Danelectro DC-3

What I have is a made in Korea Dano DC-3 in stunning black metalflake. You know the specs - three lipstick PU's, hollow, resonant masonite body, good feeling neck with rosewood fingerboard, a versatile selectomatic switch, concentric tone / volume pot and a blow switch, gotoh tuners, cheap plastic strap buttons. Everything one has learned to expect from a Dano, and then some!

It sounds like a Danelectro - bright, jangly, resonant. Those lipstick pickups are amazing and have a unique sound which you either love or hate. I, personally, adore it! I tend to produce noisy, dusty, burning post-rock-ish tones that somehow sound bluesy, and this guitar delivers perfectly! The selectomatic switch gives you "7 different guitars in one" as the ad blurb says, and it's pretty much true - loads of variety on this one. the blow switch (which turns on all the pickups) is handy for pushing your sound forward when you need it. The guitar is very resonant, even unplugged, and loads of sweet tones verging on the brink of feedback can be heard twinkling underneath whatever you're playing. and speaking about the feedback - it does that too, very gladly, very often and very musically. fantastic!

The setup on this guitar is reasonably low, exactly as I like it. Pickups needed to be adjusted a bit, but that's no problem on this guitar. The neck truss rod, however, is a different matter - you need to remove the neck to access it. Not that I have had any need to do so, since the neck is straight as an arrow. Fine tuning of the octaves can also be a trial, since you have to loosen the tension and remove the string before you can move the saddle. Overall quality of the workmanship is surprisingly good for such a cheap guitar, and the finish is absolutely gorgeous! Due to the mentioned design flaws (which are, by the way, not inherent to the original Danelectros - the adjustable saddles bridge and truss rod are a relatively new adddition to the Dano design) - this section gets a 9. Considering how dirt cheap it is, a 9 is excellent.

Will it withstand heavy playing? Although I've had my doubts at first, I have reason to believe it will hold up just fine. The finish seems resilient enough, and the masonite body, tho very lightweight, seems like it will hold up a good deal of bashing and kicking. The pickguard is flimsy and does not look very strong, and the strap buttons are really crap - glue them in, it seems to work like a charm. I wouldn't have a problem using it without a backup, but I always take two guitars to a gig, so I'll probably never be in a similar situation. The tuners hold tune quite well, no remarks there!

I've never contacted them, so I wouldn't know.

I've been playing for some 15 years all together, and have had my hands on a reasonable amount of guitars. Currently, along with the DC-3, I own a CIJ Fender Mustang, a CIJ Jazzbass '62RI and a Yamaha accoustic, a Roland RE-501 tape echo, a Turbo Rat, and a Fender Twin Reverb amp.
This guitar fits my setup quite nicely, and I'd hate to lose it. If it got stolen, I'd try my very best to get a new one asap. And the price at which they're going, you owe yourself to try and track one down as well. Truly, a fantastic value.

The previous reviewer, Glen, is grossly mistaken. The guitar certainly does have a truss rod. One must remove the neck to get at it. It is not visible when the neck is bolted on, but take it from me, Glen, it's there. The pickguard is masonite and Glen fails to realize that it's faithful to the original Danos. The "seal" pickguard looked like a shop project way back when and still does. That's part of the retro vibe of this guitar. The old Danos were excellent "cheap" guitars made of easily-obtainable materials. I have the turquoise sparkle finish DC-3 and it's a well-made, inexpensive instrument that looks great, plays fine, sounds fine, and stays in tune.

Overall, I'd say the sound is a bit on the trebly, twangy side. It's not the right guitar for everything I play, but I have many choices at my disposal for whatever sounds I need. The DC-3 has good volume with the three lipstick tube pickups and many sounds to choose from.

No issues, no problems. Looks cool. What's not to love? The legendary Danelectro reliability is present and accounted for. When I got the guitar, the original strings were on it. Even though they were old and corroded, the guitar tuned right up and played great. I had a setup done, and it plays even better now.

She'll be fine for years, I'm sure.

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I have owned MANY Danelectros-they've all been good, solid guitars for very little money. These new ones are faithful repros of the old ones, with modern improvements, like adjustable bridges, better tuners, etc. Take a basically good design and make it better is the MO here. The DC-3 is a terrific instrument for the money.

I must say my inital reaction to looking at this was not great. Plywood w/masonite not impressed. Very light almost flimsy. The pick guard looked like something a kid made a shop class. No adjustable truss rod. Why? The combined volume & tone control are made of cheap plastic and often both turn when trying to adust only one. That took some getting use to. The toggle switch to blow past the pick up selector and go directly to all three pick ups is good quality and I do like the Gotoh tuners and the adjustable bridge. The two piece neck is good quality. I like the sparkle in the Masonite top and back. Overall for the price what did I expect. This was well worth the price.

WOW! This is where the DC-3 shines. Twangy biting tones. A sound that rivals both my strat and tele. The chambered body (the reason it's so light) allows for rich sonic sounds. Low noise clear sound with all pick up configurations. The blow pass switch allow for a total of 7 pickup configurations giving you a great variety of tones from one guitar. No compaints as far as sound goes.

After changing the strings I had to make some slight adustments to the bridge. The neck is a little thicker than I normally like. But still great action and feel especially for the price. Again, no truss rod to adjust.

I do have some concerns in this area. I do love the sound but don't know what I'll do if I ever want to adust the neck. I think it would be very difficult to scratch the Masonite top. I do have concern with the quality of the volume/tone combo knob. There are obviously some things I'll need to be careful with.

Never needed it. The website has alot be desired.

Why 9 you ask. The sound and the value for the price. In the end its all about sound for me

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Nice range of sounds. Not a 10 or 9 out of 10 but it aint a 59 flametop or 63 strat

Good for the money spent

Cheap strap buttons as mentioned but other than that....worth the money spent

Never tried em

Good guitar for bangin around on. Will do okay on stage for a few styles. Is reliable and quiet when the amp is up loud.

This is a DC3 in silver sparkle, 1990's made in Korea I think. Lightweight construction and 3 lipstick tube pickups. The neck is rosewood and plays really nice. Tune-o-Matic bridge, Selectomatic pickup selector and blow switch (mental). The Gotoh tuners are quite cheap looking, but work great. I love the tone/volume knob, very retro.

I play surfy rock stuff (quite 60's sounding) and this Dano suits it perfect. I use a Vox AC30 amp and various boss pedals. Sounds great with a trem and distortion running, fantastic sustain due to the semi-hollow body. You would think that it would be the opposite, but believe me this guitar has sustain. Dano's just cut through, some might say it's all a bit harsh sounding to the ear, but when the band is rocking I can still hear the DC3 cutting like a knife.

I always set my guitar to how I like it, nice low action. These guitars are easy to set yourself. I think all modern Dano's are made on the cheap, but they are a mid price range guitar. Don't be put off by some of the cheap looks, they play well and sound great. I have a 60's Danelectro too, and they were cheap guitars in their day. 40 years on and it still sounds great. I see no reason why the reissues shouldn't be the same. I dock points here for the terrible strap studs that others have mentioned. I replaced mine with locking studs, problem solved.

I use mine on every gig, and I use my 60's one as a backup. It hasn't let me down yet, which is more than I can say for the expensive Fenders I have owned.

I contacted Danelectro about the strap stud problem. They no longer make these guitars. Have you seen the latest Pro 56 guitars that they are knocking out? I got one and it was awful, that's why I got this DC-3.

I have been in various bands for around 10 years and own several guitars. A 90's USA Telecaster, a 60's Dano Silvertone and a Gibson Firebird to name a few. I am going to buy another one of these if I see one at the right price. I would cry if it were stolen. I wanted one of these after playing on my friends, it just looks so great on stage. It sounds great too.

This is a 90's DC-3 in black and silver sparkle. 22 fret rosewood finger board which is a dream to play. Really nice light masonite construction and a killer finish. 3 standard Dano lipstick pickups with a cool chicken head selectomatic 6 way selector switch. Alos includes the 'Blow out' or 'Full On' toggle switch for those solo lifts. You can get some very different sounds with the selectomatic switch, from mellow to dirty. All the hardware is pretty cheap, but this is fun guitar and should be treated that way.

You can get a really nice vintage Dano sound out of these guitars, if you spend time with the selector and the concentric volume/tone knob. I find backing the tone off this guitar works a treat. As I said above, you can get a full range of tones out this guitar. I use a Line 6 Duoverb 2x12 and the DC-3 sounds great through it.

I have had this guitar set up by a pro and it plays like a dream. All pickups are sweet and the neck is really playable. The only real down on this guitar is the strap studs. They are just pushed in and look like they could fall out at any time (mine never have though). There's no doubt these reissue Dano's are not expensive guitars, but in my opinion they're great fun and I don't expect it to do things a ?1000 guitar will do. I use it for certain songs and it works just fine.

I have giiged with my DC-3 many times and it is as reliable as any other guitar I own. I would never do a gig without a backup for any guitar. It does what it does and it does it well.

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I have been playing for many years and own many guitars including some vintage Dano's. I would say this is up there with all of them for specific sounds for a specific song. I would need another if it got stolen, it's part of my sound.

it's worth noting at the outset that all of these 90's production danelectros are really just "copies". nathan daniel has nothing to do with any of it. it's just some new company that bought the rights to the name and is using cheap korean labor to copy nathan daniel's original 50' & 60's guitar designs and exploit the cult retro interest in the original models. these are really no more "danelectros" than the new eastwood repros's are "airlines", the phantom guitar company's copies are "voxes", or the new samick guitars are "silvertones".
this is a later production blk/silver sparkle, double-cutaway DC3. characteristic of almost all danelectro models, it has a short-scale neck that is inset into the body. like the originals, it's got the cool old semi-hollow masonite body (or some facsimile). it has 3 lipstick tube pickups and a 5-way pickup selector switch that seems to offer the same configurations as a strat. it has concentric-style tone & volume controls, a "blow-by" toggle switch to engage all pickups simultaneously, and the updated tunematic-style tailpiece. it has a soft metal nut that wreaks havoc on tuning, and a screwed on neck (with difficult to access "trussrods") that dosen't seem to want to stay in place. it has a reasonably thin neck with a wide rosewood fingerboard. the strap "buttons" are a joke (mine fell out the first time i picked up the guitar from the case), and the shoulder-positioned one is in a stupid place.
this guitar really has way more "features" than i will ever use (pickup combinations, etc.). but because of the short neck, the lack of solidity, and the useless strap pegs, i give it a low features rating.

these guitars sound pretty damn good, as close as you're going to get to the vintage dano sound for under $500 (i guess you can still get the old 60's sears-catalog silvertone amp-in-case models for around that if you want true vintage danelectro). you'll pay upwards of $1000 for the 40+ year-old originals of this guitar, and the vastly superior to this jerry jones copies are only slightly below that.
i play 60's style garage rock, stax-style R&B & soul, and chess-era blues, and these guitars sound great for this. no effects necessary when played through a good, vintage tube amp. as on most guitars, i find that i use the bridge pickup the most. it has a good sharp bite for a great classic rock sound, as well as a crystaline chimey delicacy when played lighter. the warm neck pickup sounds good too, especially when rolling off the bass and tweaking the top end up on the amp. various pickup combinations will give a wide variety of mostly bluesy-sounding tones.
these pickups are mid-impedence and not especially hot, but therein is their secret. to me, all of the super-hot modern pickups are like too-hot hot sauce anyway. you know, when it's so hot that you can't taste any flavor? backing off a little bit on the output seems to make it possible to truly savor the flavor of the lipstick tube pickup's unique tone.
it should be noted that these reissues sound considerably brighter (and thinner) than the originals. but i begrudgingly admit that when played through a warm old tube amp, you can discern the faint ghostly echo (like a long-lost illegitamate child) of the sound that danelectro was famous for: a unique, magical, mid-rangy clang. the new ones are a little more plastic-y sounding than the originals, with considerably less personality, but this character is still somewhat inherent in the sound.
since playing in tune is inextricably linked with sounding good, the tunability of these bears some discussion at this point. i've had two different models of these dano reissues (a U-2 & a DC-3), both of them are tuning nightmares. the reasons are obvious. the nut is made of some kind of metal that is so soft that as the string slides through the slot, it cuts into the metal nut like butter, literally digging a rut for itself (no pun intended). the unwound strings (especially the g) seem to then bind in the slot, making tuning feel like you are fly-cast fishing. it's excrutiating to tune, gradually bringing the string precisely up to pitch, hoping to not hear the dreaded "ping!" as the tension eventually forces the string to suddenly free itself from the bind and jump a half-step up in pitch beyond the desired mark.
correct and consistant tuning is further sabotaged by the wobbly & weak constuction of these guitars. despite the neck being screwed on, i would swear mine seems to shift around on its own free will. i've heard this is a common problem with these reissues. guitar-techies have told me about putting a layer of metal screen mesh in the joint between the back of the neck and the guitar body, then screwing the neck down in an effort to keep the neck in place. i wonder about this, though. i mean, the whole guitar is so flimsy, with useless trussrods, etc., that i'm not sure it would ever really stay in tune for any length of time.
considering that the originals had used such unlikely components, assembled in an unorthodox way in an effort to cut cost and reduce shipping expense, it's amazing that old danos would wind up being much sought after for their great tone (or be worthy of reproducing). oddly enough, this great sound (that seems to have been more of a happy accident than the result of careful planning) is actually a by-product of the guitar's cheap construction. greatest of all ironies is that the cool tone seems to result directly from the cheapness of the materials and cost-cutting design concepts (the hollow cavity resulting from the assembled masonite 3-piece semi-hollow body,

i can't complain about the action per se, the guitar plays well enough. but as with all danelectros, because of the short scale neck being inset into the body, the actual possible playing area of the fingerboard is much less than almost any other guitar. it's impossible for me to play above the 17th fret (high a) with any accuracy. this means waving bye-bye to ever being able to play the good old blues/rock lead box-shape in the high a position (between the 17th & 20th frets). it dosen't help that i play in a band that has several songs with lead breaks in the key of a.
the pickup adjustment mechanism is wimpy, unpredictable, and uncontrollable. no matter how many times i adjust the pickup height, the screws will work loose and suddenly you'll realize the pickup has gone wonky and is woozily leaning into the strings, bonking away and deadening the strings.
the cord jack is mounted on the front of the guitar, and i'm constantly slamming my hand into the plug when making the grand strumming gesture. this is further complicated by the flimsy pickguard material that shatters if you look at it the wrong way. this particular combination of oversights has necessitated my using a guitar cord with a right-angle plug. the jack would be better placed on the side of the guitar.
as i said before, the strap "buttons" are a joke. they appear to be the plastic cone-shaped pegs that are commonly used to secure the ball-ends of the strings on an acoustic guitar. they depend on a friction-fit to hold them in place (an abnormally large hole in the body edge). as a result, they don't stay in and on top of that, the shoulder one is positioned oddly to me. i always immediatly replace strap pegs with strap-locks anyway, but on this guitar the large holes left by the pegs are too big to sink any sanely-sized screws into. no choice but to leave them be and make a new hole. in the DC-3's case, i had to move the shoulder one to the outside edge of the top "horn" anyway (where it makes more sense).
the finish is cool, a sort of black base coat with much silver glitter laid over. it's so flashy that it hardly shows dirt at all. the edge has a white vinyl tape covering that is smooth and not as cool as the original, thicker, pebbled vinyl. it stains easily and after some use, i realize that it will never look as white as when i first bought the guitar.
this may be one of the lightest and most comfortable guitars ever to wear and play (once you solve the strap-peg dilimma).

as must be obvious now, these reissues have some serious problems, some of which are inherent in copying the original, flawed danelectro models. but the worst problems are unique to the reissues.
the inability to play up high on the neck, the lack of a useful trussrod, and the generally cheap construction can be blamed on their copying of the original danelectro ascthetic.
but the loosey-goosey pickup height adjustment, the soft nut, the the awkward position and stability of the strap pegs, the abyssmal tunability, etc., surely could have been improved upon without sacrificing authenticity.
this brings me to the greatest problem with this reissue guitar: it is built to be a toy. it is not a real guitar (at least in my book).
let's see: where do i begin?
i tour a fair amount all over the world. i wanted a danelectro for the sound, and not wanting to spend the amount required to get a vintage one (or the jerry jones version), i foolishily decided to get the cheaper reissue. i tried it out at practice, and being pleasantly surprised at the sound, decided to take it out for a spin. admittedly, i had tuning problems from the git-go, which i attributed (erroneously) to the new strings. after a week on the road, not only did it become apparent that it would be a tuning nightmare (rarely staying in for more than a song), but more surprising to me was that the guitar seemed to be shredding away in my hands. three times in three days i managed to smash the pickguard-mounted jack down into the body, each time requiring a larger washer to repair it. upon taking the pickguard off to fix it the first time, i realized that the pickguard was glued on, with too few screws to actually hold it. once i took it off, i broke the glue bond and now am totally dependant on the inadequately mimimal screws to hold it on.
not only that, but the jack and pots were mounted to a sort of tin brace that mounted to the back of the pickguard. after studying the break, i could see why this was needed. at the break, the pickguard had shredded like cardboard. in fact, it looked to be made of some kind of pressed paper product and was weak as a kitten. evidently dano didn't think the pickguard was strong enough to handle mounting the jack, two knobs, and a switch, either (without collapsing) so they put this wimpy tin brace in there!
it's now apparent that the guitar's lightness is due to there being very little in the way of materials, period. i eventually broke down and got an early nineties jerry jones shorthorn, and i was astonished that, considering they are both copies of the same guitar, the jerry jones weighs twice as much as the dano. and the jerry jones is still lighter than most guitars!
the dano DC-3 reissue is so flimsy that i'm sure that if i continue to try to use it on tour, it's going to wind up with a hole bashed through it, and probably soon. it just dosen't hold up.

i understand that the "new" danelectro has stopped making guitars again, and based on my experience, this is probably a good thing. so i doubt there would be any customer support whatsoever. in my opinion, these guitars are like most new stuff. if it breaks, you don't try to fix it, it's not even worth it. you just throw it away and get another.
if one was so inclined, it might be possible to modify these guitars into something that would hang together better. i've learned my lesson, i'll stick with the vintage ones, at least they'll remain valuable (even if you do have to baby them). my jerry jones shorthorn is a much better and sturdier guitar, it sounds like an old dano double cutaway, and it stays in tune.

i've been playing professionally for 35 years now, i've collected too much stuff to list. i do wish i'd known that this guitar wouldn't really hold up (i did have people tell me that they were a joke), but i wanted to see if a dano sound would work for what i was doing. i figured out that i do want the sound, just not in this cheap, reissue form. i am currently using it as a backup to my jerry jones shorthorn (my main guitar now), and only use it if i have a problem. it still sounds good, and it serves this purpose fine. but if it went awol, i'd probably be glad i had an excuse to get something better. if this guitar did not look and sound so good, i'd probably give it the lowest rating possible. but because it does sound so good, i'll give it a higher overall rating than average (5 being average).

For feature details, see the website, or what has been mentioned here already.

This is a good, versatile guitar. OK, it's not a Les Paul, but a good beginner or niche guitar. Buzz in amp.

Action is OK. I have tried to adjust it to get it better (I do my own set-ups, thank you). The truss rod can only be accessed by taking off the neck = very, very poor design. Other problems with repairing or adjusting include: the pickguard is glued on in places and has to be pulled off causing the pickguard to not lay flat when reinstalled; the bridge is adjustable, but the screws are hidden by the strings so the strings must be loosened a lot in order to adjust the bridge.

Blow switch is big and clunky and sometimes intermittent (I don't use it much, therefore). Tone and volume controls are stacked which means sometimes one moves along with the other. knobs are cheesy plastic and won't stand up to heavy gigging.

Tuners aren't the best; the guitar doesn't stay in tune as well as better guitars will.

There is a buzz created in the amp with this guitar (I have checked, it IS the guitar). This may be due to the lack of shielding in the electronics compartment.

Probably not good for heavy gigging. Hardware is sort of cheap. Strap buttons are plastic. Don't know about dependability yet; haven't gigged with it enough.

Have emailed CS asking about the buzz problem. Never received a reply.

I have been playing for 35 years. I got this guitar for free, so the price was right. I probably wouldn't have bought it and wouldn't replace it if lost.

It is a funky, retro guitar whose designers chose style over function. It is a reproduction, so that is understandable. Still, they should have improved on the original and put some better hardware into it.

Late 90's reissue - made in Korea.

The neck is hard maple, two piece, with some nice flame going on in places. The truss rod can only be reached by unscrewing the neck and removing it from the guitar, but the neck is heavy and pretty stable. The body is plywood and masonite, hollow and extremely light, painted a nice maroon. Tuners are not terribly nice, and the bridge is adjustable - it seems to work, though it feels very suspect to me.

Three lipstick tube pickups - ah, the lovely lipsticks. Chrome. Pretty. Selecting-dial and blow switch for all combinations, pickups wired in series, one volume, one tone.

All you need, really.

Signal Path: DC-3 > Danelectro Fabtone > Carvin SX100. I'm playing basically anything I feel like.

The sound isn't versatile, but it's extremely pretty. There's basically three distinct sounds - many pickups (loud, fat, and dark), neck or mid alone (thinner, brighter, clearer), and bridge alone (supermodel-thin and funky as heck). The overall sound of one pickup alone involves a good deal of highs, a bit less lows, and little midrange. Add in more pickups, and you get more volume, and a very warm, dark sound.

Clean, it sounds almost chorused. Dirty, it screams and snarls like a psychotic terrier. It's very quiet, despite the single coils - I blame the tubes for that.

This has an amazing rhythm sound that can cover almost anything less than metal.

The action is surprisingly low, with only a little buzz. It plays very well, better than any strat I've played. The hollow body makes it a bit neck-heavy, though.
There were no cosmetic flaws I could see - the tuners suck, though, the bridge is terrifying, and I need to adjust the intonation.

This is really a 7.5. Use your imagination.

Everything looks solid here, EXCEPT:

-The tuners are pretty lousy, and could use replacing.
-The bridge doesn't inspire confidence at all.
-The knobs are cheesy plastic.

Other than that, as long as you don't stomp on the body (it's HOLLOW, silly) you should be fine. It's a guitar, of course, and you should never gig without a second guitar, but this looks like it'll hold up for a good long time - no worries.

They don't exist right now, so don't even bother.

I've played for 3 years, maybe 3 1/2. I have two other guitars, a Carvin DC135 (my main guitar) and a Martin DM acoustic.

This is really a niche instrument - you can't get the usual sounds, but you get sounds that can come from nothing else. That's fine for me - the Carvin is versatile enough to cover most everything else that I need, and the Danelectro has a great, unique sound.

Another plus is the style - this thing is hot. You cannot help but look cool with this guitar around your neck.

If it were stolen, I'd get another for sure. Might be hard to find such a good price, though.

I would readily call this both the ultimate beginner's/budget guitar, and a pro-quality instrument at the same time. A sickeningly good value.

This guitar was made in 2001, has 22 frets, body is that plasticky masonite. It has 3 lipstick pickups that are stock. Body type is double cutaway. The bridge is a tune-o-matic and it has gotoh tuners without a tremolo. The neck is maple and thin, the frets a thin medium. The guitar feels small and your fingers a little cramped when playing chords. There is a 6 position bakelite pickup switch that looks like something out of the early 1960's that gives the looks a cool vibe. The 6 positions give a huge variety of tones, and all 3 can be turned on at once. The pickguard is wavy and quite retro looking.

The DC-3 produces great tone. I play it through a Musicman 212 tube amp with a Digitech RP-5 effects set up. It sounds awesome and the tone variety is so cool that I often do not use any effects, just the ax and amp---and that is unusual for me.It has a very bright yet rich sound,great for John Fogarty style music or John Melloncamp. The hard rock sound is not bad but it isn't gonna do Van Halen or Ozzy for you. It can give a respectable crunch, but don't expect miracles. One complaint I have is that the pickups do buzz some but this is minor. It stays in tune very well despite string bending. I don't know if the guitar is supposed to sound like this but the high E string seems to be less loud than all the other strings, however the ax sounds great so I don't know what to make of this.

I bought the guitar used so I don't know if set up was messed with but it is great. Action is low, no fret buzz. There is no fraying at the top or bottom of frets. The pick guard lifts a little off the body in a couple of places and I occaisionally have to push it down and the glue holds it for another couple of months- will have to fix this.The finish is wicked cool and inevitably draws cmments from all who see it. It is an aqua sparkle with off white pick guard.

I haven't had this too long but it appears durable. I was very leary to purchase a guitar that did not have a wood body, I figure it would be bending and warping all over with any weather change but that doesn't appear to be the case, it seems rock solid. I think the masonite is kind of like formica so it will probably look cool long after I am in a nursing home. The strap buttons are oddly placed and take some getting used to to keep the strap on the neck button from falling off. It seems like I will be able to depend on this guitar, but would always keep a backup.

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I have been playing for 25 years and this guitar is a great addition, givingvme sounds I just can't get from my other guitars. I would definitly buy it again if it got lost. I love the way it looks and sounds. The action is great but I wish the fretboard was a little wider, and the feel takes a little getting used to, the guitar has a "small" feel.