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1956 Single Cutaway w/ Bottle Headstock Electric Guitar

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Overview

A swinging guitar with a twist.

The Danelectro 1956 Single Cutaway w/ Bottle Headstock Electric Guitar improves on the classic electric guitar manufactured from the mid '50s through the late '60s and sold in popular mail-order catalogs. The most notable improvement is the new pickup configuration and electronics.

The Danelectro guitar's bolt-on maple neck has a rosewood fretboard, and unique "bottle" shaped headstock with 3 in-line closed tuners. Dual lipstick pickups are wired in series to create a powerful humbucker effect. A 3-way switch allows for alternating between: position 1 - Bridge (dual coil humbucker) on; position 2 (middle) - both Bridge and Neck on in series; position 3 - Neck only.

The 1956 Danelectro guitar bridge has a metal base with notches that hold the ball-end strings, and a rosewood saddle. Other features include white knobs on dual concentric tone and volume controls, a black "seal" pickguard, and a double acting truss rod.

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Features

  • Body: 56 single cutaway hardboard/plywood construction hollow with solid center core and tape binding
  • Pickguard: clear plastic with logo
  • Neck: maple with rosewood fingerboard/double acting truss rod
  • Headstock: bottle syle
  • Scale length: 25"
  • Tuners: 6 in-line closed "Kluson" style
  • Neck shape: C-shape
  • # frets: 21 frets
  • Nut width: 1.650"
  • Fretboard radius: 14"
  • Bridge: Traditional with single rosewood saddle
  • Pickups: Neck - single lipstick, Bridge - dual lipstick wired in series as humbucker
  • Electronics: 2 stacked volume/tone controls, 3-way pickup switch
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