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Help!I'maRock! said:
it's a 1956 reissue.

that said, Ellen is really only wrong on technicality. in the 90s, that guitar with a gloss paint job, rosewood bridge and stacked pots was called a U2. then they came out with the intonatable bridge and called it the U2 Pro. with the current round of reissues, Evets gave the U2 Pro a flat paint job, a black painted neck, brushed hardware, and master volume and tone controls.
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Hmm... Mine has the black painted neck, chrome hardware, and a glossy paint job. Also, I might have forgotten to mention that I got it used.

Also, this thing is crazy loud unplugged. It sounds like a hollow body. I love it.
 
jaxn slim said:
Hmm... Mine has the black painted neck, chrome hardware, and a glossy paint job. Also, I might have forgotten to mention that I got it used.

Also, this thing is crazy loud unplugged. It sounds like a hollow body. I love it.
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i love how alive they are unplugged. they sound hollow because they are hollow. just no f-hole.

here is your guitar:

http://www.danguitars.com/56-U2.html

56-U2 PRO circa 2005
3,000 Dano Pros were manufactured in 2005



The Dano '56 PRO has features similar to the first reissues and the vintage Danos,
such as a single-cutaway semi-hollow masonite top & back with a plywood center body,
overwound, aged alnico-magnet "lipstick tube" pickups" single-coil pickups,
a clear pick guard, three-way pickup selector, tone and volume controls, bolt-on
maple neck with rosewood fretboard, cast bridge with adjustments for height and
intonation, aluminum nut, sealed tuners, expertly finished frets and smooth maple neck.

Excellent playability makes the Danelectro 56 PRO a
beautifully-simple, classic instrument.


DANELECTRO 56 PRO™ SPECIFICATIONS:

Body: Hardboard top and bottom with plywood frame
Neck: Hard maple with rosewood fingerboard
Neck Shape: U-shaped
Scale: 25”/635mm
Frets: 21
Body Width: 42 mm
Headstock Width: 15.5 mm
Nut Width: 40 mm
Action: 1.6 mm high 'E' 18 mm low 'E'
Pickups: 2 x Alnico Lipstick® Single Coils
Magnet: Original formula 50’s style Alnico magnet
Controls: Volume, Tone, 5 way Selector • Tuners: Gotoh style, Chrome, Fully Enclosed, Adjustable
Bridge: Chrome Die-cast, Six Saddles, Adjustable
Average Weight: 6 lbs.
 
jaxn slim said:
Hmm... Mine has the black painted neck, chrome hardware, and a glossy paint job. Also, I might have forgotten to mention that I got it used.

Also, this thing is crazy loud unplugged. It sounds like a hollow body. I love it.
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It's semi-hollow - basically a poplar or laminated wood frame (depending upon the model, and the vintage of the guitar), with a masonite (hardboard/pegboard material) top and bottom. Believe it or not, Danos sound pretty cool, with some cranked up gain. I'm thinking of giving my U1, a run through the Marshall Valvestate tonight, after work. It has this cool, kind of hard driving folk-rock tone at high gain. Like Gretsches, it seems like Danos have become a part of my guitar playing life. I never seem to go without one for long.
 
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