Danelectro Owners Club - Page 17

portaflexer · #**321** 02-22-2013, 10:39 AM

LOL. It looks like atomicdog joined on 9/9/12 (as #14), then forgot and asked for another number (#37) on 12/26/12. I didn't catch it at the time. Thanks for noticing. I'll cancel his second number.

portaflexer · #**322** 02-22-2013, 10:40 AM

Updated to show atomicdog SNAFU.

01 - portaflexer
02 - Rob Martinez
03 - rllefebv
04 - The EH Man
05 - Turock
06 - Abaroa
07 - mongo2
08 - deste
09 - JimmyM
10 - Mastermold
11 - williamk
12 - smcfarland1337
13 - jumbodbassman
14 - atomicdog
15 - rfslick
16 - Bullitt5135
17 - bamofo88
18 - sub006
19 - emblymouse
20 - msb
21 - GBassNorth
22 - guylorenz
23 - moonshinegtrs
24 - AphekGreg
25 - brokencode
26 - Farmerboymusic
27 - Wagz
28 - ddinpsl
29 - johninmemphis
30 - gus79seyffert
31 - sneha1965
32 - jasongil1
33 - 1stnamebassist
34 - iamthebassman
35 - rodl2005
36 - April
37 - **still available**
38 - rapidfirerob
39 - Southway
40 - benlauziere
41 - FatherG
42 - JGintheHam
43 - mcgreivey
44 - King Kenton
45 - racecarguy
46 - CaptainGrog
47 - SherwoodGreen
48 - foxxiroxx
49 - johnnyangel69
50 - DENelectro

johnnyangel69 · #**323** 02-22-2013, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The EH Man

Here's my Coral Longhorn bass I had built a few years back. I also have a 1444 single-cutaway bass w/ dolphin headstock and I'm currently assembling a 6-string bass using a Coral Wasp neck and a Dano body.

body: The body was a NOS Coral Longhorn body I bought at Markle Music in Linton, IN around 1992. It was still in it's original packing box. The interesting thing is that this one had the pickups, neck pocket and controls already cut/routed. See a lot of them on ebay but they're always blank.

neck: The neck was carved from a NOS Danelectro bass neck blank I purchased from Anthony Marc, former owner of the Danelectro name. It was just a slab of poplar with the truss rods installed and a slotted fretboard attached. Headstock was added by my luthier along with a repro Coral logo.

electronics: Both pickups are original vintage Dano pickups I got in a trade from Echeverria guitars in Arizona. One pickup had no coil on it so I had the neck pickup wound to vintage specs. The pots are all 100K, just like the vintage Danos. Missing the switch tip for some reason.

hardware: Tuners are vintage Kluson singles. The bridge is a rosewood replica of the original w/ a rosewood riser. Since I could never find an original, the tailpiece is just a block of brass welded to a brass strip. I have a Coral amp logo I was going to attach to it but can't find it at the moment. Pickguard, pickup surrounds, and jack plate are all white pearloid.

The whole thing was assembled/finished by luthier Bill Stultz in Martinsville, IN around 2003.

More pics: http://s717.photobucket.com/albums/w...al%20Longhorn/

What a beauty! Those Corals are stunning! Your Luthier did a great job! Looks like the case is a very nice fit too! Thos Coral bodies were made in Japan by Kawai. I had a Danelectro violin guitar with a Kawai made body. There was a pickup under the bridge.

jumbodbassman · #**324** 02-22-2013, 03:08 PM

missed out on a few coral longhorn bodies off feebay over he years. always loved them. thats a sweet looking bass.

jumbodbassman · #**325** 02-24-2013, 04:48 PM

took a shot today of the dolphin nose SS bass. chinese made.

racecarguy · #**326** 02-25-2013, 03:58 PM

Thanks for the inquiries, but someone snatched-up the knobs I had for sale over the weekend.

racecarguy · #**327** 02-25-2013, 09:37 PM

FYI....found some interesting dano pics while looking for something else....

racecarguy · #**328** 02-25-2013, 09:41 PM

More fun stuff....

DENelectro · #**329** 02-26-2013, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumbodbassman

can i have number 13 please..

all Korean made except the 63

my favorite

best sounding

chinese made.

many claim the new chinese made are better but IMO the korean basses are better built

#13 is BADAZZ dano collector!!!, i wish i was like you..!!

JimmyM · #**330** 02-26-2013, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumbodbassman

missed out on a few coral longhorn bodies off feebay over he years. always loved them. thats a sweet looking bass.

Just saw one over the weekend on Ebay. Had no holes cut or drilled. Price was kind of high but not unreasonably so. I just don't have the skills to build a Coral Longhorn from scratch and don't want to pay someone who does, but it'll make a cool bass (or guitar) for whoever gets it.

johnnyangel69 · #**331** 02-27-2013, 01:46 AM

Just thought I'd update with a shot of my Korean Lefty Silver Flake that I mentioned earlier. It is a full 34" scale next to the diminutive 29.75" scale '65 Dano Copper 3412. Both handsomely framed by The Silver Kustom 100 Bass amp! (1st pic with flash, 2nd without flash).

johnnyangel69 · #**332** 02-27-2013, 02:12 AM

Hey folks. I wanted to show any lefties or "Lookie Lous" out there how I converted a vintage 1965 Danelectro 3412 Short Scale bass into a lefty (see my previous post for full pics of this bass).

I was lucky enough to come across an MIK new old stock lefty nut on Ebay and it fit in perfectly for the original nut. I think the screw size was a bit smaller on the reissue so I just used the original screw. I believe it's always best to use the original screws whenever possible so you don't strip out the holes.

Then I took one of the reissue Long Horn bass bridges with the rosewood bridge and replaced the "hanging on the edge of a cliff with only one finger" original bridge. For those of you that have a vintage Danelectro you know what I mean. I used the original 3 screws for the replacement bridge as well.

The cool thing about the Long Horn bridge is that all of the string hole sizes are the same size so I had no problem putting the E into the G. Also, I think the design of this bridge gives the bass more stability (at least string placement and tension) but it also keeps with the original rosewood bridge woody tone. I had debated on whether to get the intonatable bass bridge but in the end I think I made the right choice.

I topped off these mods with a new set of La Bella Deep Talkin' Danelectro Short Scale Bass Strings as they fit the old school tuners without any mods. The strings are super light flat wounds and are made specifically for the size and construction of this bass.

So, there you have it! I did not want to relocate the knobs or pickguard even though they are somewhat in the way. I learned to play right handed guitar upside down as a lefty so I've adapted to that scenario.

Anyway...in case any lefties out there wanted to know...Yes You Can! haha!

JimmyM · #**333** 02-28-2013, 06:34 PM

Labella Danelectro strings? Interesting...I've got old D'addario XL's on mine at the moment, but I'm considering doing a string change since I switched over to balanced tension XL sets and the XL's uneven tension bugs me. Was hoping for Chromes my gauge in a short scale set, but apparently that's not going to happen.

So now what to do about the strings? Stick with XL's or try these LaBellas? The only thing that worries me about LaBellas is that they're a very bright on the top end string, which is good for tic tac but may be too intensely scoopy for a bass that's already quite scoopy.

So has any of the Dano cognoscenti ever try XL's and the LaBella flats that can give a good comparison?

JimmyM · #**334** 02-28-2013, 09:36 PM

Nothing? The sale's over at midnight!!!

JimmyM · #**335** 03-01-2013, 11:22 AM

Wow, really disappointed in the Dano club for not making anything of this string discussion. If this happened in the Portaflex Club, I would have had 10 replies already

Seriously, nobody has used both D'addario XL's and LaBella flats on a Dano before?

Anyway, I found what I wanted on other sites discussing the LaBellas, and it does sound like they're not the string for me on a Dano. Great on a Beatle bass, though, I will say that.

pedro · #**336** 03-01-2013, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyM

Wow, really disappointed in the Dano club for not making anything of this string discussion. If this happened in the Portaflex Club, I would have had 10 replies already

Seriously, nobody has used both D'addario XL's and LaBella flats on a Dano before?

Anyway, I found what I wanted on other sites discussing the LaBellas, and it does sound like they're not the string for me on a Dano. Great on a Beatle bass, though, I will say that.

Why not Jimmy?

JimmyM · #**337** 03-01-2013, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pedro

Why not Jimmy?

The Labella sets I've played have this very piercing high end that sounds exactly like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Wx8BRjzoI

A great sound sometimes, but not what I want to hear all the time. I was wondering which was brighter, a dead set of XL's or the LaBellas, and I'm pretty well convinced now that the LaBellas are brighter. So I won't be getting them.

pedro · #**338** 03-01-2013, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyM

The Labella sets I've played have this very piercing high end that sounds exactly like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Wx8BRjzoI

A great sound sometimes, but not what I want to hear all the time. I was wondering which was brighter, a dead set of XL's or the LaBellas, and I'm pretty well convinced now that the LaBellas are brighter. So I won't be getting them.

The same flatwounds as Jamerson?

JimmyM · #**339** 03-01-2013, 11:56 AM

Got no idea if that's the Jamerson set on Bert's bassist's Jazz. I've heard the Jamerson set is completely different. But if I put it on a Dano, the Dano will explode from the crazy tension

pedro · #**340** 03-01-2013, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyM

Got no idea if that's the Jamerson set on Bert's bassist's Jazz. I've heard the Jamerson set is completely different. But if I put it on a Dano, the Dano will explode from the crazy tension

LOL!! I hadn't thought of the tension thing. I switched to labella deep talking some years back on the advice of Bob Babbitt and have been very happy since. I've always wanted a Long Horn and wonder what kind of flats you'd put on it?