Danelectro C

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Unlike most all the later Danelectro instruments, the C model was a solid body construction made of poplar and came in a peanut-like body shape. These early guitars did not have a modern truss rod, but had a ¾" square aluminum tube[2] to prevent the neck from warping.[3]

On debut these first guitars predated Danelectro's now signature lipstick pickup design, and instead wrapped their pickups in vinyl tape and placed them hidden under a melamine pickguard. This was replaced in 1955 when Nathan Daniel apparently acquired a job lot of surplus lipstick tubes which he utilized for makeshift pickup covers.[4] The pickups when both selected are wired in series rather than the more standard parallel used today by most big brands.

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