'59 Dan Electro Reissue Arrives!

[Bengal65]

Neat guitar for $200! Sully was right on being sceptical of a masonite and plywood guitar. This guitar sounds like a dream, sort of like a Tele Thinline with it's own funky tone. The setup was great out of the box, although no case is included with these. The intonation was dead on and adjustable. The pickups are reportably upgraded from previous versions and they do sound great. The bridge PUP sounds a little weak, so I'll drop a SD Lipstick in just to see if there is any difference. The tuners are not bad and look great in the satin finish. The backlash and gear ratio is a little sloppy, but expected from a diecast tuner, most likely from China as well. The nut is aluminum and the wound strings want to hang up on there. I put a call into Graptech and they are sending me a blank to make a String Saver nut from. The nut is so big, they are sending me a saddle blank. The finish is satin black and is excellent. Fit and finish is excellent as well, which really surprised me. Great guitar for the money. Now off to do some Page stuff


The nut is held on by a screw I put some nut sauce in the grooves to help out gliding over the aluminum.



Sorry for the pics being so large. Something is wrong with Photobucket. It's not editing even though it say's it's edited.
Oh, the pics fixed themselves:ROTF:

[Super_shredder]

awesome now play some old school jimmy page!

does it still have tape around the edges?

[Bengal65]

Yes, it has the tape around the edges and it's "aged" like the pickguard. The tape is well done. Pretty cool setup. I've been playing it for hours. "Kashmir" anyone?

[Super_shredder]

awesome ! it wouldnt be a dano without the tape

[nhspike]

That's pretty cool Bengal!
Hit us with a little sound clip... I bet it sounds awesome!

[shobet]

I'd been looking at one of those since I saw a review in Guitarist a few months back. I might have to get one in the new year.

[jgcable]

I want to get a 12 string model one of these days. I also like the Jerry Jones models. They are incredible.

[SEEGERMANY]

Congratulations! Very cool guitar! I have two friends that have the same model and their only complaint is that the guitar will not stay in tune due to the cheap components on the bridge. Once they determine a remedy, I'll post the results in case you too have the same problem.

[shobet]

I thought they'd changed the bridge on this reissue to solve those problems. I believe the bridge used to be a wooden affair.

[gtrbuyer]

very cool thinking of picking one up

[El Chiguete]

Those are on my to buy list!

[skorb]

excellent, I gotta get me one of those.

[Bengal65]

I have to make a correction on the wood. I found out the new ones from reading, are using solid Basswood for the main frame of the guitar and not Plywood. The old ones used some type of plywood. I don't know if the old ones used a birch or pine plywood. I have to keep researching. I thought something looked different when I took the neck off. It was not plywood.

Oh yeah, I threw in a Duncan Lipstick b in the bridge. She sounds much smoother and less "raspy" than the stock pup. I'm loving this guitar!

[El Chiguete]

I deffinetly want one to thay Zeppelin, but I would like to get the 90's models that had the same 2 color vol/tone knobs that Page one has. Plus i'll change the bridge the same way Page did.

[Bengal65]

I deffinetly want one to thay Zeppelin, but I would like to get the 90's models that had the same 2 color vol/tone knobs that Page one has. Plus i'll change the bridge the same way Page did.

I hear ya. I ordered a set of concentric pots and two colored tone/vol knobs. My $200 guitar is quickly becoming a $400 guitar:ROTF:

Hmm, a Jerry Jones, "Made in the USA" next?