Can this Danelectro 12 String deliver the classic Rickenbacker vibe?
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- čas přidán 10. 03. 2022
- Reviewing the Danelectro 12SDC and comparing it with the Rickenbacker 330/12. Let us know what you think!
(Note) As a viewer pointed out, this is not a totally solid body guitar. There are hollow cavities but no F holes to make it obviously a semi-hollow body guitar. - Hudba
I have the same guitar. Pardon me a little but if you do some research you will fine that is a hollow guitar inside. That’s why it has the hollow sound. They also used a metal nut up save money but it’s another thing about this guitar they found it actually gives the guitar a better sustain. So there were several things that they did to make this a budget friendly instrument that turned out to make it really a much different wonderful instrument and its own right. I’ve owned three Rickenbacker‘s 360s they were beautiful guitars, but changing strings was a nightmare. I’m getting better sound out of this guitar because I can get that Rickenbacker sound if I want but using both pick ups or just the neck pick up I get a totally different sound much fuller. Anyway, I see this guitar cut in half and it has this press board but it’s not solid. The guitar is hollow. Thank you for your video and comparison I appreciate it..
I have a 59X (same Jimmy Page black finish) with the P90 on the neck and splittable dual lipsticks on the bridge, fun guitar to play. The range of tones on this baby make it an excellent 12 stringer for those on a budget looking to expand their arsenal--recommended.
I totally agree!
I just looked it up to make sure I was correct. Dan electro guitars are semi hollow body guitars meaning they have a little piece of plywood to screw the bridge into and then they have even smaller pieces of plywood to screw the pickup in. Hence the rest is hollow body.
That's what I thought...not solidbody.
Very nice sounding guitar. I've seen more than a few of those in home studios. Can't beat them for the price!
I have the Danelectro 12 string which i've used out at gigs for some Petty/Dylan songs.it's a good inexpensive guitar,i like it a lot but it's no Rick in quality or tone.I'm amazed that *cheap* guitars have risen in such great quality, but where were they back 50 yrs ago when i had a paper route?!!
Glad to see you back!
Great sounding Dano. I used to have the double neck baritone and six string guitar. Wish I would have kept that. In a pinch it can do Byrds and Petty sounds. Still like Ric 12's but this guitar has a cool factor going, too.
I’d love s twelve string Rick but realistically the Danelectro is more suited to my bank balance 😕
The Danelectro 12 even has that 60s vibe so you can recreate that sound made famous by a lot of bands.
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Not sure about the Rickenbacker vibe... but my Dano 12 (newer version) is amazing! It remains in tune!!! which is huge for me (especially on a 12). Also love putting it in open tunings.
Waiting for mine. any day now......please mister postman....
It’s a mostly hollow guitar, and Masonite or equivalent as its front and back. I have a 59x12, which has a pair of lipsticks in a sort of humbucker at the bridge which can be split by the volume pot. The neck pickup is a p90, stock, which has a bit of grunge to it. When you use the switch in the middle position you can pair the p90 with either the pair of lipsticks or pull up the pot and pair the p90 with a single lipstick. With all that versatility, I use it in the background of a lot of my home recordings. The front guitar will always be one of the standards, but this becomes my picking, arpeggio or rhythm overdub….
The 620 Ric is also a sólid body. I have both the 620/12 and a 330/12 . I can hear a big difference between the two, but there's a big difference in price also. I remember them in Sears they had a case with a amp in it.
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It is definitely not the jangle quality I like. Lately, I acquired a Hagström DLX12 and although it may be more expensive than the Danelectro, it is still more than half the price of a Rickenbacker and definitely has the same Rick jangle quality as the Rick itself. it may not look the same as a Rick, but the vintage esthetics of this Hagström (think the ES335 shape) still can be a very beautiful alternative for a Rick. I can also recommend the Gretsch G5422G-12 Electromatic and the Guild Starfire I-12 as likewise qualitative and affordable.
With both pickups they sound really similar. I didn´t expect that. With the single pickups the Dany is far more with high frequencies... I have the Danelectro 12 as addition to a hollowbody 12-string.
The advantage is that you can roll off the highs on the Dano. They cannot be easily added to the Dean with EQ in my opinion.
You could replace the volume and tone pots with push/pull pots to add series/parallel and phase switches, to add many more tones...
I had the 6/12 double neck purple sparkle
Yeah it's Semi-Hollow Bodied like the Rickenbacker 12 string.
Thanks for bringing my attention to this guitar, what did you think of the neck?
Is it a good wide neck like the dean Boca?
And how do you think they compare between those two?
Good question. It is actually in between the Dean and the Rick. I personally find it easier to chord near the nut with my hands than the Rick.
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cool!
Thank you.
I am not sure if the volume change with both pick ups on this something new or whether it’s an issue with that particular guitar. Mine does not change the volume at all.
Thanks for pointing that out. I did not have a lot of time with this guitar. I might have been missing something in the controls.
The Dano is missing the mids that the Ric has. I wonder if a Boss GE 7 eq pedal to get those two closer. Has anyone tried that?
I didn't know I would have the guitar around long at the time. Maybe I will experiment with an EQ pedal I have since it is still available to me.
Boss ge7 ? .....it's the ultimate turn polisher. You can get a humbucker close to a single coil in tone.....or you can easily fatten a single coil to sound like a p90....and close to a humbucker....and pretty much everything in between,
Best EQ tip ?......always cut to get the sound you want, and only boost if you have to. I don't see them often on pedalboards, and that's a damn shame. Give me an EQ....reverb and chorus and you can do almost anything, ....best and God Bless..
Don't forget that the strings are inverted on the Rick. Makes a big difference sound wise, specialy when playing fingerstyle.
If you actually watched the video you would know he made that point at the start of the video.
Would restringing base/tone strings on the Dano to match the Ric 12s, make it more Ric sounding?
It might for some players. I personally do not think the order of the strings is that important to the sound of a Ric. I think I read that Tom Petty actually had his strings changed on his Ric to the standard method. I would first try changing the wiring of the PUPs on the Dano. Maybe go with heavier low E, A, D and G strings.
Even different amps, pedals or EQ could help. The greatest difference between the Rick and others is the shape and feel- both to the good or bad depending upon the player.
Makes a BIG difference when playing fingerstyle.
They sound pretty much the same
The bodies aren’t solid. They are hollow. The strings go through the back and the top to accommodate all of the ball ends.
Hollow, and built out of masonite:-)
At first I did not notice that it was semi-hollow, since there were no f holes. Several years back I did see one with the f holes at a store. Personally I think it helps the sound.
@@janmartens5635 Are you sure they are still made with masonite? I knew about the originals.
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It is a great guitar to see. But I say less talk and more play.