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Belated NBD! Danelectro "Wild Thing"
- Thread starter BookMDanelectro
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Sorry! Corrected! 30" short scale neck. No posts without coffee in the morning from now on. Jazz Ad, the Hokusai print reference is spot on!!
- Jan 28, 2009
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- Owner: Moonshine Custom Guitars
- Jan 28, 2009
- 2,929
- 4,152
- Disclosures
- Owner: Moonshine Custom Guitars
I saw one last week when I picked up my Musicmaster. I thought it was longscale?...rats! I will go look at it again, Love the look and love Dano's.
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!
I like it.
Just gotta fix the body shape.
I am also curious about the scale length. I am thinking of picking one up, but would like to know if it is a 30" or 32".
When comparing photos of this bass to my vintage shorthorn, I can see that the Wild Thing neck is longer, (24 frets vs the original 15 frets) and the bridge is closer to the neck more like a Dano guitar, where the vintage bridges were all the way down at the end of the body by the straop button. Is there any neck dive?
When comparing photos of this bass to my vintage shorthorn, I can see that the Wild Thing neck is longer, (24 frets vs the original 15 frets) and the bridge is closer to the neck more like a Dano guitar, where the vintage bridges were all the way down at the end of the body by the straop button. Is there any neck dive?
Seems to me that although the bridges and tuners are interesting to look at, they seem a little flimsy. Is that the case?
The bridge and tuners on Danos are repros of the original design. Not the best, and getting the intonation is a challenge. But they do work. You can change them, but then they would not be Danelectro...
This:
I owned a dead on '63 bass for a while. The tuners worked fine and at least to me didn't seem flimsy.
From what I understand, the tuners and pickups of the original U.S. made Danos were the same on both the guitars and basses.
Re the scale length. According to this site: Invalid Link Removed, the Wild Thing bass is 32" scale. They seem to be way into Danos, so I'm guessing they know what they're talking about.
I owned a dead on '63 bass for a while. The tuners worked fine and at least to me didn't seem flimsy.
From what I understand, the tuners and pickups of the original U.S. made Danos were the same on both the guitars and basses.
Re the scale length. According to this site: Invalid Link Removed, the Wild Thing bass is 32" scale. They seem to be way into Danos, so I'm guessing they know what they're talking about.
Nice Dano and photos! I've had my eyes on that model since i saw it in Bassplayer magazine earlier this year. Some questions:
1. Does the bass fit in a regular gigbag?
2. Is the intonation really that bad? Where on the neck does the notes start to get sour?
3. Does the tuners hold the tuning well or are you looking to change those maybe in the future?
4. Does the bass want rounds or flats?
1. Does the bass fit in a regular gigbag?
2. Is the intonation really that bad? Where on the neck does the notes start to get sour?
3. Does the tuners hold the tuning well or are you looking to change those maybe in the future?
4. Does the bass want rounds or flats?
Good Morning Friends!
Dear lord, that has to be the prettiest finish I've seen on a bass under $300. It's so shiny.
That being said, I do have a question. How's the upper fret access on this beast? Does your strap or the cutaway get in the way of it?
