Danelectro Shorthorn
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The Danelectro Shorthorn line of guitars is a dual cutaway hollow bodied design, made of Masonite and poplar. The original models were introduced in 1959 to replace the U model guitars, and were in production until the closure of the Danelectro company in 1969.
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Danelectro Shorthorn | |
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Manufacturer | Danelectro |
Period | Original: 1959 to 1969, Reissued in the Late-1990s, 2007 and 2009-10. In current production as model '59M NOS. |
Construction | |
Body type | Hardboard (Masonite) top and bottom with plywood frame;hollow body. |
Neck joint | Bolt-on |
Scale | 25" |
Woods | |
Body | Original models: Masonite |
Neck | Original models: Poplar |
Fretboard | Rosewood, 21 frets. |
Hardware | |
Bridge | Chrome-Plated steel with adjustable rosewood saddle |
Pickup(s) | Lipstick pickups. (Original style brass tube with chrome plating.)
Current (2014) model features NOS Lipstick pickups manufactured in 1999.Molenda, Michael (18 September 2014). "Danelectro 59 M-NOS Reviewed". Guitar Player Magazine. Retrieved 7 April 2015.</ref> 59MJ ['59M NOS with metal flake finish]: |
There have been multiple re-issues of this line of guitars, the first two being the 59DC with two pickups and DC-3 with three pickups, sold between 1998 and 2001. The 59 Dano followed in 2007 and the 59-DC in 2009.
The Shorthorn range comes in one, two and three pickup models, and has the "Coke Bottle Style" classic headstock, hollowed body cavity, and a seal shaped pickguard with two concentric "stacked" tone/volume knobs. The second reissue series (2007-2009) was Chinese-made, with an asymmetric headstock and bog-standard (non-stacked) master tone and volume knobs.
In 2014, Danelectro announced several improvements for its latest iteration, the '59M NOS. Manufacturing returns to Korea for the new model, along with stacked concentric knobs and the original headstock profile.[1] Featured hardware in some models includes tuneable die-cast bridge and NOS "Lipstick" pickups manufactured in 1999.