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Danelectro is a manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and effects units.

Danelectro was founded by Nat Daniel in 1947; throughout the late forties, the company produced amplifiers for Sears, Roebuck, and C^o. and Montgomery Ward. In 1954, Danelectro started producing the Silvertone and Danelectro lines of solidbody electric guitars, later hollow-bodied (constructed out of Masonite and plywood to save costs and increase production speed,) distinguished by Silvertones' maroon vinyl covering, Danelectros' light tweed covering, the concentric stacked tone/volume knobs used on the two-pickup models of both series, and the "lipstick-tube" pickups of both--invented by cramming the entire mechanism into spare lipstick tubes--these lines aimed to produce no-frills guitars of reasonably good tone at low cost. In 1956, Danelectro introduced the six-string electric bass, which would be adopted by other companies such as Fender with the Fender VI, but never proved especially popular. In 1966, Danelectro was sold to MCA. A year later, the Coral line was introduced, known for its hollow-bodies and electric sitars. In 1969, the Danelectro plant was closed, due to MCA's attempt to market Danelectros to small guitar shops, rather than large department stores.

In the late 1990s, the Evets Corporation started selling primarily copies of old Silvertone and Danelectro guitars and newly designed effects pedals, and small amplifiers.

Contents 1 Guitars 2 Baritones 3 Basses 4 Effects Pedals 4.1 Original Effects 4.2 FAB Effects 4.3 Mini Effects 5 Artists who have used Danelectro 6 External links

• U-1
• U-2
• U-3
• 59 DC
• DC-3
• 56 Pro-Convertible
• Shorthorn Standard
• Shorthorn Deluxe
• Convertible
• Hodad
• Mod
• Mod 7 (seven-string)
• Guitarlin
• Baritone
• Stan & Dan
• '59 Dano (introduced in 2007)
• Dano Pro (introduced in 2007)

• Innuendo Baritone
• Longhorn Baritone

• 6 string Bass
• Shorthorn Bass
• Longhorn Bass
• Hodad Bass

Today, Danelectro primarily produces effect pedals. There are three main runs of pedals: original effects, FAB effects, and mini effects. All run on 9V batteries or may be equipped with a power adapter. The original effects resemble those of the early Danelectro times. FAB effects are the most recent pedals, designed with modernized effects. Mini effects pedals are smaller, compact pedals with effects resembling those of the original effects and the FAB effects. Recently, a carrying case was developed to hold up to five mini effects in it. When the player is ready to play, the top may be removed and the bottom acts as a pedals board. Despite the many advantages of the mini effects, FAB effects are the ones primarily seen today. The Mini effects are often praised for their high quality tones, but the plastic construction leaves these pedals inadequate for gigging.

• Daddy O. Overdrive
• Cool Cat Chorus
• FAB Tone Distortion
• Dan-Echo Simulated Tap Echo

• FAB Overdrive
• FAB Distortion
• FAB Metal
• FAB Chorus
• FAB Flanger
• FAB Echo

• Pastrami Overdrive
• T-Bone Distortion
• BLT Slap Echo
• Corned Beef Reverb
• Tuna Melt Tremolo
• Hash Browns Flanger
• Pepperoni Phaser
• Milkshake Chorus
• Surf and Turf Compressor
• Grilled Cheese Distortion
• Pedal Tuner
• Chili Dog Octave
• Fish and Chips 7 Band EQ
• Chicken Salad Vibrato
• French Toast Octave Distortion
• Bacon'N'Eggs Mini Amp/Distortion
• PB&J Delay
• Rocky Road Spinning Speaker
• Black Coffee Metal Distortion
• French Fries Auto-Wah
• Black Licorice Beyond Metal

• Link Wray playing a Danelectro Longhorn as seen on the album - Slinky! The Epic Sessions '58-'61
• Elvis Costello appeared in a couple Danelectro ads
• Syd Barrett
• Dave Matthews plays a limo black U2 with a modified intonable bridge
• Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction)
• Beck
• John Entwistle (The Who)
• Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
• Philip Escobedo (The Allusions)
• Eric Clapton
• Tom Verlaine (Television (band))
• Steve Priest (The Sweet)
• Jeff Tweedy (As part of (Loose Fur)
• Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
• Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
• Jack Bruce
• Tom Waits
• Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
• Niklas Almqvist (The Hives) (as seen in the video of Hate To Say I Told You So}
• Jimi Hendrix
• Fat Mike {NOFX}
• Michael Logie (The Mint Chicks)
• Kirk Hammet (as seen in the video of "Unforgiven II")
• Tomethy Furse (The Horrors)

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

• Rinus Gerritsen (Golden Earring)

• Danelectro Guitars - official website
• DanGuitars - specialist dealer website with a good history section
• Guitarbitz.com - UK based retailer of the recent Danelectro Reissues
• Doug Tulloch - Vintage Danelectro Authority