Danelectro Owners Club

[mcgreivey]

By the way, heads up, if anyone needs one (and you do), there's Danelectro 56 on the 'bay now sitting at a mere $114.50, with 12 hours left. I have one already, or I'd grab it myself. It's a great one. Search for DANELECTRO U-2 BASS REISSUE.

 

[R&B]

By the way, heads up, if anyone needs one (and you do), there's Danelectro 56 on the 'bay now sitting at a mere $114.50, with 12 hours left. I have one already, or I'd grab it myself. It's a great one. Search for DANELECTRO U-2 BASS REISSUE.

Short scale? Need long. Now, a '63 would get my attention.

Still, those snipers on the Feebay have wrecked too many deals for me. Nevermore!

 

[mel0dic.bassist]

I dig the artwork. Not my cuppa' tea, but stilll well executed. I like the headstock art more than on the body (I just think the pickguard is throwing me off).

Rock it!

"Celina," my '59 DC feels like she needs a pinup girl sticker on it, and I'm having a hard time finding one. I found a couple that have made the "maybe" list, but nothing solid. Any ideas?

 

[sedan_dad]

I liked what he done so much that I'm having him do something "Tiki" on my white Steinberger Spirit.

 

[mcgreivey]

Short scale? Need long. Now, a '63 would get my attention.

...

But it's such a nice bass to play, and it sounds so nice. But I pretty much stopped playing long scale 10 years ago myself.

It ended at $157.50 +$45 s/h. A good deal for someone. Was it anyone on here?

 

[Stinkoman20xx]

I just picked up a 3 Pickup hodad for $299. More than I wanted to spend but with how hard this one is to find I figured it was a decent deal.

To whom was looking for a long scale 63 i they just had one on guitar centers used site in seafoam green for $299

 

[portaflexer]

Nice score! Those 3-pickup Hodad's are sweet!

 

[tomshepp]

My Jerry Jones. Wish I could find more opportunities to play it though. Maybe I should get a four string? View attachment 458577

BTW, this is a BASS, yes, 6 string but still a bass EADGBE

Can I get a #?

 

[sedan_dad]

Correction. The URL is greasygorilliapinstriping. Com
Great guy located in Columbus.


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[portaflexer]

Please join me in welcoming #78 to the club. BTW, if I missed anyone else, PLEASE PM ME FOR A NUMBER.

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 - JoeyDiLamma
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
51 - RandyMolson
52 - pinebrookjohn
53 - GIBrat51
54 - suprblip
55 - 4-stringB
56 - tacman6749
57 - Thedeadking
58 - leftieray
59 - jsutton1988
60 - AaronVonRock
61 - scabpicker
62 - rogerbmille
63 - danosix
64 - RicMetsBruce
65 - Back To Bassics
66 - fjadams
67 - Fuzzbass666
68 - old mark
69 - HelpImaRock
70 - R&B
71 - Robin
72 - AlexanderB
73 - biglugpa
74 - sethmadsen
75 - mel0dic.bassist
76 - Eldo
77 - lowendfriend
78 - tomshepp

 

[portaflexer]

Hey guys... look what just arrived... my new (used) 63 short scale.

 

[daveman50]

In case anyone's interested, I posted on the Hardware, Setup & Repair forum about replacing a "new"-style adjustable bridge with an "old"-style rosewood saddle bridge (which I prefer). http://www.talkbass.com/threads/dan...ld-style-bridge-with-rosewood-saddle.1118041/

 

[msb]

I prefer the wooden bridge too , there's something about how they sound . Some turn their noses up at a bridge that doesn't contain Fender style adjustments but there is a sweet spot for those wooden bridges ... and they work perfectly once you find it .

I used to think the wooden bridge was garbage too , my opinion completely turned around .

 

[mel0dic.bassist]

I too prefer the rosewood bridge.. I tried the adjustable, even gave it a fair chance over the course of about a month or so, then changed it back. It just took "it" from the instrument's tone. It took me a while to sweetspot it, but now that it's in the right spot, there's no need to move it. Plus I took measurements of how it's sitting right now if I have to change strings.

I love how stable this bass is. It rarely goes out of tune and holds intonation extremely well.

 

[moonshinegtrs]

The rosewood saddle bridge is part of the charm of Danos, the bass models can be adjusted to intonate properly and the guitar (& bass VI) versions can be made to intonate with some filing. While I don't think too highly of the import adjustable bridges, Jerry Jones made some really nice high quality bridges with steel (brass?) adjustable saddles for basses guitars & bass VI's.

I purchased all of Jerry's remaining bridge inventory at auction when he decided to retire, in addition to the completed bridges, included was a large quantity of brass bridge plates for various models; metal adjustable saddles, wooden saddles (along with a huge inventory of rosewood saddles) & even some cool prototype models with wooden adjustable saddles. Future plans are to have brass saddles made for the adjustable bridge plates.

It is important to note that a lot of Jerry's later instruments used Gotoh hardtail bass & guitar bridges. I could be wrong but my theory is that the custom bridges he produced (in house) proved not to be cost effective compared to the Gotoh bridges (again, just a total guess...). Fortunately for me, at the price I purchased them for that won't be a problem.

While I am a fan of wooden saddles and I believe that the they contribute (slightly?) to the tone of these instruments, I am looking forward to trying out the adjustable bridges with brass saddles

In case anyone's interested, I posted on the Hardware, Setup & Repair forum about replacing a "new"-style adjustable bridge with an "old"-style rosewood saddle bridge (which I prefer). http://www.talkbass.com/threads/dan...ld-style-bridge-with-rosewood-saddle.1118041/

Interesting. I didn't realize that these (import adjustable saddle bridges) don't interchange with the wooden saddle ones. I could of sworn that that the DC-3 guitar that I swapped over to a bass (w/wooden saddle) originally had an adjustable saddle guitar bridge... It's been awhile since I did it, so once again... I could be wrong.

 

[daveman50]

Interesting. I didn't realize that these (import adjustable saddle bridges) don't interchange with the wooden saddle ones. I could of sworn that that the DC-3 guitar that I swapped over to a bass (w/wooden saddle) originally had an adjustable saddle guitar bridge... It's been awhile since I did it, so once again... I could be wrong.

That is weird, but I think we're both correct. Based on photos, it looks like the metal-saddle guitar bridges are the same size as the old rosewood saddle bass bridges; but the newer bass bridges are larger. So you might well be able to drop-in an old bass bridge on a guitar body.

I definitely think that the break angle is not so good with the newer bridges -- that led to some rattling and fuzziness to the sound, particularly on the G. The break angle is really better on the older bridges - there's less distance from the string hole to the top of the saddle.

 

[JimmyM]

Have considered putting an adjustable bridge on mine, but sure am glad I never did after hearing these stories. I am pretty much dead-on intonated with the rosewood bridge now anyway.

 

[Stinkoman20xx]

Here is my new/used Hodad with 1959 shorthorn. I have had 4 or 5 longhorns and need to get another one. I also had a silvertone 1442 that i bought for a $100 bucks a few years ago and stupidly sold. I do feel there is a difference between the remakes and Vintage ones in terms of quality

 

[TDZ]

Picked this up a couple of days ago. First thing I did was remove the binding tape that was peeling. Now I need some zippo fluid to clean off all the gunk. The bass was abandoned to a teenager's closet, the strings were rusted, and have left marks on the fretboard. Otherwise the bass is in awesome shape + for $100 who could complain?

It's a 90s reissue - SHORT SCALE
this is how it looked when I brought it home

This is the only upgrade planned (for now): Yes... those are googly

 

[portaflexer]

Nice!