Danelectro 66-12, 12-string Review

Looks awesome*Excellent Fit & Finish*sounds graet

The Guitar ::: The 66-12 "Mosrite" version came in and I bought it. The overall fit and finish of this guitar is literally flawless ! Beautiful fade, the trim is perfect, and everything is top notch. I do really like the narrower 1.650 nut width and the "slim" but not too thin neck profile. The 10-46 strings are a bit stiff and will most likely be changed to 9-42's but with the… read more shorter scale length it isn't bad. The pickup's sound superb and the double lipstick in the bridge can even be split. The bridge is an ingenious design that allows perfect intonation. The fretwork was excellent and allowed me to lower the strings to .060 at the 12th fret with no issues at all and made playing it much easier. Mine weighs about 7-1/2 pounds and does have a bit of headstock "dive" , but not bad at all considering 12 tuning keys. It stays in tune very well and the overall setup was very good right out of the box. I can't even explain how cool this thing sounds having that Beatle's , Byrds , 60's & 70's sound that made the 12 strings popular. I play it through a stereo rig with Strymon reverb, Boss chorus, DD-200 delay, as well as an old school Ibanez flanger that makes you really enjoy just playing open chords and simple sings of yesteryear that I grew up with. Flawless finish, awesome sound, and exactly what I wanted.

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Better than expected, good value at this price point.

Arrived well packed and with no problems. Fit and finish are excellent and actually look better in person. A really good alternate guitar to my more traditional collection, adds a bunch of tones and texture that are a little out of the ordinary. Came almost in tune, no issues anywhere and the build quality was better than I expected at this price range. No high frets, fret ends… read more well dressed, a well cut nut and intonation is spot on. The action is a little high for my personal taste but the saddles have lots of adjustment to lower a 64th, so I will lower that. Glad I pulled the trigger, sweet water service and 55 point inspection are excellent.

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Throw your Rickenbacker in the fireplace.

Danelectro have raided the Temple of Rick and kicked over the altar. The Rick 12's are the Stratocasterhtat for years have never had a Les Paul. Rickenbacker, you no longer have a monopoly. There's a new kind of "Jangle and Chime" on the block. And, frankly (IMO) it comes in a guitar containing what may be far more tonal and dynamic breadth and versatility than yours do.I'm going… read more to focus on the unusual stuff here, because I'm sure other reviews will cover the usual boring 12-string things. I want to point out what makes this guitar DIFFERENT.1. The neck is wide enough to play. That's right, you can hear all of the notes. How novel is that?2. It intonates properly.3. "Jangle and Chime" like Ricks have, but ENTIRELY unlike Ricks- and every other electric 12! 4. The bridge - Oh, that bridge! It's genius! Why didn't anyone think of that already? High mass, half of the strings through ferrules, half through the bridge! DUH-REKA!5. Oh, my goodness, that Lipbucker! It actually made my little old Fender tube pre break up.6. Wait, wait- you can hear all of the notes... it intonates... so what happened when I slammed a big ol' chord?It SLAMMED! I have *never, ever* heard an electric 12 do what thing did. I've tried a bunch over the years, too. I though you couldn't get them to *do* that.I hope, were Semie Moseley alive to see this Korean knock-off of his designs mixed up with the weirdo vintage Danelectro influence, he would appreciate it.Maybe he'd be ticked off, but I hope he'd appreciate it. Because it's good- VERY GOOD. And, like his guitars, it's timber is bright. VERY BRIGHT. Rickenbacker, heh, heh. OMG, this guitar is sooo much cooler than both of the Ricks I was looking at. I could have BOUGHT one of them. I didn't. I bought THIS because I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!It also smokes the pants off of the '66 Starfire I'd been playing.

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