DANELECTRO
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The early 90's Classics are wonderful guitars. I consider them to be the poor man's Historic. I have a '90 and a '92 and would take them any day over a Standard. The 60's neck works for me. Unlike the Standard, they have features more like a 50's Les Paul such as nickel hardware, thin binding, small headstock, nicely aged fret markers, knob pointers, "MODEL" on the headstock and an ABR bridge. I've replaced the original mounting rings with tall rings, the trussrod cover with a blank one, and the pickups with Seth Lovers and Classic 57s. It's a pretty good knockoff for a '60 sunburst. The '92 is a faded tobacco/honeyburst. It has a nice subtle wavy flame top that looks very similar to "Pearly Gates". I've had several people ask me if a Historic.
The newer Classics aren't bad, but they have some goofy things going on such as wide binding, "Classic" silkscreened on the headstock, hideous dog-pee-yellow "aged" fret markers, and flesh/pink colored plastic (what the hell's up with the colors on the newer models anyway?).
I found both of my classics on eBay. The early 90's models are a little hard to find. About once every couple of months a nice one will show up. You just have to be patient.
- Dan
http://home.woh.rr.com/dbartosik/90-Classic.jpg
http://home.woh.rr.com/dbartosik/92-Classic.jpg
The newer Classics aren't bad, but they have some goofy things going on such as wide binding, "Classic" silkscreened on the headstock, hideous dog-pee-yellow "aged" fret markers, and flesh/pink colored plastic (what the hell's up with the colors on the newer models anyway?).
I found both of my classics on eBay. The early 90's models are a little hard to find. About once every couple of months a nice one will show up. You just have to be patient.
- Dan
http://home.woh.rr.com/dbartosik/90-Classic.jpg
http://home.woh.rr.com/dbartosik/92-Classic.jpg
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