Jerry Jones Neptune Shorthorn Model Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar (2009), made in Nashville, TN, serial # 098631, black lacquer with vinyl siding finish, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
This is an excellent playing and sounding Retro-Modern instrument, one of the "classic" Danelectro re-creations built by the now-closed, much-missed Jerry Jones workshop in Nashville. It is basically a modernized version of the c. 1961 Danelectro U-2, one of the most sought after of the original New Jersey models. This exact variant is famous as the "Jimmy Page" guitar as used onstage with Led Zeppelin for open-tuned songs.
Jones' tweaks to the original design include an adjustable truss rod, solidly body-mounted adjustable non-trem Strat-style bridge instead of the elevated wood-saddle Danno style with the strings running through the body and Gotoh individual tuners. "Tweakin' Tradition" was the slogan for the Neptune models, and this is certainly a nice example of that philosophy in action. This is a late production example from 2009, not long before production ended leaving Jones instruments often as (or more) sought after than the Neptune originals.
Overall length is 38 3/4 in. (98.4 cm.), 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This guitar is in just lightly used condition, appearing only minimally played. It shows showing very some light scuffing and a few tiny dings to the finish on the edges. This is a fine example of Jones' later period work, an excellent playing and sounding instrument worthy of its original inspiration. It resides in the original HSC with the Jerry Jones hangtag. Overall Excellent + Condition.
