Yep, that's the long and short of it. Steve Ridinger of Evets Corp., which owns Danelectro (and also Snark - I seem to recall someone on PRF V1, perhaps now-FM eephus, taking understandable issue with the aesthetics of headstock tuners - more fuel for the fire!) made a public donation in support of Prop 8 - although this was ages ago, FM mdc's post above is also accurate.mdc wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:51 amThe owner of Danelectro (Steve Ridinger) donated to a bunch of conservative candidates (huckabee, ryan, trump) during the most recent election cycles, and put money towards Prop 8 in California (a gay marriage ban).Garth wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:03 amCould anyone copy/paste this? I'm unable to view and I'm always happy to add to my ever-growing list of boycotted brands.jirbling rake wrote: Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:11 am
Had no idea about this Danelectro anti-gay, pro-Prop 8 donation. Fuck 'em. Glad I never bought any of their stuff (and I'd been eyeing their 12-strings)
Also, back to the Squier XII, the string ferrules are indeed on a gentle diagonal. Bent my brain at first but then I realized why.