WHEN I THINK back to the Seventies, the famously coined “Me” decade, it seems the only surefire way you could leave audiences awestruck was to strap on a doubleneck guitar. You needed a doubleneck as the showstopper, the ultimate display of onstage one-upmanship. How else could Jimmy Page have handled “The Song Remains the Same” — or Don Felder executed “Hotel California” — without a doubleneck guitar in the picture?
But, lest I forget the obvious, this is not a guitar you sit on the couch with. It’s rather unwieldy, not to mention potentially too expensive for most of us. All that aside, I know, for many of you, your innerrock star longs to own one or have the bragging rights to declare, “I play a doubleneck!” Well, get ready, aspiring arena rockers; Danelectro delivers a doubleneck that’s not only reasonably priced but every bit as stunning in sound and function.
Danelectro’s patent short-horn, doublecutaway body style proves to be an advantageous contour for unencumbered playing in its redesign as a doubleneck. Furthermore, the guitar is surprisingly lightweight for a doubleneck, making it all the more appealing when you’re ready to break it out onstage. Plus, it looks timeless in its opulent, white pearl finish. Danelectro doubles up on its time-tested recipe of semi-hollow construction, spruce body with hardboard top and back, feedbackresistant spruce center blocks, bolt-on maple necks and two aluminum nuts to invigorate this guitar’s lively response when strummed unplugged.