Danelectro Owners Club

[TDZ]

Nice!

thanks this being my first danelectro has me eyeing the '67 heaven hawk that's on sale at a local shop ($350)

alligator white...

 

[portaflexer]

Oh congrats! Do you want a number?

 

[scourgeofgod]

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 homeView attachment 523235

















This is the only upgrade planned (for now): Yes... those are googlyView attachment 523236

Please tell me you're joking about the "upgrade"

 

[TDZ]

Oh congrats! Do you want a number?

Sure, add me to the list!

Please tell me you're joking about the "upgrade"

it's only a joke until I can find the right sized googly eyes...

 

[scourgeofgod]

Sure, add me to the list!


it's only a joke until I can find the right sized googly eyes...

That physically pains me, unless you work on a kids show or do a lot of kids birthday parties or something

 

[portaflexer]

We're pushing 80 members now...

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
79- TDZ

 

[JimmyM]

That physically pains me, unless you work on a kids show or do a lot of kids birthday parties or something

Wow, you really ARE the scourge of God! Who doesn't like googly eyes?

 

[scourgeofgod]

Wow, you really ARE the scourge of God! Who doesn't like googly eyes?

Nothing against TDZ or googly eyes, it's just that I saw the first pic and thought wow the longhorn looks so good yellow, what a great deal. Then I scrolled down and my heart sank. BTW I was 17 or so when I came up with that screen name, I've evolved a little since then

 

[TDZ]

They wouldn't let me leave without it...

 

[portaflexer]

That's two Danos in one week. LOL.

 

[TDZ]

so it's been a couple weeks.
I've got to say, my favourite part of playing BOTH of these Danos is that when I'm playing I can REALLY feel the vibrations in the pit of my stomach... just awesome.

 

[R&B]

There is a dude selling a Rumor (Danoblaster) in the TB Classifieds for an obscenely low price. FYI, no affiliation, in fact I'm a bit irritated as he is wrecking the market for future sales.

 

[primussucks9126]

Just got this for Christmas!

2014 (Made in June) Copperburst MIK Longhorn.

I really love it. I think the scale length is 29 3/4" and it's so easy to play. Doesn't lack any of the definition of my long scale basses either. It's super light, and I regularly play 2-3 hour gigs, so it's a welcome change from my 9-10lb basses I usually play.

Absolutely love the tone!!! The neck pickup is fantastic. I don't like the bridge pickup solo, but It adds a lot to the tone when mixed with the neck pickup.

I'm thinking about stringing it with flats. Any suggestions? Leaning towards Labella, but I'd love to hear what you guys have been using!

 

[TDZ]

I put on chromes and they're great. very smooth.

Just got this for Christmas!

2014 (Made in June) Copperburst MIK Longhorn.

I really love it. I think the scale length is 29 3/4" and it's so easy to play. Doesn't lack any of the definition of my long scale basses either. It's super light, and I regularly play 2-3 hour gigs, so it's a welcome change from my 9-10lb basses I usually play.

Absolutely love the tone!!! The neck pickup is fantastic. I don't like the bridge pickup solo, but It adds a lot to the tone when mixed with the neck pickup.

I'm thinking about stringing it with flats. Any suggestions? Leaning towards Labella, but I'd love to hear what you guys have been using!

 

[primussucks9126]

Thanks! I should note that I'm looking to try something new. I've played Rotos, chromes, and GHS on different basses. liked em all, but just want to try new stuff. I'm looking for some "old school" sounding strings.

 

[GIBrat51]

Well, if you want Dano "Old School", try the LaBella 760FDs. They're the original flatwound .042 - .079 Dano strings. I haven't tried them myself; both my Danos are long scale DCs, and the FDs are short scale only. But all my basses that wear flats (except the P-Bass) wear LaBellas. I like them a lot, and one of my DCs will wear a "close as I can get to original" custom set of Labella flats when the customizing is finally finished.

 

[Turock]

I have GHS flats on my Longhorn. I think they sound great. Any day now, I'm going to put some GHS flats on my long scale '63 re-issue.
I imagine the La Bella flats would sound great as well.

 

[mel0dic.bassist]

I've never, EVER (I know right?) put flats or tapes on any bass I've owned/played in the 18 years I've been playing.. The constant talk of flats on a Dano is making me extremely curious, considering the tone I seek is quite the contrary. I'm up to four basses now that I can achieve that bright, punchy, growly tone I like, however I think flats on a Dano would just make it thump like nothing else.

What's a good brand of flats to check out? I typically play 45 - 100's on rounds as I could never find anything lighter gauge in my area (I don't like to wait for Mr. Postman). I'm trying to to expand my musical abilities by trying things that are very different than what I'm used to (hence buying an Eden amp over something like Fender/Ampeg), and playing music out of my typical genres.

 

[primussucks9126]

I think GHS are a good brand of first flats. I started there because Ben Kenney from Incubus used em.

I went 8 years without trying flats, thinking "if I want a dead sound, I'll just roll my tone knob off."

I was so wrong. I dunno what kinda sounds you're after, but a whole new world opened up for me with flats, and I was finding sounds I was chasing for years with rounds.

I really like every brand of flat I've tried for different things. rotos are probably my overall favorite.

 

[portaflexer]

Hey all. I just wanted to say thanks to all the club members and wish everyone a fortuitous 2015. Cheers all!