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MGR/Anonymous « Danelectro Hodad »
Published on 06/24/04 at 15:00I picked this guitar up about three years ago at a local pawn shop, but it was brand new...still had the tags on it and everything. It cost $180.
It's got a good set of features but is mostly a "fun" guitar. It has a tremolo bar that's styled after the Bigsby, has two pairs of lipstick pickups that also have coil tap and out-of-phase settings, and has a nice paint job described as pearl red. All in all, a nice looking guitar.
It's like other Dano's, where you get lots of masonite and plastic. Still, the neck is straight and fast, and it can make a variety of cool sounds. If you dig surf music, this will meet a lot of your needs: think Mosrite.
The pickups are pretty noisy, as you might expect. They look kind of like humbuckers but aren't wired that way, so you get single-coil noise.
Pretty good for what it is. As long as you know what you're getting, you should be happy with it. It's been fine since I've had it; no problems at all, and solid as a kitchen counter (which is what it's mostly made of).
Dano has made some really fun guitars, and this may be the best of the lot in looks, sound, and overall quality. For the price, it was a great deal, and I still pick it up and plug it in pretty often despite having choices of other, more well-known guitars.
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It's got a good set of features but is mostly a "fun" guitar. It has a tremolo bar that's styled after the Bigsby, has two pairs of lipstick pickups that also have coil tap and out-of-phase settings, and has a nice paint job described as pearl red. All in all, a nice looking guitar.
It's like other Dano's, where you get lots of masonite and plastic. Still, the neck is straight and fast, and it can make a variety of cool sounds. If you dig surf music, this will meet a lot of your needs: think Mosrite.
The pickups are pretty noisy, as you might expect. They look kind of like humbuckers but aren't wired that way, so you get single-coil noise.
Pretty good for what it is. As long as you know what you're getting, you should be happy with it. It's been fine since I've had it; no problems at all, and solid as a kitchen counter (which is what it's mostly made of).
Dano has made some really fun guitars, and this may be the best of the lot in looks, sound, and overall quality. For the price, it was a great deal, and I still pick it up and plug it in pretty often despite having choices of other, more well-known guitars.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com