At first I thought it was pretty light. But I grabbed my other Tele (am std) and Strat and it’s a little lighter but didn’t feel significant to me. I’ve never played a Danelectro so don’t really have an opinion on that. Took it to band practice last night. Def a different guitar than the HSS Strat I usually play. But I liked it and I see the potential for sure. I play through an old 80s Boogie .22 Caliber+ head and this dirt pedal And was getting some nice sounds. Still needs some tweaking though. The highs were a little harsher than i love at times and the low strings would get muddy at times (wondering if the pickup height needs adjusting). But all in all for the first time out I thought it was great. The neck needs work though. It has some slight humps and valleys, as most guitars do from the factory. Nothing that was problematic. But on my other guitars the local tech guy I go to has done this thing where he planes the neck perfectly true then refrets and levels the frets and they play better than you can imagine after that. And I’ve gotten used to it. So that’s getting done in a couple of weeks. Def looking forward to it. On a related note, that pedal I posted the YouTube link to was built by the amp guy in the back of the guitar guys shop. And now he is building his own amps. You can check it out here. www.swellamps.com He’s done 12 so far. I have number 13 reserved. 13 will undoubtedly have the best mojo. https://swellamps.com