Generally the violin is pretty simple but good quality.
The body is solid basswood, which is an achievement because the models DC 59, 56 pro, dano pro are composite called masonite.
The body is really very thin which makes the guitar very light.
The C handle fairly thick and wide has a rosewood fingerboard with frets more than adequate. It is adjustable by a double trussrod.
The lifts are also satisfactory.
A pickguard and polished aluminum plate gives a very beautiful visually, it can not be said of the tone volume buttons that are pretty cheap. The tremolo is pretty aluminum aesthetic. It is attached to two screws on either side of the tailpiece and plated with a spring that runs through the body. This design is interesting for me because I hate Pink Floyd, or even those stratocaster type. This tremolo is pretty hard and can play + / - 1 / 2 ton. Cons by no system of adjustable bridges but just a wooden saddle, that fact may be vintage, but still I wonder about the propriety of the guitar to drink a few years ...
Electronic side, two famous single-coil pickups lipsticks, two volume, two tone a switch 3 positions, with the plant that takes two pickups in series. To complete the look, the guitar hook from the front is really a detail that I like.
I put a 7 given that this is still a guitar small bills (less than 300euros) and simple design

UTILIZATION

In terms of ergonomics nothing wrong, the guitar may be less well balanced (playing enough or standing) or a lespaul strato, but we made it very quickly. Its lightness is really a great asset to play standing.
The neck is very pleasant for me who loves pretty thick neck. Its access to the tweeter is really good.
Small downside is the switch under the baton of the tremolo and the knobs a bit too far for my taste for those who play a lot with them.
And this detail can become annoying, because this type of guitar is the kind of guitar where you play a lot on the volume to change from a clear to slight crunch or distortion. But hey we do not spend all her time to adjust this either ...
The tremolo is when its a bit hard but its advantage is that it is not sensitive to violent attacks pick.


SOUNDS

Sounds, here we are. Because if you buy a Danelectro in my opinion it is not for its build quality and ergonomics. But rather for its looks and especially the sound of these guitars quite effective.
I play a bit of everything, which means nothing! Say I am a school rather rock, I love the old rock direction alcohol and tobacco cold. And I also go into recess sometimes blues, jazz, funk and reggae.
The first observation is that it's clicking sound whatever the configuration (and yet I had a strato team texas special telecaster and american standard). I play on a peavey amp transistor, SansAmp GT2 preamp and then through a TonePort computer music.
Is approached his fender but it's pretty slamming his clear and precise in the quasi-crystalline. The neck pickup is really very well defined and clear sound crunch but want badly distorted, the bridge pickup is very sharp and well suited to the heavier sounds. The intermediate position is adjustable, and is a real treat. Some are comparing this to a humbucker, but I would say yes, so far as this part was always snapping a ruler to cut down well below the two tones.
Also does not specify that hardrockers metalheads do not hang on this guitar. I also think that a jazzman in love with a well round will not appreciate the acute nature of the guitar itself, lowering his tone completely. But by placing the two microphones set can come close.
Even if the versatility is not his strong overall sound was quite vintage touches us to the heart is clear.

To talk settings, I play a clean sound that just crunch when you attack, add a spring reverb there is exactly what I like.


OVERALL OPINION

I wanted to write a review on this guitar because there was AuCu and god knows qu'audiofanzine is a prestigious help us poor provinces, so this site is complete.
I've had three days and I am fully satisfied. I would do some point in time when I have had enough experience.
And after passing through a peavey classic30 example ...
I own a Gretsch Electromatic Jet club 'tuning' type les paul and I wanted a guitar complementary.
I owned a lonestar stratocaster and a telecaster american standard, and I wanted a single coil sound but my sound so that even if fender is great, not remarkable for its originality. And the originality is not ultimately not to ruin!
This sound is tempered by a very good guitar "toy" that makes you want to let go until it feels like sometimes on the road to memphis wanting a cadillac, cheuveux wind or in a dark garage for a good dose of surfing -Rockn 'roll wild!
And it is this quality of the instrument, a singular heat gives me a special relationship with the instrument, while the guitars classical architecture (mean strato-tele-lespaul-sg) I always put the names of artists on their sounds.
I would do this choice without hesitation.

Chinese and it shows unfortunately.
Factory setting for nay nonexistent catastrophe.
Comfortable maple neck in c
4 knobs that give real opportunities for sound adjustment.
Micro lipstick very good, flat plastic shell

UTILIZATION

pleasant handle c
Very light
Access to acute facileyle garage.
Very good sound for the price and very distinctive. Perfect for garage or style of Nirvana.

SOUNDS

Good clear sound and saturated crunch.
amp fender performer 1000. It spits out well.

OVERALL OPINION

average quality. I would say that for this budget there are more reliable and solid guitars. The guitar was delivered to me with the neck twisted. Chopper back to the dealer. The tuners seem really bad quality. I have serious doubts about the quality of the bridge. The tremolo is a real dung. It really guitar Plastic. Guitar which I think will age very badly. I've tested other models notament the Danelectro 56. No report of 56 is a true guitar sound and good sound mechanics.
Danelectro has really botched this model. I recommend it.
Domage because the sound is to go.