Right on. I dig the colors. Yea, when I play, I copy a lot of Brian Setzers rifs. He's like my guitar hero. Although, I have recently quit playing for a while. But, in a few months, I'll go back to it. Just long enough a hiatus to lose my chops.
I've been thinkin about paintin the Kamikaze Kustom to match my Danelectro DC59. Got the guitar new in '99 and a Ken Mitchroney striped it. Last pic has the BC Rich Warlock b*** I got new in '87 and my Pan Jazz b***.
Steve was at The Blank Club that night, I was chatting with him, he stuck the sticker on Shelby's Gretch...which is a stock color I seem to recall....Oh, and Shelby is now "Officially backed by Gretch" about ****** time!
Well, the original vintage Dano stuff was made in NJ back in the day. It was offered as a cheap (but really hip) alternative for younger players. Many veteran guys got hip to Dano so they branched out. Long horn b*** guitars, 6 string b***, electric sitars, really, really great sounding cheap amps. They also made the Sears Silvertone stuff for them. Equally as cool, but for some reason the inline tuners never stayed in tune. They went under in the early 70's and then were revived sometime in the '90's. Their claim to fame was the lip stick tube pick up which was actually made from chrome surplus lip stick tubes from the Revlon factory in Edison, NJ (I think). Check them out. Vintage ones still can be had on the cheap. They are light as hell and really sound great.
Phil, they tried a comeback in the 90s, re-issuing their 50s and 60s instruments. Like you, I think they are out of the guitar business...again. I have a couple of the re-issue "Longhorn" b***es that sound really good, but the necks do not have an adjustable truss rod. If the neck warps, you have a neat wall hanging! While thinking of beautiful colors on guitars, how about Rickenbacker? Mapleglo, and Fireglo, are killer in mho. I also think the Kustom amp people made a few guitars that were Ricky copies. I've never seen one, but was told they came in metalflake colors like thier amps.
Epiphone sorrentos were available in silver and gold metalflake in the late '90s. Here's my gold Sorrento. Chris50 did the pinstriping. Here's my Setzer Nasville SSL
Read the same story on the origin of those great pickups. I still play my 1984 Rickenbacker 4003 b*** through a Dano made, silvertone Twin Twelve, every day.
Gibson Flying V ,,a strange bird at the time,,Had a 81 Silverburst myself ,,love it ,,lost it in a fire
Ive painted a guitar to match my car, an 80 mustang with an 80's era guitar. I am going to mount it in between the wheel tubs this summer, if we have one. I love those Gretches in that style, very cl***y.
Those Explores & V's are the ****. I believe the Explores were Koa wood w/ PAF's or Seth Lovers humbuckers. They really sound great. Reminds of Spinal Tap. Look at it, don't touch it. Look, don't touch. Can't you hear the sustain?
Speaking of rare birds, I have an Epiphone Flying V with "hockey stick" headstock like the Explorer in your pic. It was made in '80, and I've never seen another one.
No you're right. I had my woods mixed up. Thanks. Also, didn't Gretch make a solid body line called Corvettes? They had ralley stripes. Also, early '70's Fender Mustangs could be had with ralley stripes. Neat stuff. I kick myself now for I sold all my guitar stuff to do the roadster. '65 Deluxe Reverb Kendrick Tweed reverb tank w/ hot rodded re-issue Fender 4X10 B***man '70 100 watt Marshall 1/2 stack (Green Tolex) '72 Blonde Tele '93 American Tele Deluxe with Lace Sensors (my favorite guitar to date-It rang so loud it could be played acoustically.) '62 Les Paul Gold Top '52 Shure 55-S mic, with original cover and big based Atlas mic stand with the decal still intact Tons of E-H, Mutron, and other cool effects pedals. Oh well. Easy come, easy go. Someday. My 6 year old son has the bug and he is wailing away on a $25 Squire Strat scored at a yard sale. He also plays the drums. He's not bad. Actually keeps a decent beat. Who knows. Kids are fickle.
In 1960 the first Gretsch Corvette model was introduced to compete with the low priced Gibson Les Paul and SG Juniors and Specials. Thin solidbody mahogany non-contour bodies. After 1962 the better known contoured body corvette continued until 1969. Very reminiscent of Gibson SGs. They even had a white 'Princess' model with lilac pickguard, gold plated hardware and matching tube amp with 8" speaker, designed for female guitarists. I believe the racing stipe finishes came only on the recent reissues. I still got an original 60s factory unfinished contoured mahogany corvette body waiting for a donor neck I may find one day.
Yes it's the original paint.....That's "greenie" as Shelby calls it. It's a '63. It's hard to tell from the pics but it's a two tone.
Probably a Fender. I have a Jazz B*** that looks like the paint is a foot deep. I think Fender calls it some kind of blue...looks purple to me.
The original Dano longhorn b***es were some of the coolest looking instruments ever. I have a couple of the re-issues that came out in the late '90s, they sound good, are fast and very light, but like Phil said, they fall apart. If you check out some Jimmy Page sites, you can find pix of him playing a Dano when he went on tour with The Black Crows. Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS) also use Dano stuff.
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