1957 Danelectro U3 (USA, Copperburst)


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Description

A total time travel guitar..not just in looks, but in sound too. 

Amazing to think that a guitar like this, that was essentially a Sears catalogue guitar (original list price $89.50) has lasted this long, and is showing no sign of throwing in the towel at nearly 70 years of age. 

Masonite construction, original lipstick pickups (so called because the pickup was built into the inside of a  lipstick tube). 

You'll see the 1 and 2 pickup version of these go for a lot less money, but the 3 pickup is the hardest one to find in the wild...and the one we have here is in excellent, but well played condition. Plug it in and you're back in the 1950s,  Rock and Roll is in it's infancy..World War 2 is over, and a gallon of gasoline is the same price as a bucket of tomatoes. 

Usual wear and tear on this guitar..but it still tears it up, yeah Momma..

Don't be no square..

Made in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA..

 

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