i tried a danelectro bass guitar almost 10 years ago. a really neglected, rundown, almost broken thing. me and my former bandmates wasnt even aware of that brand back then. we sort of fiddled around with the electronics just to get it to work - no volume, tone , no anything just connected it straight to get a sound out of it. not only it worked, but the sound is pretty decent, even amazing. not sure about the guitars, but if the quality can match the bass, then i think they can make pretty good sounding guitars. (just forget the looks)