SILVERTONE 1360 / Danelectro U2 guitar – 1956 yellow 2 lipstick pickups

Description: This is an extremely rare Silvertone 1360 (Danelectro model: U2), “peanut” (smaller body) electric guitar. It is a semi-hollowbody, Masonite over pine construction with a yellow finish, black vinyl binding, two lipstick tube-style pickups, a four way adjustable, chrome-plated, bridge with a Brazilian rosewood saddle, a metal nut, a clear plastic pickguard, a Coke-bottle headstock, concentric volume and tone controls, and original white plastic strap buttons (very small chip in neck strap pin.) It was made by Danelectro in Neptune, New Jersey around 1956 and it is in nice playing and collecting condition especially for an axe that is about sixty+ years old! The neck is straight with nice fast action. The pickups are as clear and strong as they have ever been. This guitar is all original aside from a repair to the jack area with period-correct black tolex binding. It feels great and sounds incredible. It can be used to play a wide variety of styles. It comes with an original two-tone hard case.Description from VintageSilvertones.comCONDITION:This guitar is 100% original aside from a repair to the jack with period-correct black tolex binding. It is in very good condition and clean for its age. There are a few scrapes to the yellow finish on the front and back of the body, a few along the sides, and the back of the necjk. Overall, this guitar plays beautifully and sounds great!TUNERS:The tuners, opened-back, 3×2’s with plastic buttons are in good working condition, although the high E tuner was slightly bent but that has now been corrected. They are smooth and hold the tuning well.Description from VintageSilvertones.comiption from VintageSilvertones.comNECK:The neck is in good shape. It’s a straight, bolt-on neck with dot inlays on a Brazilian rosewood fretboard, 21 frets, and a 25″ scale. The frets are almost as new with no wear. The paint on the back of the neck has some playing wear. The Coke-bottle headstock, featuring the horizontal silkscreened logo in silver, has some minor wear along the top edges. The neck is kept straight with an aluminum reinforcement rod. With its fast action, the neck feels fantastic under your fingers to play a variety of rhythm and lead styles. PICKUPS:The two single coil, lipstick tube-style pickups are very clean, strong and bright. The neck pickup has a full tone perfect for rock, blues, soul or punk. The bridge pickup has a sharper twang that is good for funk, folk, rock or country. Using the combination of pickups and tone knobs gives you a wide variety of musical tones from which to choose. There are four concentric pots, one tone stacked on one volume for each pickup. The toggle switch allows you to select the neck, bridge or both pickups; however, with this guitar, both pickups are alway actived. If you want to solo the bridge or neck pickup you have to turn down the volume on the other pickup. Otherwise, the pots and toggle are clean sounding. Description from VintageSilvertones.comThe Dimensions are:Overall length: 37.38″Description from VintageSilvertones.comBody width: 11.75″Body thickness: 1.45″ with neck 1.78″ approximateyDescription from VintageSilvertones.comScale: 25″ approx.Width of the nut: 1.5″ (depth .85″ approximately)String height at 12th fret: 0.06″Description from VintageSilvertones.comWeight: 5.7 poundsWe also carry an array of vintage electric guitars including Silvertone, Danelectro, Kay, Harmony, Supro, National, Kapa, Burns/Baldwin, MicroFrets, Airline, Alamo, Eko, Magnatone, La Baye, and Mosrite. Visit our web site to view our complete offerings: vintagesilvertones.com

Price: 2849 USD

Location: New York, New York

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