Belated NBD! Danelectro "Wild Thing"

[BookMDanelectro]

Good Morning Friends!

Been swamped with work of late, but I probably got one of the first Danelectro "Wild Thing" basses to go out on the East coast a few weeks back. It was a long wait as my order was placed last March, but production problems in China delayed shipment until this October. It finally arrived a week or so back and it's alot of fun to play! I went with the candy apple blue as you can see.

For fans (or foes) of Danos, there is much that is familiar: dodgy tuners and non-intonable bridge, but the classic Dano tone via the two lipsticks remains, while the stacked pots give it a little more tonal variety.

This is a shortscale (30" neck) with a rosewood fingerboard. The body and neck are made from the traditional masonite and the white edge tape has an ostrich skin texture. Familiar "bottle" headstock.

Got is shipped for $309 including a gig bag. Another to add to my Dano collection!

 

[Mulebagger]

Very cool looking. Really dig those stack knobs! Too bad they don't stamp a bridge that will be closer to being intonated.
Congrats.

 

[kcole4001]

Pretty cool!
Diggin' the midnight blue!

Carve out space for a BadAss and drill the headstock for some decent tuners and you've got a cool hotrod bass.

 

[s_mcsleazy]

i love dano for there retro yet modern designs

 

[LegoBass]

That would be so cool if you could put a Hipshot Ricenbacker bridge on that. That big chunk of chrome would look so cool! (And intonable....)

 

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If you want intonable, the adjustable Danelectro bridge is a straight fit in.

 

[Mastermold]

Cool bass!

 

[msb]

There is a sweet spot for the bridge , but it takes a little fooling around to plant it . The intonation is bang on when you get it .

The old school aficianados say the wooden ones sound better than the adjustable metal ones .

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Typically don't like any Danelectro but this is pretty cool looking, plus your user name is awesome haha

 

[SDMFJay]

Different and retro...I dig it. think I like the black better than blue. is there a red option?

 

[BookMDanelectro]

Different and retro...I dig it. think I like the black better than blue. is there a red option?

Just black and blue for the bass. The guitar comes in candy apple red.

 

[PDGood]

What's the sunburst in your avatar? That has the cool vintage vibe as well.

 

[BookMDanelectro]

What's the sunburst in your avatar? That has the cool vintage vibe as well.

Thanks! That's an Italia Mondial Woody Bass. People either love or hate Italia, but its a really nice bass as far as Im concerned.

 

[PDGood]

Very cool. How does it play?
I looked it up and it's long scale - very different from the Dano. Do you have any trouble switching back and forth?

 

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[soulman969]

Nice! I love those things and I should really buy one. Learned to play on an old Dano then bought a Jazz for gigging. I have a Jazz so I should get a Dano and relive that early experience. LOL

 

[Jjango]

Is this a typo?

This is a shortscale (23" neck)

 

[P. Aaron]

Lovely Dano-bass there! Congrats!

 

[Spleenface92]

23'' scale?!

 

[Jjango]