I'll be honest, I'm not an expert on Danelectro. I've owned a Silvertone U-2 in the past but didn't really do much digging on the history, etc. I happened across this Dano Companion and bought it with no strings. The bridge was just rattling around in the case and I even though it was missing a piece. I decided to string it up as is after seeing some pictures online. It played great and the bridge held very well. It was just as intended. The neck was straight and the action was perfect. I fell in love!
The Companion was apparently a fairly rare model. It's very similar to Jimmy Page's Danelectro 3021 with the exception of the natural finish and the bridge. The electronics are the exact same setup with two single coil pickups with stacked/concentric volume and tone knobs for each. The middle position on Danelectro guitars is the tone that everyone is looking for. They wired it so the pickups would run in series instead of parallel. These guitars come alive with lots of output when you're playing in the middle position.
Do you have one of these for sale? Contact me. I'm always on the lookout for this kind of stuff.
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