What do the guitarists here think of Danelectro guitars?
I recently got one to give as a gift to a guitarist.
Here's the deal. I think he was feeling sorry last summer as I hadn't played the drums in a year and a half, and a loud acoustic set wasn't a good match for new fatherhood. He had acquired an electronic kit from a guy who used to drum for Bells Of... I guess he had no use for it, or wanted to inspire me to play, so he boxed all 559 pounds of it and shipped it to Maryland from the west coast.
I took the set halfway out of the box and set it on the floor on my porch. I think I got as far as attaching the bass pedal and maybe one of the drum pads.....and there it sat for more than 6 months.
Finally, realizing that I had no desire to figure out how to set it up, much less play it, I took it down rte 1. to atomic music, a big used music place in Maryland. They gave me $200 trade for it. I have no idea (and don't really care) if I could have gotten more for it.....I decided that since my friend went through the trouble of packing and sending it, I should get him a present in recognition of his efforts and generosity.
I figured guitarists always like more guitars, so i started wandering through the guitar racks for a guitar that was around $200 bucks. I had no idea what to get. The guy has fenders and gibson les pauls and SGs and maybe even some sort of hollow body. so he must like different body designs and must be okay with single coil and humbucker pick ups (pretty good guitar talk for a drummer, no?)
I was confused with the fender strat wannabes and wanted to get him a few neat shaped bc rich guitars but they were too expensive.
I finally went with a Danelectro. It is pukey purple and vaguely sparkled.
What do you think of these guitars? I know that these were department store guitars, but haven't they amassed kind of a niche base of fans over the years? Would this be an acceptable surprise gift?
Any feedback would be appreciated.