TOTAL GUITAR OCTOBER 2019104
BODY: Chambered
Masonitewith
centreblockand
spruceframe
NECK: Maple,
bolt-on
FINGERBOARD:
Pauferro
FRETS: 21
SCALE: 24.5”
PICKUPS: 1x
DanelectroDual
Lipstickhumbucker
(bridge),Danelectro
vintage-stylelarge
housingsinglecoil
(neck)
CONTROLS: 1x
volume,1xtonewith
push-pullcoil-tapfor
bridgepickup
SWITCHING:
3-positiontoggle
HARDWARE:
Wilkinson
floatingtremolo,
vintage-styletuners
FINISH: 3-Tone
Sunburst[as
reviewed],
GlossBlack
CONTACT:
danelectro.com/
01132865381AT A GLANCE
W
hen it is time for
something completely
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time for Danelectro’s
’64XT. Rocking a sort of
reverse doublecut Mosrite body shape,
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an angle in the neck position, and a
double Lipstick humbucker in the
bridge, the ’64XT exists way outside
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It has a vintage pawnshop look,
old-school tone, but in a sense it has
the modern player in mind. This is a
hugely tweakable, high-functioning
electric dressed to look like an oddball.
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a singlecoil voicing of the dual Lipstick
humbucker, with all the lively
mid-high twang that entails. In its
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plenty of chewy attitude, not
necessarily super-hot but with enough
hair to get some gnarly breakup fromyour amp. It partners overdrive well,
loves fuzz, and if you like to play in the
styles of Ron Asheton or Johnny
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need. But what of more subtle tones?
That’s where the tone controls and
neck pickup comes into its own. The
positioning might dull some of its
brightness but with the tone control’s
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some really cool nasally tones when
overdriven, and warm spangly cleans
that work really well for blues and
rock ’n’ roll, inviting experimentation
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With a guitar that doesn’t look like it
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to take their sound into bold new
directions. Roll back the treble and you
can do jazz if that’s your bag, too, and
the neck, slim as per the DC59M, has
all the zip you need for fast, note-
heavy runs.
The Wilkinson tremolo is perhaps
a little modern, where a vintage
two-point version would have been
more appropriate. It’s not quite like
watching Happy Days and seeing the
Fonz wearing an Apple Watch but it’s
kind of anachronistic. It is, however,
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plenty of wobble without throwing the
whole shebang out of tune.DANELECTRO
’64XT
‘Rite out of left field
THIS IS A HUGELY TWEAKABLE,
HIGH-FUNCTIONING ELECTRIC
DRESSED TO LOOK LIKE AN ODDBALL
£729
Kick back and
experiment with
the wide range
of tone on offer