Members Danoman Posted August 16, 2014 Members Share Posted August 16, 2014 Does anyone know where these danelectro 12 string guitars are made? China or Korea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted August 16, 2014 Members Share Posted August 16, 2014 Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted August 16, 2014 Members Share Posted August 16, 2014 I had a few Danos I bought in about 99/00 and they were Korean. I have a fairly recent baritone and it's Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted August 16, 2014 Members Share Posted August 16, 2014 If given a guess, I'd guess Indonesia. I recently bought a couple Silvertone guitars (which were originally Dano's made for Sears) that were made by a Samick plant in Indonesia. No complaints about the build of either of those (except one wonky pot in the U2 model). I also have a Yamaha SA503 TVL that was probably made in the same factory. Point being, Samick Korea is outsourcing a fair amount of the budget models to Indonesia these days, but they seem to be enforcing pretty good QC. P.S. I've been looking at that Dano-12 myself. The only thing holding me back is that I already own 3 other 12s that I neglect, so I'm trying not to repeat that particular aspect of the syndrome. I'd be curious to hear what folks are saying about the origins on these newest productions. Taking a quick glance at my records, my last Dano I bought in late 2010 (a 1959 DC RI) was made in China. They probably still are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I had a few Danos I bought in about 99/00 and they were Korean. I have a fairly recent baritone and it's Chinese. I have a '99 DC-12 and it's MIK, and a '05 Baritone that is also MIK. I don't know about the latest DC-12's though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted August 19, 2014 Members Share Posted August 19, 2014 The first reissues in the late 90's were Korea with Kent Armstrong Alnico lipsticks; identifiable by natural maple necks. They moved to China, the necks are painted and lipsticks use ceramic magnets. NAMM a few years back Evets said they moved back to Korea and they finally started doing cutouts for truss-rod adjustment. Since we're talking CNC'ed plywood, masonite and maple there's not much difference between them, other than what I note above. I like the Alnico lipsticks better because they have that vintage chime, plus you can flip the polarity on one and rewire it to get a humbucking setup happening. You can't flip polarity on the ceramics but they are a bit hotter if you're into a crunchier tone. Some of the first reissues came with really junky machines, but that changed when moved to China. That particular 12-string is probably China. Those are a special run just for the Guitar Center family, not available to other retailers, and there is quite likely a residual stock in their warehouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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