Danelectro Owners Club

[mcgreivey]

View attachment 5350626 Some stores had short scale DC basses , but they never made it to the Dano site. They’re similar in size to the 56 Dolphin nose shortscale bass , larger than the Longhorn. I picked up a white one when I saw them become available.

As you see, this is basically a DC guitar body with a 24-fret Longhorn neck. The only difference might be a different capacitor on the tone control (though I've never looked inside). The long scale DC bass might have internal differences, because the bridge is mounted closer to the tail. It would need an internal bridge block under the bridge, to support it, and probably different pickup cutout lcations? But again, the only DC bass I've looked inside is my '90s one.

The 56 dolphin bass is also a 24-fret neck on a guitar body, like the short-scale DC bass, with the bridge toward the middle of the body, in the same spot where a 6-string guitar bridge would be. There's about 4" or more between the bridge and the tail, so theoretically, I could put the long-scale neck from my DC on the 56 body. I'd have to relocate the bridge about 4" south of its current location, and reinforce the body internally between the current bridge location and the new bridge location.

I'm not going to do that. This is mostly theoretical.

What I REEEEally want is a modern version of the sixties 3412 shorthorn DC bass. It's a 15-fret bass neck (really just a guitar neck with the frets further apart) on a guitar body. I've though of making a neck like that myself, but I've never gotten around to it.

 

[tsarter]

Hey there

I can’t resist - going to go check out that Santa Rosa Danelectro pro body with been bass neck tomorrow. I’ve dealt with the seller once before. Locally on another deal. He’s a nice guy. He says it plays great, so I’m hoping it intonates correctly. I’ll let you know what happens.

if it’s a decent player 325 is a deal. If I don’t like it I’m sure I can sell it

 

[Stealth57]

Hey there

I can’t resist - going to go check out that Santa Rosa Danelectro pro body with been bass neck tomorrow. I’ve dealt with the seller once before. Locally on another deal. He’s a nice guy. He says it plays great, so I’m hoping it intonates correctly. I’ll let you know what happens.

if it’s a decent player 325 is a deal. If I don’t like it I’m sure I can sell it

Let me know how it turns out. 2 hours each way was just too much for me.

 

[tsarter]

Let me know how it turns out. 2 hours each way was just too much for me.

well, I’m heading home with a new bass right now. Not sure how they did it but the intonation is spot on. Really nice player! I’ll shoot a demo video sometime soon and post it here

 

[ac100X]

well, I’m heading home with a new bass right now. Not sure how they did it but the intonation is spot on. Really nice player! I’ll shoot a demo video sometime soon and post it here

I was looking at buying this same bass, it was a great deal.

 

[tsarter]

I was looking at buying this same bass, it was a great deal.

Where do you live?

 

[ac100X]

SF Bay Area.

 

[tsarter]

SF Bay Area.

Same - I’m in Petaluma

 

[tsarter]

Hello all,

update on the Santa Rosa Craigslist Dano Pro Bass. In short it’s a GREAT player. Feels and sounds so good. I will shoot a demo video and post it here so you can hear what it sounds like isolated but here it is in context. Use it at a gig the day after I got it. The guy who sold to me came up and listened to which was very nice. If you care to take a look or listen, here’s a link for you:

 

[mcgreivey]

Hello all,

update on the Santa Rosa Craigslist Dano Pro Bass. In short it’s a GREAT player. Feels and sounds so good. I will shoot a demo video and post it here so you can hear what it sounds like isolated but here it is in context. Use it at a gig the day after I got it. The guy who sold to me came up and listened to which was very nice. If you care to take a look or listen, here’s a link for you:

Cool.

So we know of 4, I guess.

 

[tsarter]

Cool.

So we know of 4, I guess.

Four of these basses?

 

[mcgreivey]

Yes

 

[msb]

Congratulations! That’s a beauty.

 

[tsarter]

Thanks! Used it at all
My gigs this weekend. Love it.

McGreivey- where are the other 3? Owned by TBers?

 

[danosix]

So, do I understand that the Pro was only a 6 string guitar and any bass version is "simply" a 6 string with a neck swap?

Almost certainly - it's not impossible there were "prototypes" like the ad is suggesting - but I don't think they tend to get out into the world - and this is a classic trick for selling something someone made as "valuable" and "rare" and not just a cool project.

 

[danosix]

The SS DC is the same body as the long scale , there’s a couple of extra frets on the neck , and the bridge was moved. The bridge position is a simple way to tell them apart.

Technically, you're right, in that - all the Danos are the same instruments with different combinations of neck and body, but more accurately, it's a dc guitar with a long-horn neck affixed.

 

[danosix]

Let me know how it turns out. 2 hours each way was just too much for me.

$325!!! Who that's a deal just for the parts it's made of.
And, a very cool little project indeed. A thing (I think I said above) I have wanted to do for years.

 

[tsarter]

I don’t understand how the neck intonates correctly. 12th fret is exactly wheee it needs to be and it appears the bridge was not moved.

 

[msb]

It’s a Christmas miracle !

 

[ac100X]

Hello all,

update on the Santa Rosa Craigslist Dano Pro Bass. In short it’s a GREAT player. Feels and sounds so good. I will shoot a demo video and post it here so you can hear what it sounds like isolated but here it is in context. Use it at a gig the day after I got it. The guy who sold to me came up and listened to which was very nice. If you care to take a look or listen, here’s a link for you:

Unknow that Dano body shape makes a lot more sense when you see some playing it, it fits, it's unusual, it's cool.