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#3,161
GBassNorth said:
Club member 21 here, still enjoying my longhorn after ten years of ownership. I was wondering the other day, what year is this longhorn? Is there a website out there to look up build dates, or some other reference site? Here she is…
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No one has been able to figure out a meaning to serial numbers of modern Danos, so far. So you have to figure out the age by features.

Based on color and the concentric knobs, i would guess '98-"01. Someone with an old catalog in their hand might narrow it further.
 
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Anybody else having issues with static with their Dano?

Got my 59 DC short-scale back from my luthier today, and brought it home to play and had all kinds of popping and snapping sounds when I played. I started running a humidifier and my local guitar shop said I should try a dryer sheet to take the static off the instrument.

Your experiences?
 
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FlyingPigSound said:
Anybody else having issues with static with their Dano?

Got my 59 DC short-scale back from my luthier today, and brought it home to play and had all kinds of popping and snapping sounds when I played. I started running a humidifier and my local guitar shop said I should try a dryer sheet to take the static off the instrument.

Your experiences?
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Sounds logical. I'd also try working the pots back and forth quickly and see if you can get it to clear up that way.
 
#3,165
GBassNorth said:
Club member 21 here, still enjoying my longhorn after ten years of ownership. I was wondering the other day, what year is this longhorn? Is there a website out there to look up build dates, or some other reference site? Here she is…
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Can’t pin down the year or month, but I’m 98.738% sure it was built on a Tuesday.

She does look like a turn of the century Korean, the strap buttons and tuna buttons are similar to my 98/99ish U2.
 
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WillyW said:
Can’t pin down the year or month, but I’m 98.738% sure it was built on a Tuesday.

She does look like a turn of the century Korean, the strap buttons and tuna buttons are similar to my 98/99ish U2.
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LOL - I heard the Tuesday basses were the best built ones. Monday basses suffered QA issues from weekend hangovers, Wednesday basses suffered issues as people focused on hump day, by Thursday the bass production line was rolling low on parts and on Friday they just slapped whatever they had together so they could leave early for the weekend.

Seriously, the late 90’s Korean was pretty much what I was coming up with as well. Good to hear a confirmation from others more versed in the Dano world.
 
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When production moved to China there was a toggle switch and two non stacked pots . Eventually they returned to the stacked pots , but the top knob wasn’t round , and a truss rod cover appeared . And there was a Pro model with an adjustable bridge and better tuners .
 
#3,168
Just heard from my Sweetwater rep...they just got a shipment of four long-scale Dano 59 DC basses in black...and one of them (with a nice dark fretboard) is on it's way to me!

Stay tuned...

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#3,175
kodiakblair said:
Back being a Danelectro owner :)

Silver sparkle long scale arrived this afternoon :thumbsup:

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I got a Longhorn a few months ago.i really like it but I wish it came with a bridge like yours.I hate the thought of a hundred bucks for one but I'll eventually cave.The ability to adjust ones string height and intonation is never a bad thing.
 
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#3,177
mcgreivey said:
But, on the other hand, I think they ended up with a lot of overstock. If they'd made money on the venture, they wouldn't have stopped selling new ones in 2001. Plenty of us got our first Danelectro on sale somewhere for $175 new, not at the full theoretical street price (let alone list price).

I'm guessing this is why Evets has been following a different strategy more recently: smaller runs, fewer colors, not trying to be a mass-market maker that's in every store. And higher prices, but not boutique-high. If you get a lucky low price for a new one now, it's $375-400, not $175, but more likely you'll be paying more like $500+, and advertised street prices are higher.
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I bought a new copper burst a few months ago for $459.That was as low as I could find and that vendor is getting over $500 now .
 
#3,178
kevmac said:
The experiences lately with UPS and FedEx of late have me thinking you may be better off.
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The biggest issue was the way the seller boxed it...
It was only in a single cheap guitar box (think of that cheap angled box) with the guitar inside only supported at the neck with the cheap styrofoam block. Normally, a new guitar will be in that box, and then double-boxed in a larger box filling with packing filler.
I've bought and sold plenty of guitars, and this was a first...
 
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FlyingPigSound said:
The biggest issue was the way the seller boxed it...
It was only in a single cheap guitar box (think of that cheap angled box) with the guitar inside only supported at the neck with the cheap styrofoam block. Normally, a new guitar will be in that box, and then double-boxed in a larger box filling with packing filler.
I've bought and sold plenty of guitars, and this was a first...
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I just bought a Harley Benton pb 50 for $111.and Thomann used the 2 boxes .All the way from Germany to R.I. safe and secure.
 
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kevmac said:
I wish it came with a bridge like yours.I hate the thought of a hundred bucks for one but I'll eventually cave.The ability to adjust ones string height and intonation is never a bad thing.
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Kev.

Where are you seeing $100 ? Allparts charge $60 for the 4 saddle type.

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Mine has the standard base plate/strip of rosewood bridge , $58 from Allparts.

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