The 1302/1303 guitars were black beauties with
all the Dano 'trademarks' we associate with these 'U' shaped guitars;
'lipstick' pickup, 'Coke bottle' headstock, the classic cutaway look of the
body, and features you couldn't see like the dual neck truss rods, internal
shielding for the electronics, and (as the catalog put it) 'core of hardwood
balanced by hollow wing sections.' It all added up to a popular look, and a line
of guitars that lasted until the arrival of the ampincase 1448/49/57 line in 1962.
Introduced:
Spring/Summer 1958
Retired:
Spring/Summer 1959
External link to 1303 Classic Reissue from Samick / Silvertone
The 1302/1303 guitars were part of the amazing line of Dano-built
electrics sporting the new, wider 'U' body shape. Two extra inches in width on
the lower section of the body steered these models away from the 'peanut' look
of their predecessors.
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