 DANELECTRO | | ELECTRIC: FIRST MODEL, C, U, & DOUBLE NECK SERIES | | | 1954 FIRST MODEL | | - single cutaway poplar wood body with vinyl edging, neck reinforcement consisted of a .75 in. square aluminum rod which ran from nut to bridge, "Bell"-shaped headstock with large rear volute and angled stenciled logo with "curly-cue" design (soon changed to vertical stenciled logo). Early versions had one or two pre-Lipstick tube pickups concealed under a thin single-ply white plastic pickguard, soon changed to lipstick tube pickups with clear pickguard with stenciled "D" logo and perimeter stripe, available in a variety of finishes and textured coverings including Black, Red, Bronze, Blue, and Yellow, extremely rare model, introduced 1954, phased out 1955. |
| "C" SERIES (SINGLE CUTAWAY) | | - single cutaway wood smaller 11.25 in."Peanut" size body with vinyl edging, one or two pickups, early versions have brown vinyl tape wrapped pickups then Lipstick covers, clear pickguard with contrasting underlay, input jack on lower body edge, available in a ginger colored vinyl rare model, introduced 1955, phased out 1956. |
| "U" SERIES | | - single cutaway Masonite body with vinyl edging, one or two pickups three pickups available in 1957, stenciled "D" logo and perimeter stripe on clear pickguard, input jack on lower body edge, "Coke bottle" headstock, two- and three-pickup models have stacked concentric knobs, available in Gleaming Black, Antique Bronze, Grained Ivory Leatherette, Jade Green, Bermuda Coral, and Lagoon Aqua, introduced 1956, phased out 1958. |
| LONGHORN GUITARLIN #4123 | | - "lyre"-shaped Masonite body with vinyl edging, two pickups, wooden pointer concentric knobs, clear pickguard, input jack on lower body edge, "Coke bottle" headstock, pickups on early versions are mounted close together in the neck position as with the Guitarlin, later versions had wide pickup spacing (neck & bridge), Bronze and White Sunburst only, introduced 1958, available through 1969. |
| Longhorn Four-String Bass #4423 | | - similar to the Longhorn Guitarlin, except in four-string bass configuration, mfg. 1958-1969. |
| Longhorn Six-String Bass #4623 | | - similar to the Longhorn Guitarlin, except in six-string bass configuration, mfg. 1958-1969. |
| DOUBLENECK #3923 | | - 4-string bass/6-string guitar, "Shorthorn" style Masonite body with vinyl edging, two pickups, concentric knobs, clear pickguards, input jack on lower body edge, "Coke bottle" headstocks, Bronze and White Sunburst only, introduced 1958, phased out 1969. |
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