Danelectro reissues the classic Deluxe as the 59 Divine

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Danelectro has announced the 59 Divine electric guitar, which sports a double cutaway, short-horn body designed to pay homage to the company’s Deluxe model originally released in 1959.

The Divine boasts a solid spruce body, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard, fully adjustable bridge, precision-cut bone nut and Gotoh vintage 15:1 tuners.

The reissue is also upgraded with a pair of Vintage 50’s single-coil lipstick pickups with original USA wiring.

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59 Divine in Dark Walnut (Image credit: Danelectro )

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59 Divine in Fresh Cream (Image credit: Danelectro)

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59 Divine in Flame Maple (Image credit: Danelectro)

Finishes are a choice of Dark Walnut, Flame Maple or Fresh Cream top and back, set off with front and back cream body bindings, cream/brown stacked pointer volume and tone controls and a cream headstock.

The 59 Divine is available now for $699 - for more information, head to Danelectro.

Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.