For 20-odd years my one functioning electric guitar has been a Danelectro U2 that I bought when it was relatively young, probably built circa '99. I always liked the way it played, but after a while found the lipstick pickups didn't really suit me... quirky interesting sound, kind of low output and nasal. I'd been meaning to get something with a little more
oomph for ages and so of course I bought...
Another Danelectro!
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This one sounds quite different though. The bridge pickup, while still ostensibly lipstick-style, is a humbucker. It's also splittable via pulling the tone knob. Even in single-coil mode it sounds louder than the old dano bridge pickup. Bright as heck though.
The neck pickup, while it's humbucker-sized, looks something like a P90 and to my ears sounds something like one too.
Lots of great sounds here. I'm having a blast with it.
Also - I've never had one before, but the Wilkinson tremolo feels great to me and stays in tune pretty well! Maybe not as well as a locking trem, but certainly good enough for me.
I might replace the tone knob at some point, because it's quite difficult to pull up to engage the coil split.