2020-03-01 Total Guitar

OCTOBER 2019 TOTAL GUITAR

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e’vegotubiquitousCokebottle
headstocks,Masonitebuilds
andbolt-onmapleneckswith
themostrudimentaryofheel
jointsthroughout.TheSouth
Koreanfactoryhaslostnothingintranslation
inbringinga realfeelofAmericanrock’n’roll
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thereis anobviousoutlier,the59XT12.It is a
specialistinstrument,perhapstooweirdfor
themajorityofplayerstoconsiderfortheir

number-oneguitar.Welovehavingan

electric12-stringwithbothsinglecoiland

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theneckpickup,thereis a lotofroomtoplay

with.Thissetupsuitsthe‘64XTwell,too.And

thisis theoneif youarelookingtocoverall

bases,if you’researchingfora soundand

needthethickergrowlfromhumbucking

pickups,andofcoursea tremolo.Danelectro

sayit’sthebest-soundingguitarthey’vegot.

Maybe.Butit is hardtoseepastthe60th

AnniversaryDC69M.TheNOS+pickupsare

incredible,witha voicethatbeliestheirsize,

andthisis exactlythekindofguitarthatdoes

nothideanythingfromtheplayer,thekind

thatmakesyoua playerbetter– andit will

handlerockofallages.AswithallDanelectro

models,if youseeoneyoulike,grabit,

becausetheyoftenswitchuptheirlineup.

That’sa bummer.Butthesearepricedto

facilitateimpulsepurchases,andwithrock’n’

rollguitarsit’salwaybesttogowithyourgut.

FINAL VERDICT

WhichDanowillyoubegrabbingbytheshorthorns?

THE GAS

STATION

DANELECTRO

59X12

DANELECTRO

’64XT

DANELECTRO

DC59M NOS+

FEATURES

SOUNDQUALITY

VALUEFORMONEY

BUILDQUALITY

PL AYABILIT Y

SUMMARYOVERALL RATING

FEATURES

SOUNDQUALITY

VALUEFORMONEY

BUILDQUALITY

PL AYABILIT Y

SUMMARYOVERALL RATING

FEATURES

SOUNDQUALITY

VALUEFORMONEY

BUILDQUALITY

PL AYABILIT Y

SUMMARYOVERALL RATING

BEST ALL-

ROUNDER

BEST FOR

ROCK

BEST FOR

60S PSYCH