NGD!! Danelectro Hodad

[matmosphere]

Scored this a few days ago on craigslist for $180. I'm not a sparkle finish kinda guy but it's growing on me.

These are from the late 90's. I had a white one before and loved it but had to sell it to finance my move to DC with my wife (then GF). I sold 5 guitars when we moved and this is the only one that I've missed and even considered buying again.

It was dirty, in dire need of a setup, and had a minor issue with the output jack.  I used some Music Nomad cleaner and and some of their fretboard conditioner and man did they do a good job. Nothing I've used before was anywhere near as nice. Now that it's cleaned and set up it looks almost brand new, and plays great.

I really like the early Danelectro reissues, I think they are great guitars. I had 3 or 4 different ones back in the nineties, and have this and a DC59 now. I can't say enough good things about them. Can't speak to their newer stuff but if you ever get a chance to buy a Made In Korea Danelectro (late 90's, you can tell because they used an angled headstock) pick it up, you won't be disappointed.

[cooder]

That's a pretty spiffin cool score... Congrats!

[Leevibe]

Rad. That has a real Mosrite vibe. Beautiful guitar.

[jjjimi84]

Double lipstick pickups?!?! What do those bad boys sound like?

[matmosphere]

They sound great, not really mosrite like, but very twangy surf vibe. Handles dirt pretty well. The tone knobs push/pull for coil tap and out of phase, so it's got plenty of different tones.

[jjjimi84]

Wow iwould have never thought it would have had so much in it. It looks super thin and just awesome. Great find!

[peAk]

Sweet, I dig it!