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Danelectro's latest retro resurrection is reminiscent of a diminutive Jaguar shape

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Despite its wholly solid body construction, the lipstick tube pickups manage to coax the same squeaky clean and vintage dirt sounds found in its chambered counterparts. Set clean, the bridge position has a fulfilling and brassy resonance; not so much woody, but gritty and airy.

With a bit of gain and lashings of springy reverb from our test Orange Thunderverb 50 added, the '67 serves up sweet and atmospheric tones with a bell-like top-end and plummy mid-range, delivering atmospheric sonics much in the vein of Explosions In The Sky or The Appleseed Cast.

Using a similar amount of drive from the amp, both middle and neck positions induced almost addictive trashy garage-rock tones, pitching you in The Black Keys territory with a bit of fuzz or, set slightly cleaner, Jack White's characterful-sounding Sixties rock.

Nothing sounds quite like a Danelectro, and the Dead On '67 offers you a tasty slice of that twangin' goodness at a rather humble £289. The '67 offers all the retro-chic looks you could want and unique Sixties sound that, from time to time, any guitar player should indulge in.