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All original packaging;  Packed just as I received it new from
Danelectro in 1991 as a limited run (100) Dealer R&D color review:
--- Danelectro 59DC;  1998-2003 R.I;  Black Burst ---
NOS / New Old Stock

~ Limited addition - 100 units; R&D Black Burst color ~
~ Never removed from original packaging ~

~ Pictures here taken of it's sold identical sister before unpacking ~
1998 - 2003 R.I. Headstock.
Will the camera lens allow us to peek into one of the VCI foam's vent holes?
Yep, it did:
The vent hole; It will move around a bit.
Shooting at an angle we can see the black burst
along the top and upper treble bout cutout edge:
Hang tags under strings at neck nut:
1998-2003 vintage 59-DC Specifications:

Neck: --- Hard maple neck; Rosewood fingerboard.
Scale: --- 25".
Frets: --- 21.
Nut Width: --- 40mm.
Tuners: --- Danelectro molded 'D' logo, ribbed deco style.
Body: --- Composite board top & back, over wood frame.  42mm total thickness.
Bridge: --- Chromed brass; Rosewood saddle.
Pickups: --- Original 50's specs single coil lipstick tube; Alnico magnet; 4K ohms static impedence.
Controls: --- Concentric / stacked tone over volume;  3-way switch.
Design / typical weight: 5.6 lbs.
Factory action setting: --- A medium low height of 16mm high 'E' / 18mm low 'E'.
I will include a set of NOS 1998-2003 R.I. Danelectro dealer promotion flyer / pamphlets.
One side shown here of two-sided promotional material.
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The VCI foam envelope is no longer gathered at the nut, as Danelectro experts would notice;  There is a rubber band that originally gathered the VCI foam envelope fold around the headstock at the nut (where the yellow line above indicates).  As is the case with all aging NOS guitars packing, rubber bands break with age (even if they are removed into a small "zip loc" plasticine bag).  The rubber band is still in the box alongside the VCI foam adjacent to the headstock / nut.
Headstocks after 2006;
Convex; Concave notch.
The hole is slightly bigger than the lens,
allowing a pretty good straight down shot.
No U.S. market Danelectro guitars
were made in 2004, 2005 nor 2006.
1998-2003 headstocks;
Original 'Coke Bottle':
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Hang tags from 1998-2003 reissue vintage:
PHOTO COURTESY OF NEW OWNER CHARLES LEAN.
PHOTO COURTESY OF NEW OWNER CHARLES LEAN
PHOTO COURTESY OF NEW OWNER CHARLES LEAN
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