speakerjones
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http://nashville.craigslist.org/msg/5467367171.html
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Danelectro
model name / number: U2 56
size / dimensions: Seductive
If you've clicked on this link then you are in a strange position in life, are you actually looking for a goddamn Danelectro? I don't envy you. You've probably convinced yourself that these guitars are "kitschy", that they serve a function aside from looking unique because that is by no means why you want it, right? You're not in it for the looks, you want a guitar that sounds like a tin can had a one night stand with a transistor radio. Mhmmm. Sure. Keep convincing yourself.
This guitar isn't going to make you Jack White, Dan Auerbach or any hipster blues Demi-God so you can put that baby to bed right now. The best way to describe your foray into the world of intentional low budget guitar playing is that you're finding yourself. It's all good, you're just a young kid in college deciding if society has somehow suggested your sexual preference - and now you're experimenting to make sure you are indeed exactly who your Ma and Pa say you are.
I digress though and you aren't paying enough for me to keep on with his psychology clinic, you're a special little snowflake and we'll leave it at that.
Let's talk the nitty gritty, the deets, the lowdown, the one-two, the noise.
This is a Danelectro, I'm not saying that to be redundant. If you've played one then you know what I mean, they all sound just about the same. It probably has something to do with the fact that someone thought it would be a worth while idea to make guitars out of particle board, plastic, what started out as a pickup in a lipstick tube, and whatever else was on sale in the parts section of Sears Roebuck back in the day. That's the good news, they haven't figured out how to cheat you out of the legendary and almost tragic sound these guitars have - probably because you can't cut costs anymore than what they're pulling off and marketing to hipsters as "vintage chic".
That's why I'm listing this at $100, because honestly they should never even sell for more than that. Somehow they list this model at around $400 new - rest assured though, this guitar is not "new". Far from it in fact, the aging process has been doing its thing for about 10 years on this old bastard. I should probably charge more for giving it that "relic" look because if you are buying this to look cool then I've actually saved you the trouble of looking like a total poser by going on stage with a shiny new axe. It would look more awkward than a new pair of Converse.
There are things that elude me about this guitar. The neck is still straight, the frets are unworn (that's actually not surprising), the action is super low without buzzing and it does a more than decent replication of that late sixties fuzz guitar sound with a decadent amount of drive, fuzz and volume laid on it.
The bad news, and of course there was going to be some, is that the input jack is temperamental and will need to be replaced. It's like $4 and two minutes of soldering, so clearly it's not worth my time. It also needs new strings although I would be surprised at how much of a difference that would make, it's always going to sound like you're playing Kashmir.
Here's where we have our heart to heart, no judgement - I know you want this guitar. You're still reading this which is just crazy to me but you are the person that is either looking for a fun way to spend $100, looking to buy your first guitar, or still recognize that today's music world still revolves so much around gimmicks and having a shtick that it's still not the most ridiculous thing to do, to be rocking a poorly constructed "hip" guitar.
If you have questions that aren't stupid then go ahead and ask them. It comes with a gig bag. Cash only. Dolla, dolla billz ya'll. But not really, I'm not taking a bunch of ones off your hands.
condition: good
make / manufacturer: Danelectro
model name / number: U2 56
size / dimensions: Seductive
If you've clicked on this link then you are in a strange position in life, are you actually looking for a goddamn Danelectro? I don't envy you. You've probably convinced yourself that these guitars are "kitschy", that they serve a function aside from looking unique because that is by no means why you want it, right? You're not in it for the looks, you want a guitar that sounds like a tin can had a one night stand with a transistor radio. Mhmmm. Sure. Keep convincing yourself.
This guitar isn't going to make you Jack White, Dan Auerbach or any hipster blues Demi-God so you can put that baby to bed right now. The best way to describe your foray into the world of intentional low budget guitar playing is that you're finding yourself. It's all good, you're just a young kid in college deciding if society has somehow suggested your sexual preference - and now you're experimenting to make sure you are indeed exactly who your Ma and Pa say you are.
I digress though and you aren't paying enough for me to keep on with his psychology clinic, you're a special little snowflake and we'll leave it at that.
Let's talk the nitty gritty, the deets, the lowdown, the one-two, the noise.
This is a Danelectro, I'm not saying that to be redundant. If you've played one then you know what I mean, they all sound just about the same. It probably has something to do with the fact that someone thought it would be a worth while idea to make guitars out of particle board, plastic, what started out as a pickup in a lipstick tube, and whatever else was on sale in the parts section of Sears Roebuck back in the day. That's the good news, they haven't figured out how to cheat you out of the legendary and almost tragic sound these guitars have - probably because you can't cut costs anymore than what they're pulling off and marketing to hipsters as "vintage chic".
That's why I'm listing this at $100, because honestly they should never even sell for more than that. Somehow they list this model at around $400 new - rest assured though, this guitar is not "new". Far from it in fact, the aging process has been doing its thing for about 10 years on this old bastard. I should probably charge more for giving it that "relic" look because if you are buying this to look cool then I've actually saved you the trouble of looking like a total poser by going on stage with a shiny new axe. It would look more awkward than a new pair of Converse.
There are things that elude me about this guitar. The neck is still straight, the frets are unworn (that's actually not surprising), the action is super low without buzzing and it does a more than decent replication of that late sixties fuzz guitar sound with a decadent amount of drive, fuzz and volume laid on it.
The bad news, and of course there was going to be some, is that the input jack is temperamental and will need to be replaced. It's like $4 and two minutes of soldering, so clearly it's not worth my time. It also needs new strings although I would be surprised at how much of a difference that would make, it's always going to sound like you're playing Kashmir.
Here's where we have our heart to heart, no judgement - I know you want this guitar. You're still reading this which is just crazy to me but you are the person that is either looking for a fun way to spend $100, looking to buy your first guitar, or still recognize that today's music world still revolves so much around gimmicks and having a shtick that it's still not the most ridiculous thing to do, to be rocking a poorly constructed "hip" guitar.
If you have questions that aren't stupid then go ahead and ask them. It comes with a gig bag. Cash only. Dolla, dolla billz ya'll. But not really, I'm not taking a bunch of ones off your hands.
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