Danelectro DC59 12-String | Review
“It looks great, sounds great and plays well”
Danelectro DC59 TSN-12 12-string Review by Guitar Interactive Magazine. Reviewed in Issue 36 of Guitar Interactive Magazine by Lewis Turner. Read the review here http://bit.ly/Danelectro36
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The bridge sounds awful.
It is so shrill.
I guess that some pedals could fix that, but it is difficult to listen to no matter how good the playing may be.
Its ugly and made our out crap wood
Very cool! Interesting tones, was wondering about the nut width? Is it std. as most 12ers have 1 7/8” nut
Awesome video there is one way to fix the intonation problem tune all strings in unison you get a double guitar effect
Liked hearing how it sounds so thanks. However there is clearly string buzz on the low E.
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These were originally made as a less Expensive alternative to the Rickenbacker 12 string Guitar & it can still be used that way these days because of its nice bright jangle reminiscent of a 60s Rickenbacker 12. Here's Turn Turn Turn by Pete Seeger arranged by the Byrds played on a Danelectro 12:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4ZBnBmjFw
Very nice demo but the mic picking up all of the lip smacking/swallowing/mouth noises was driving me bonkers.
Rise in sound level from both pickups is due to Danelectro wiring the middle position of (virtually?) all their guitars in ‘parallel’, as opposed to the ‘normal’ convention of ‘series’.
It looks like the bridge on this guitar is fully intonatable, i.e. each of te 12 strings as an adjustable saddle – something fairly unusual, and VERY useful, which might have been worth pointing out!
BTW: The positioning of the octave strings of the bottom 4 pairs ABOVE the root note is the convention in (virtually) all acoustic and electric 12 strings. The only exception to this rule with 12 strings tends to be the (stratospherically priced) Rickenbacker twelves.
Quanto è largo il capotasto? Mantiene bene laccordatura? Grazie
Snagged one from Guitar Center today…$350
Awesome! I recently bought a 59 Devine 6 string, but I’ve got to add one of those to my collection. Very inspiring…
Villanova Junction Hendrix- BRAVISSIMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What 12 strings are strung low octave first? I’ve never seen one
Great Guitar ! Great Demo and Beautiful Playing ! Thanks so much for getting down to Business on this One ! ))
Это актуально для акустики , но для современной электро – нонсенс! This is true for acoustics, but for modern electro – nonsense!
HOW MANY INCHS IS THIS GUITAR?
Ummm…
High-string first IS how a 12-string is strung. NOT UNUSUAL.
Love the way you play man…so effortless and tasteful…I was looking at one of these yesterday…decided to do some research first and saw your vid… result?…the guitar will be arriving at my place in 2 days…first thing Im gonna do is teach myself your arrangement of Villanova Junction Blues – it's awesome…great video dude!!!
I had one and then I acquired my buddy's 12-string Ric, so I sold the Dano. Now I miss the Dano. The Ric's neck width near the bottom of the neck is so slender. But the sound is so vintage. I dunno whether to sell it or not. Plus, there's an emotional connection since my bud passed away.
thanks
Hey Mate! The string courses set up with octave on top is the industry N O R M A L!! just sayin'. Now UP to $569!!!!! When they first came out I KNEW it was a sleeper at around $260 (if memory serves?), ! Well it's "WOKE" now!
Just got mine from Amazon two weeks ago in vintage white for $539.00. Great playing and sounding guitar, right out of the box. No regrets here. Anyone considering an affordable 12 string to add to their collection should not have any reservations about buying this guitar.
Just buy a Ric and call it a day
Ive had mine for a couple of weeks now and I love it!
Probably the least articulate demonstrator on Youtube – but a great guitar.
Love these guitars! As a very reasonably priced alternative to a Ric, it’s unbeatable, and the only guitar I’ve bought in recent years that was perfectly set up out of the box..so good in fact I’ve just bought an old Clapton/Blind Faith psychodelic painted 59 just just as good ????
holy shit the way that guy handles that guitar… I'm diggin it
I just bought one of these and had my tech string it like Rick – no issues, excellent sound.
What an Awesome Distinctive sound. Sold. (Just gotta pony up the cash) ????
I own one of these Danoelectro's. It is easier to play then my Rickenbacker 330/12 as the neck on the rick is so narrow. The sound is great and the cost is about one fourth that of a Rickenbacker. Of course the Rick has the low strings on the top while the Dano has the higher strings on the top which is standard for allmost all 12 strings except the Rickenbacker .So there is a differance in the sound.I play 12 strings all the time and this Dano is a wonderful sounding guitar. I have the semi hallow body version. They also have a solid body version of this guitar.For the price you cant go wrong.
String set up is what I don’t about my Dan 12.
Exquisite playing. Dude gets the 12 string.
Neck heavy?
6:52
Wasn’t the piece from the intro the one that Jimi Hendrix played at the close of his Woodstock performance with Band of Gypsies?
Oh right, it’s titled “Villanova Junction Blues”.
Villanova Junction ? ? ?
what about the balance? judging by the way you holding the body with your armpit, it seems the longer head stock is heavy and pulls the guitar down so you have to hold the neck from falling all the time
I want one with six pickups!!!
Great thing about this beautiful guitar: it’s NOT expensive
I love the music that you make with that
What a great demo! Too bad it would never sound as good in my hands…
I would have liked a clear close view of the bridge. The intonation sounds spot on on this one, but I would love to know how you can adjust it. Can you do that for the regular and octave strings individually? BTW, the reason there's that volume jump between the individual PUs and the middle position is that the latter selects the PUs in series. I think that's the case on all Danos, and I love that feature. It's almost like a built in booster.
I played one of these in guitar center the other day and Ive been so obsessed with them
This guy really can't be bothered giving a review can he?
Hendrix
That lead work is som of the best i has ever seen in a rewiev
I don't know why so many reviews of these have people playing leads and riffs, these are used almost exclusively as rhythm guitars in most bands, and mostly for big sounding chords like in that song "I melt with you"
Oh man I love it
Great demo that avoided the cliches and just showed the instrument and its tones. I have a Dano and a Ric and my go-to just to play 12 is the Dano every time.