DANELECTRO '57

A ridiculously cool reissue of one of the original American electric guitars

- Simon Bradley 

AT A GLANCE

1 HEADSTOCK

The ’57 features a coke bottle headstock, so named because of its shape. Other headstocks across the range include the dolphin nose and the thermometer.

2 CONTROLS

The stacked controls work really nicely. The lower, larger round regulates the volume, leaving the smaller upper pot for the tone-shaping.

3 TOP

The perfectly named Limo black finish is flawless. How much more black could it be? The answer is none. None more black...

BODY: Masonite front and back with spruce framework

NECK: Maple

SCALE: 635mm (25”)

FINGERBOARD: Pau ferro, 14” radius

FRETS: 21

PICKUPS: 2x Alnico 6 Vintage 50s singlecoil lipstick pickups

CONTROLS: 2x Dual-concentric volume/tone pots