Danelectro Electric Bass Guitar: Museum Object and Cultural History
Danelectro Electric Bass Guitar: date made: ca 1958. user: Pizzarelli, John "Bucky". maker: Danelectro.
The object in the museum catalogue
This electric bass guitar was made by Danelectro in Red Bank, New Jersey around 1958. Danelectro was founded by Nathan Daniel in 1947 and manufactured amplifiers for Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward. In 1954, the company started producing the Danelectro lines of solid-body electric guitars and amplifiers. Two years later, Danelectro introduced the six-string electric bass. This U-2 model with double pickup sold in a 1956 Danelectro catalog for $100.00
Jazz guitarist John “Buck” Pizzarelli played this guitar up until the time he donated it to the museum in 2005.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1958
- user: Pizzarelli, John "Bucky"
- maker: Danelectro
- Object Name: guitar
- Measurements: overall: 110.3 cm x 33.7 cm; 43 7/16 in x 13 1/4 in
- place made: United States: New Jersey, Red Bank
- ID Number: 2006.0004.02
- accession number: 2006.0004
- catalog number: 2006.0004.02
- Credit Line: Gift of John "Bucky" Pizzarelli
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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