Uh yeah, I'm excluding vintage Danos from this appraisal as their asking price pretty much puts them in the "nicer" category.

69 model not actual year
its fairly new
i find the pickups are quite versatile
i have always made use of the vol/tone for diff sounds
and they work well with the dano

Danos are just great. Especially the 90's, early odd stuff...
They do kind of put other budget brands to shame in a way but the thing is that they're only really, really good at nailing that one sound, other budget brands offer a bit more versatile a selection, in terms of achievable tone ...

Its a bit worrying when cheap guitars turn out to be nicer then expensive ones. :/

I have had many guitars ranging from Fender to Gibsons and others in between. in that time i have always fancied a Danelectro and recently picked one up for a super low price. after a full setup and a fret dress this ...

Sat and did some work on this today
changed the pots to cts as the alpha pots where crap
kept the old caps for that "Dano" sound.

Cleaned up the aluminum nut...wasnt perticularly well cut :/

Crowned the frets and set the thing up properly too now its a dream to play.

Boab wrote:I was actually trying to buy this Dano from the seller, but I'm guessing he just wanted a local sale.

Very nice anyway. Brilliant deal.

yeah he had a few for sale
managed to talk him down on the price a little though

and it sounds great too very jangly almost rickenbackerish.....very curious about danelectros 12 strings now :P
I had a Dano DC-12, and I ab'd it with a ric on more than one occasion. Hands down the RIC is the better guitar, but soundwise it's hard to hear a difference. Both are very even despite ...

Fran wrote:£80 new?
This come a close second to the Pro model in a sub-£200 guitar line up.

no second hand
but immaculate and less then a a year old

George wrote:That's a quilt top, not cover.

it is the cover haha
the duvet as we call it in england
goes inside of it

George wrote:Nice, but where's the quilt cover?





Just sayin'...

underneath the pillow in the first pic

Picked this up for £80 today :D
its lush :D
Wanted one for a while and this wasn't the particular model i wanted but for the price i couldn't say no.

Fit and finish is kcufing amazing for a guitar of this price
and it sounds great too very jangly almost rickenbackerish.....very curious about ...

Maybe not to you, but to someone else, that might seem expensive. I know they cost around £13-£14 where I am and I'd consider that to be expensive for a set of strings that only last maybe a month or two longer than regular strings.

They do sound amazing when you first put them on though, I ...

too expensive for something that doesn't last a whole lot longer and doesn't sound like the strings I have grown to love

is 3 sets for 24,90 € expensive? i dont think so.

Maybe not to you, but to someone else, that might seem expensive. I know they cost around £13-£14 where I am and I'd ...

I have super acidic sweat haha
normal strings rust within less then a week
but elixirs last me for ages well worth the couple of quid extra
they feel ,uch nicer then normal strings too

poorhillbilly wrote:450 pounds for mods, or including the guitar aswell?

including the guitar

Rehearsed with this today so i thought i would give you all a report.

Played it through a Laney VC30 which wasn't my amp but was fairly close to mine (Lionheart l5t)
on all pickup positions this thing sounded great. I was surprised by how different it was to my Strat
it was much punchier and ...

Very nice job. 8) 8) 8)

One area where I think it makes sense to toss out "vintage correctness" is the bridge saddles - I put a $11 pair of brass compensated saddles on mine, which really improved the intonation.

I've got a pair of custom hand wound pickups from Abby in my '75 Duo Sonic, and ...

cooterfinger wrote:Beautiful job.
Now play the hell outta it so you can bang up that beautiful paint job to match the pickguard.
Very nice work.

already on it
i didnt let it harden as long as it should so its still a little soft
so it dints and wears dead easy

Thanks for all the kind words folks it certainly has been a worthwhile project
it plays and sounds really good and the Fender 69 is a great match for the original pickup
also if you look real close you may see that the pickguard is a nicely faded pearloid

Awesome work. I am really jealous of the numbered bronco knobs. Those are like gold and hard to find.
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w281/cliff_diver/831818a9.jpg

They popped up on ebay in the uk
only bidder on one got it for £1
then the seller messaged me saying he had another one but he ...

Some of you may recall my thread on a heavily modified and battered 1977 Fender Musicmaster. Well after 2 months work the restoration is finally complete :D

Before:
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w281/cliff_diver/82b5f6df.jpg

here is my original Mockup:
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums ...