THE DANELECTRO STORY

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Here’s a great story written by a couple truly knowledgeable writers, guitar guys, guitarists, etc., etc., etc…the list could fill a page about these two.

Special thanks to Jim Washburn, Steve Soest, and Guitar World Magazine, via Bob Mytkowicz for this Fab Dano Tale.

Jim and Steve’s story ran in Guitar World Magazine some years ago and Jackaboutguitars has received permission from both the authors, as well as Guitar World Magazine, to run this GREAT story about DANELECTRO.

Jackaboutguitars has also been given permission to excerpt a fabulous tribute by Howard E. Daniel, to his father, Nathan “Nat” Daniel, Founder of THE DANELECTRO CORPORATION.  For a great read be sure to check out the complete tribute by Howard E. Daniel on his blog at: Pen4Rent.com

 

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THE DANELECTRO STORY…GUITAR WEIRDNESS AT A PRICE by JIM WASHBURN and STEVE SOEST

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HOW INNOVATIVE ELECTRONICS AND QUALITY-AT-A BUDGET PRODUCED A LINE OF AXES COLLECTORS GO GA-GA OVER TODAY.

A  gangly, young Jimi  Hendrix strikes a rock star pose on his front  lawn with his first electric guitar.  ln a London studio John Entwistle records a bass solo on the Who’s “My Generation” that explodes in a twanging  bluster.  Tommy Tedesco  drones through a soundtrack session on electric  sitar.  ln a solo spotlight, Jimmy Page takes an arena full of fans on a twenty-minute modal excursion with “Black  Mountain Side.”  In a West Coast bar David Lindley plays chunk chords on a department store guitar and somewhere behind all that hair, he’s smiling.

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