Danelectro '56 Baritone

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82 february 2016
RETRO BARITONE ROUNDUP
THE DANELECTRO ’56 is a character that resists mass market
appeal, and is sure to appeal to those raised on Dick Dale,
Duane Eddy or Mudhoney alike. The Hagstrom Viking Deluxe,
meanwhile, really surprised us with its raucous and animalistic
appetite for lashings and lashings of gain. Set against those
two, the PRS SE 277 is the classiest proposition, and the most
playable, courtesy of a wide, flat neck and shorter scale. All
have a trebly brightness belying their frequency placement,
and an individualist bent that could change the way you think
about baritone guitars and revolutionise your playing.
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DANELECTRO
’56 BARITONE £499
AT A GLANCE
HAGSTROM VIKING
DELUXE BARITONE £699
AT A GLANCE
PRS SE 277 SEMI-HOLLOW
SOAPBAR £795
AT A GLANCE
GLANCE
DELUXE BARITONE
£699
GLANCE
SOAPBAR
AT A
GLANCE
BODY: Bevelled maple
w/ fl ame maple veneer
NECK: Maple
SCALE: 704mm (27.7”)
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood
FRETS: 22
PICKUPS: 2x PRS SE
Soapbar
CONTROLS: 1x volume,
1x tone, 3-way pickup
selector
HARDWARE: PRS-designed
plate-style bridge – chrome
LEFT-HANDED: No
FINISH: Vintage Sunburst
(shown), Gray Black
CONTACT: PRS Guitars
Europe 01223 874301
www.prsguitars.com
BODY: Contoured ply fl amed
maple, semi-hollow
NECK: Maple
SCALE: 711mm (28”)
FINGERBOARD: Resinator
(wood composite)
FRETS: 22
PICKUPS: 1x Hagstrom
Custom 58’C (bridge),
1x P-Urifi ed humbucker-sized
P-90 (neck)
CONTROLS: 2x volume,
2x tone
HARDWARE: Long travel
tune-o-matic bridge w/
Hagstrom stoptail – chrome
LEFT-HANDED: No
FINISH: Tobacco Sunburst
(shown), Black Goss, Cosmic
Black Burst
CONTACT: Rosetti
01376 550033
www.hagstromguitars.eu
BODY: Masonite, laminated
wood frame
NECK: Maple
SCALE: 756mm (29.75”)
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood
FRETS: 24
PICKUPS: 2x Lipstick single coils
CONTROLS: 1x tone, 1x volume,
3-way pickup selector
HARDWARE: Intonatable
saddled bridge – chrome
LEFT-HANDED: No
FINISH: Gloss Black,
Silver Flake (shown)
CONTACT: John Hornby
Skewes 0113 286 5381
www.jhs.co.uk
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