Danelectro is a brand of musical instruments and accessories that was founded in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1947.

The company is known primarily for its string instruments that employed unique designs and manufacturing processes.

The Danelectro company was sold to the Music Corporation of America (MCA) in 1966, moved to a much larger plant in Neptune City, New Jersey, and employed more than 500 people.

Later, Danelectro added hollow-bodied guitars, constructed of Masonite and poplar to save costs and increase production speed, intending to produce no-frills guitars of reasonably good tone at low cost.

Though the model never became widely popular, it found an enduring niche in Nashville and Los Angeles for "tic-tac" bass lines, where the electric instrument doubled the line played by an upright acoustic bass.

In 2006 (2005 on official site[b]), new owners of Evets decided on a new marketing model for guitars, selling a limited number each year.

The Danelectro Shorthorn line of guitars are a dual cutaway hollow-bodied design made of Masonite and poplar.

Currently, eight pedals share the same distinctive injection moulded plastic casing and blue LED light.

[15] The discontinued Paisley series featured paisley-patterned drive effects in original style enclosures.

When the player is ready to play, the top could be removed and the bottom acts as a pedals board.