Danelectro rearrangement

[@arnoldmmbb]

That little moment of happiness when this chanel uploads a new video

[@RayBecker]

Okay, that's the sweetest sounding 12 string electric I've ever heard

[@telequacker-9529]

They sound a little too brittle for me with the normal pickups. Blending the lipstick with the humbucker though thickens it up to more of a diet Rickenbacker.

[@Tekenduis98]

i agree, that thing sounded amazing

[@ericlee6913]

I actually recorded one of these in the studio a while back doing some beatles-y type stuff for a total gearhead dude. Real peculiar tone but it worked with the Beatles influence.

[@RayBecker]

@@ericlee6913 Oh I would think that would be the best material for this guitar. Here's what's weird about this wonderful Danelectro; It sounds very different than McGuinn's 12 in the Byrds. I'm still knocked out by the tone of this guitar. Now I need to butter up mama so that I can get one like this!

[@southboundsuarez9832]

@@RayBecker You shouldn't have to slather on the butter too much. Even if you only have a margarine budget these little DE 12 twangers won't break the bank. They are inexpensive way to get into 12 string electric tone, and are very playable.

[@remurdereht]

I've subconsciously gotten in the habit of liking your videos before watching them. Great work!

[@mattfleming2287]

Man, that was a great video. Great intro, fascinating history of Danelectro, and then a whole boatload of excellent tips and some twelve string goodness to finish it off. Love your work, your work ethic and your sense of humor.

[@DDEENY]

Nothing ever but good things to say about Ted's videos.

[@JackGladstoneHolroyde]

I dont care if it's made from MDF, that guitar is stunning. The curves look great. While the mod isn't for me, the new pickguard looks great too.

[@somepunkinthecomments471]

That multimeter phase check with the screwdriver is ingenious.

[@rogerking7899]

Canadian moment: "rout out". You gotta love it !

[@harrypalmer3481]

Love the Canadian accent. "rout out" sounds pretty good in Northern Irish/Belfast accent too!

[@thegreatbeyond9063]

Every time i watch I learn something new... The screwdriver trick on the magnets was great and useful, but then I had never seen the 're moulding' of the knob (so to speak)... trick. Great stuff.

[@southboundsuarez9832]

YES! I commented on the thermal form trick , but yup the really great trick here was that screwdriver polarity trick. So many people get all confused about pickup polarity. It is the polarity of the magnet and which end is south and which end is north that results in the phase of the pups. The shield doesn't actually denote negative as there is no electrical positive or negative, this is a waveform and not direct current. Screwdriver trick easy Peasy don't have to overthink it. Just do it.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you. Thanks for the extra Kinks and tips. Great job.

[@nocturnalferalguitarist]

All cheeses OMG please share your playlists, Never have I seen or heard nothing less than interesting on this channel

[@Bighairysteak]

It looks okay?? OKAY? Dude, that looks amazing

[@Doh1954]

"You don't get the ooga chakkas...."

[@geemac7267]

I must have ooga chakkas

[@wyattsdad8561]

Damn, that is one of the nicest tones I’ve ever heard

[@zacharykim295]

12:10 nothing like calmly working in the shop while some guy prattles on about cheese in the background 😂😂

[@Jester-Riddle]

Cheeses: A religious experience ...

[@hackerguitar]

@@Jester-Riddle Cheeses ‘n rice ….got all muddy. Very religious. :D

[@johndrippert3289]

Right, eh?

[@TomSramekJr]

Clearly, he’s found cheeses.

[@jeremyturner2873]

Sounds like Anthony Bourdain, RIP.

[@grawlixes]

Also, I need to buy a Danelectro again. I miss mine.

[@JC-11111]

They, have new reissues for sale. Silvertone, too.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

Back in the 90s when these were reissued a local pawn shop I frequented bought a bunch of them and were selling them for around $200, if I recall. I wish I’d bought at least one!

[@JC-11111]

There's currently brand new Silvertone & Dano reissues available. Silvertones are new for this year. They were available until a few years ago and Samick quit making them until this year. The sole Silvertone distributor is in Texas. And you can get Danelectros from the Dano website, as well.

[@noakwesterberg]

That trick to check pickup phase was new to me. Awesome!

[@giovanni5063]

I love my Dano. DC3 black sparkle resonant as all get out. I installed a piezo under the bridge and added another volume pot on the pickguard with a separate output jack on the lower side bout. Now there are 8 different noises this thing can make or just sound swell unplugged .

[@8wheeledassassins.]

Guilty confession. When I first started watching the channel I thought it was named Two Foured. Like The Canadian slang for a case of 🍺 beer.

[@grawlixes]

"even the royal family is said to enjoy them"

[@thebiggerbyte5991]

- said Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer. ;)

[@JonNewquist]

@@thebiggerbyte5991 - Epstein, the ultimate cheeseba.. um greaseball.

[@Nimbus849]

🤣

[@danielcgomez]

The Guitar repairs or the cheese? haha

[@-davidolivares]

We love the cheeese now don’t we Gromit?

[@johndrippert3289]

Damn, that sounds good. Especially the two pickups in series. Had quite a nice Led Zep sound to it.

[@ambsquared]

12 strings just sound so magical. Amazing how resonant that Danelectro is. Could practically play it as an acoustic.

[@rustyaxelrod]

I didn’t expect that sound...wow, nice!

[@AikiFuz]

Hands-down the best background noise of any video ever.

[@markcooper8561]

Great job, you'd never know that it didn't come out of the factory like that. Sounds great too.

[@tonymurphy2624]

That was fun. Also, when you said 'roat it oat', I had to look outside to see if it was snowing. Thought I was back in Tronno.

[@animateangus]

Been after an affordable 12 string for a year or so now. A. Rickenbacker would have been great, but this looks like a great alternative at a healthier price. Great job!

[@TheRobman]

Cozart make some cool cheap electric 12 strings, with a sort of Strat like body

[@oursexbecameaboxer]

When Im looking for an affordable guitar, I always think Rickenbacker…

[@design8366]

That is really a cool sound, what a unique design. Love it!

[@jts3339]

Leo Kotke said “a 12-string guitar player spends half the time tuning and the other half playing out of tune”, but I have a Fender Electric XII and a Takamine F-385 and I’m addicted to the sound both of them make.

[@knedy]

Everytime I see a cheap Danelectro for sale I'm tempted to buy it. There's definitely something special about them!

[@matthewb8229]

I have a 2017 Longhorn bass. I love playing it. The first time I saw a Dano, I bought my first bass in 1993, and almost bought a Longhorn. Opted for a Yamaha RBX250. Still have that bass. I tell ya, if you hadn't watched the install, you'd think it came from Danelectro like that.

[@jeremywilliams703]

Wow! Sounds amazing! Love your work. Thank you. ✌️❤️🙏🇦🇺

[@Laserpuppylord7215]

That pickguard looks so damn good!

[@matthewbartolone7036]

Love this video, have been a fan of Danelectro for years and would love to have a copy, What a fantastic sound, Thank you so much

[@danielgulseren9783]

one of the best upgrades i´ve seen in a long time. Inspiring!

[@jadeowenhamblyn4405]

Both pickups together wins. GREAT result!

[@GordiansKnotHere]

Man, that 12 string sounded gorgeous! Great work!

[@dnantis]

Wow ! What a tone to it !! Amazing ! Nice work !!!

[@jackhartsough3]

My favorite video of yours to date! I enjoyed the natural sympathique phasing at the end , it sounded amazing 👏 😍 👌

[@cmdrerniepaul]

I have one of the Danelectro made Silvertone Amp-in-a-case. Love the sound of the lipstick pickup. I would love to get ahold of one of the newer 12-string Danos.

[@andrewschultz7843]

masonite is wonderful for skateboard ramps, only second best to concrete!

[@goodun2974]

Silvertone/ Danelectro amp cabinets were constructed of Masonite and a compressed-paper wallboard material known as Homesote. I call it "mother of wasps' nest"! It doesn't hold up well in damp conditions.....

[@dana.9377]

Looks and sounds amazing

[@kmilford100]

It’s obvious how much you enjoyed this guitar!

[@NKBobcat]

Nice. I enjoy listening to your history lessons in your videos. I could have hours of conversation with a man of your knowledge.

[@briansavage932]

That actually sounds rad!! Very unique!

[@donaldholman9070]

Beautiful job and another great video. Thank you.!

[@Pete1390SDR]

Educational, humorous, and amazing skills as usual... nice one Ted! Interesting guitar too.

[@RicksPickin]

Wasn’t expecting that wonderfully lush, swirly sound! Exquisite job as per, thanks for sharing 😎.

[@wyattsdad8561]

Damn that thing sounds really good. I might need to look into getting one of these Danelectros. Nice work sir.

[@joncaradies3155]

Whoa !!!! That's super cool ! ......... Nice work ....

[@ericcarpenter3263]

Between the thumbnail and not saying “rooot it oooot” this is epic. Lol. I really never thought of how cool it would be to hop up a Danelectro, very awesome video. Thanks for doing it.

[@kensimmons3356]

Wow! Sounds really good. Makes me want to buy one.

[@gr8fulride]

incredible sound. tight work!

[@MichaelLloyd]

I really like the sound of that guitar. Nice work as always.

[@bldallas]

Great job! Looks very cool and sounds great.

[@audiotechlabs4650]

I have the solid body Hodad. It has on board effects which are pure cheese! Mine came with 3 single coils I am refitting with a humbucker in the neck and a P90 in the bridge, new pick guard and 4 way switch. This video confirmed my choice of pickups! Oh, I have the same bridge. You can find them online. Mine is red burst. The headstock broke off setting in its case! String tension I guess. Not the scarf joint, but close to it, maple! A good repair has held! Love from NW Colorado. Thanxz

[@eurodecibel]

Thank you for "route it out", appreciate your thoughtfulness.

[@G60syncro]

A friend of mine babysat a 12 string Vox teardrop for a couple of months... I think he loaned his Gretsch in exchange during the big rockabilly revival of the early 2000's... Said he always regretted not making an offer for a permanent trade to get that electric 12 string in his stable!! That Dano looks sweet! And that bridge!! It's smart!!!

[@sonnylou8087]

That guitar sounds amazing, I like the tone of it👍

[@b1d1s]

Amazing job once again, you really love what you do!! And of course I loved the route it out comment!

[@patriottothecore6215]

Love the polarity test trick - that’s a great piece of knowledge thanks

[@d0sk3y]

Love your playing!!!

[@that_thing_I_do]

Check out Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers...Electric sitar and other "psychedelic sounds."

[@JackdeDuCoeur]

I love industrial design in stuff, including guitars. They're fun. Great work. Thanks for showing.

[@GlasgowSkyline]

I've owned several premium price guitars over the years. But last November I bought my first Danelectro. A DC59 Nos, an absolute joy to play, I'm sure I'll pick up another Dano in the future.

[@lukasschliepkorte3019]

Thanks Ted. Have a great Sunday.

[@violao206]

Rick Beato also plays a Danelectro! That 12-string sounds like jangly heaven.

[@Tommyhearnsrighthand]

Sounds great! EvH had a Danelectro neck that he put on the frankenstrat and explorer at some point

[@southboundsuarez9832]

For real?

[@phil36135]

Wow, that really sounds great.

[@markmelville6670]

Pretty cool sounding. I like it!

[@southboundsuarez9832]

Thermal form! Just gotta love a finely done professionally kludged hack! Thanks for that pro tip! Great upgrade on that DanElectro. My friend loves his 12stringer. The Burst Bucker gives ya that Ric tone on the cheap. Now if I could only get that 8 miles high outta my head? Nope! Gonna have to listen to some Byrds now!

[@micksidaway]

What a great sounding guitar! Good job.😀

[@courier11sec]

What a cool machine! Thanks as always for these videos, friend.

[@williamkerr3350]

Imho that bridge design is a winner, excellent work to do the mod .

[@jeffterrell3325]

That was a fun one. 12 string electrics are the best. Can’t wait for the next video. You are very much appreciated!

[@allancopland1768]

Sounds awesome with the pups in series.

[@beatleme2]

Wow, I never knew that about the pos neg trick - thanks...learned a lot on this channel

[@pawwalton2157]

Very nice job, looks much better than the original one and sounds great. You are an artist and Craftsman and I enjoy your presentation of the historical guitar background knowledge. Very entertaining.

[@jamesunderhill1603]

Another masterclass in masterclassery by a bloke who seems to know what he's doing, in a roundabout way. Can't wait for the next one 👍

[@goodun2974]

At a musical instrument auction some years ago, I saw a Danelectro single pickup lap-steel guitar. I had no idea they ever built such a thing. The lipstick pickup also functioned as the "bridge". Yup, the strings rested right on the pickup! No notches in the pickup cover to keep the string spacing from shifting either, and no way to fine-tune the intonation. I can't imagine that it sounded very good with the string vibrations being transferred directly into the pickup, at the exact point of least string travel (and it would've accentuated any microphony in the pickup). It may have been rare enough to be "collectible" because somebody paid almost $500 for. Meanwhile, at that same auction I bid on and won an unbranded, unfinished, plain wood Valco/Supro lap steel, with the famous string-thru pickup, for $70. No question as to which of these would have won a tone-shooutout competition!

[@realjumper]

Very interesting history of the Danelectro company. Thanks for that. Nice work too :)

[@JC-11111]

You'll really like "The Short History of Danelectro" by 5 Watt World if you haven't seen it. Plus his other 25+ "Short History of..." vids. Keith Williams has some incredible content at 5 Watt World 👍

[@realjumper]

@@JC-11111 Thank you. I think I'll grab a coffee and settle in for a while :)

[@goodun2974]

@@JC-11111 , there's also a Danelectro history book, "Guitars From Neptune" (New Jersey). I have been meaning to get myself a copy of that one......

[@JC-11111]

Also, if you search for 'jhs pedals danelectro', Josh @ JHSgoes over more of the history of the pedal side of Danelectro. It's worth a watch, also.

[@Nhawk63638]

Glad you still do things by hand! Custom to me isn’t on a computer cnc machine. Really enjoy watching your work. Keep it up!

[@soniah4821]

Fascinating to watch! Great video

[@MotivateThis]

You gained a sub today. This channel relaxes me.

[@dalgguitars]

Beautiful work. Thanks for the videos!

[@jipes]

BEautiful upgrading and yes Dano sounds really cool I had two DC3 and they sound terrific for slide . Love the elegant way of the new pickguard

[@garyp5522]

Beautiful Job and it sounds great.

[@goodun2974]

I see "Danelectro", and I hit the like button, it's as simple as that! At 1:05, a minor clarification is in order: while Danelectro did indeed make some Wards "Airline" guitar amplifiers, some of them were built by Valco, aka National and Supro, and whom also built many amplifiers for Gretsch and some for Harmony. If the amplifier has an aluminum chassis it is most likely a Danelectro, but if it has a painted steel or chrome steel chassis it's probably a Valco. Also, Valco cabinets were made of wood and plywood, but Dano cabinets used Masonite and what I call "mother of wasps' nest" (a compressed-paper wallboard material called Homesote; our family beach-cottage and many of the neighboring cottages were constructed with it). Don't let a Danelectro amp sit in a damp garage or basement!

[@corneliuscrewe677]

I bought a used Convertible reissue from a coworker for $100 in an awful sky blue burst. Carefully peeled the edging tape off, roughed up the awful blue and sprayed it Flat Olive Drab. Put the textured tape back on, cut a hole for a spare Filterton in the bridge position and have been playing it when I wanna drag out the weird stuff ever since. People always go nuts for that one 😆 The Filtertron and the stock Lipstick actually blend really well together.That polarity check is a neat trick, thanks for that tip!

[@harrisonandrew]

Great job. That sounded fantastic and it looks awesome. I gotta get me one of those.

[@joshuataft5541]

Your great. You have given me confidence to do some mods.. I'm no stranger to woodwork it's jst been a while and I dnt have a shop but the point is I feel better about doing so.e work and mods..I dnt have any collectors peices so I'll b good either way

[@3373-g8z]

My dad worked at Montgomery Ward, 1975, Carlisle PA.

[@DDEENY]

As a NJ native, I unjustly derive a bit of pride in the fact that Danelectro guitars were originally manufactured in my State. I think that they're a fantastic example of post WWII U.S. innovation and ingenuity and nostalgically speaking of the day when the U.S. was a manufacturing mecca with "Made In U.S.A." noted as a hallmark of quality. They're certainly unique but I believe have become noteworthy mostly because Jimmy Page played a Danelectro ontage with Led Zeppelin initially for the "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" instrumental (using DADGAD tuning) medley as he was surely pursuing a practical solution for an electric guitar with acoustic characteristics. Jimmy later also used the Danelectro for "Kashmir" (again DADGAD tuning) and "In My Time Of Dying" (open A tuning). He'd noted that the Danelectro has a "ballsy" sound, apparently with an overdriven amp. The fun fact is that Danelectro guitar construction is so simple that one could practically build one in a garage. And the art deco design will forever be cool. Thank you.

[@terryjohinke8065]

Always a good job Ted. I'd like to have a 6 string model.

[@randyheath8566]

Sounds good, I'm getting ready to put 6 Lip Stick pickups in my Danelectro

[@Ukedc259]

Another stellar job on a cosmic sounding guitar. Thank you.

[@ShannonFerguson]

Wowsers! That is one sweet axe! Thank you, Ted!

[@pascalfleury461]

Very Nice and very good job.

[@johnnypk1963]

The headstock on these 12 strings is just wonderful, and w a mostly straight string pull too. Many guitars have a fixed spacing from tuners to the edge of the headplate. But these don’t and I love that. PRS head stocks have a similar less sexy type of asymmetric spacing.

[@drummerhammar]

Beautiful job!!