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“ I find it to be a very playable guitar indeed, despite its huge dimensions”: Danelectro Dan O Cool Baritone review

This retro-inspired semi-hollow baritone offers a refreshing departure from your typical extended range guitar

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"Danelectro’s finishing falls noticeably short of what the market now expects at this level": Danelectro Dan O. Cool 12 String

Plenty of Dano charm in the tone department, it's just a pity about the build

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“Proper spring reverb that fits on any pedalboard”: Danelectro Spring King Junior review

Danelectro brings back its real spring reverb pedal in a more compact ’board-friendly form

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“I’ve only seen it that once and just for about two hours. It was a piece of crap”: Steely Dan’s Denny Dias says his iconic Do It Again electric sitar solo was recorded on a lousy rental model

The former Steely Dan guitarist was required to borrow a Danelectro/Coral electric sitar for the job – but he was less than impressed

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“You could write your own Stairway to Heaven on an instrument like this”: The hottest guitar gear launches of 2024 – from Wolfgang Van Halen’s long-awaited semi-hollow signature to UAFX’s Dumble-in-a-pedal

There was an onslaught of new guitar products released over the past 12 months. Here are the ones that had us all talking (and checking our bank balance)

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“The spring is the thing… Even better than the 1999 original!”: The Danelectro Spring King reverb is dead, long live the Spring King Junior (smaller, just as splashy)

The Spring King is reinvented as a space-saving mini pedal – but it still has that three-spring reverb tank under the hood

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“Even better than the original”: Danelectro’s Spring King was the cult reverb pedal you could kick – now it’s back, but not as you remember it

The Spring King Junior is smaller in scale but just as charming as the ’90s cult classic – and it features a real spring inside

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“On Load and ReLoad we tried to get a little looser, a little bluesier. Greasy is the word”: Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of Fuel with a Danelectro 58 Longhorn Baritone

In 2009, Hetfield told us that the Fuel era was all about loosening up and on Friday night at the Helping Hands charity gig he made good on it as Metallica reimagined Fuel, slower and lower

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“From the first chord, we both thought, ‘Wow’ – I quit my band and moved to Denmark”: How husband-and-wife duo the Courettes became one of the most exciting bands in the garage-rock underground

Guitarist Flavi Couri details the retro gear and inspirations behind the Courettes’ garage-rock expansionism – a sound that references Motown, Phil Spector and ’60s power-pop

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“A unicorn in the guitar world, and for its price, playability and tones, it is a magical beast to rein in”: Danelectro Doubleneck review

If, “Is it time I brought a doubleneck electric guitar into my life?” is a question you have ever asked yourself, Danelectro answers it in the most emphatic fashion

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“Considered by many to be one of the best cheap electric guitars of all time”: In praise of the Danelectro Shorthorn, the primitive budget guitar loved by Jimmy Page, Tom Verlaine and Eric Clapton

The super-affordable guitar with the basic build became a cult classic, beloved by rock players, slide maestros and guitarists of all styles. All hail the Shorthorn

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“Retains all the charm of the original 1960s classic design in all its vintage glory”: Danelectro has brought back its Big Sitar – with some modern upgrades

The new Danelectro model promises to deliver the quintessential electric sitar sound popularized by the likes of Metallica, Steve Howe and Steve Vai

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“Lightweight construction and exceptional playability”: Can’t afford the Jimmy Page double-neck? Danelectro has you covered with an $899 alternative

The Danelectro 6-12 Double Neck melds together six and twelve-string guitars with an “art deco guise” and pickups that boast “sweet and spicy” tones

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“It’s good to see something fresh in dirt pedals – if an almost 60-year-old circuit could be described as such”: Danelectro Nichols 1966 review

A pedal designed by a teenager in the Hollywood Hills back in 1966 has been revived for today’s players – and it's as versatile as it is unique

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A lightweight, affordable option for Jimmy Page ‘Stairway…’ manoeuvres? Danelectro’s new $899 doubleneck electric guitar could be this year’s super-cool sleeper hit

Six and 12-string necks, four lipstick pickups, heaps of vintage mojo and a semi-hollow build, all for under a grand

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10 musicians who destroyed their instruments: "For Hendrix, there was something ritualistic about burning a Fender Stratocaster"

Whether it's to make a statement, rile up an audience or add a rebellious edge to a music video, trashing our gear has become something of a tradition in the rock world

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“I just sent one of these to Joe Perry. He loves it”: Introducing the Danelectro Nichols 66 fuzz – a reissue of the first pedal that brand owner Steve Ridinger ever designed

The Nichols 66 revives Ridinger's Liverpool Fuzz Tone unit, which was first designed without the aid of any existing stompbox schematics

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“The kind of guitar that makes you blurt out, ‘Yep, that’s it. This is great.’ There's so much to love about it”: Danelectro ’59 Triple Divine review

Meet the brand-new vintage guitar that will have you wondering where it has been all your life

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“This incredible box dishes out delicious tones unlike those of any pedal ever made”: Danelectro unearths long-lost Steve Ridinger fuzz design from the ‘60s and releases it as the Nichols 66

Foxx Pedals founder and Danelectro owner called it his “The Liverpool Fuzz Tone”, and it was the first effects pedal he ever designed. Now it's the Nichols 66, and you can buy it now

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Inside the new issue of Total Guitar: The 50 Greatest Acoustic Guitar Songs Of All Time

Also in issue 374! Interviews: Ben Howard, Skindred, Nat Myers, mehro and more! Reviews: Blackstar Debut 50R, Dave Mustaine 2023 Flying Vs, Danelectro Blackout '59M NOS, Fender Gold Foil Telecaster, EHX Lizard Queen. Learn songs by AC/DC, The Hives and Billie Eilish.

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“Guitar geeks’ eyes pop out of their heads”: Introducing Nepco – the stunning indie guitar builds that ask, ‘What if Danelectro made Vs?’

Ratboys frontwoman Julia Steiner and Nepco builder Ian Williams have a shared love of all things Danelectro – as they tell us, it’s time to refine the guitar industry’s best-kept secret and take it in new directions

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Danelectro Blackout ’59M NOS+ review

Danelectro’s most famous guitar recently celebrated its 60th Anniversary and now gets a stage-aimed refresh for 2023

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Danelectro's new '59 Triple Divine guitar adds a pickup to one of the company's classic designs

The new Dano boasts an extra-hot bridge pickup, and comes in four smart finishes

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