kodiakblair Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Continuing my trend of simple basic instruments I'd been hankering for a Danelectro. Owned then sold a Wild Thing model a few years back . No regrets over that; it was a short scale and I don't enjoy playing those 🙂 Watching Dano prices increase , I decided to build one instead 👍 Parts bought , template made, body blank etc . Had the choice of 2 necks, guitar neck re-purposed for 15 frets or a 32" scale from Retrovibe. Then apathy kicked in hard 😧 Few months ago a lass near the Welsh border listed her Dano on a Facebook page, collection only meant 700 mile round trip 😢😢😢 Re-listed the other week there for the attractive price of £235 , I gave serious thought to the drive 😃 Common sense told me ask for help on Basschat. @alyctes was the first to reply then @Old Horse Murphy a few hours later ; fantastic result. Turned out Nick passes the lass's place on way to rehearsal. He did much more than just pass her place, he handled the entire purchase for me , what a guy 👍 Nick had it packed up and delivered to me by Thursday. Sadly I was up and about at 3am so was deadbeat by the evening , all I had left in the tank was a quick thank you note before bed. Different story by Friday 😃 Spent a good few hours last night playing it and I'm over the moon . Nick had warned me it was strung with Fender flatwound cables and the action was a mile high. Bought a set of Rotosound 30-90 but tuned the flats DGCF and the action dropped to easy playing level 😃 Feast your eyes on this sparkling lovely. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Glad to have been of some help Davie and I'm pleased you like the bass. The colour is amazing in the flesh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 I had one of those a while back. Lovely thing. Sold it to @casapete of this parish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 (edited) Very nice. I'd seen this too and had some messages with the seller, but like you, it was a fairly hefty round trip. Decided against it in the end. Great price though for a great sounding and looking bass. I picked up a "Commie Red" Dano a couple of months back. Great basses. Edited March 6, 2022 by umcoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 Cheers @umcoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Glad it turned out well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 4 hours ago, alyctes said: Glad it turned out well Chuffed to naafi breaks 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Satisfied your inner surf dude! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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