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

The Shorthorn range comes in one, two and three pickup models, and has the "Coke Bottle Style" classic headstock, hollowed body cavity, and a seal shaped pickguard with two concentric "stacked" tone/volume knobs.

The second reissue series (2007-2009) was Chinese-made, with an asymmetric headstock and bog-standard (non-stacked) master tone and volume knobs.

[3] Syd Barrett, frontman of the early Pink Floyd, usually played this guitar before switching to a Fender Esquire.

Also Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin used this model of guitar on live performances in 1975 at Earl's Court and from 1979 to 1980 for "Kashmir", "In My Time of Dying", "Black Mountain Side", and "White Summer".