dmz Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 Folks, Saw a quick review of this instrument on bassplayer TV - [url="http://www.bassplayer.tv/"]http://www.bassplayer.tv/[/url] Go to "basses & gear" then "gear previews" and finally "danelectro dano 63" He gets a nice rickenbacker like tone out of it - going through an SWR super readhead combo - sounds fab ! Two versions - the one he plays is the 24 fret long scale version and there is a short scale version too with 22 frets. Get's great reviews in the latest Guitarist magazine too - the baritone sounds like fun as well - no doubt could be tuned EADGBE only an octave down if need be. Great value - list is £249 but I have seen £219 on Thomann - £233 including postage I believe. Could be really tempted here - a nice retro alternative to Fenders......... Don't know if that body shape is universally appealing but a very light, reasonably cheap bass with two stonking pick-ups, 24 frets and an aluminium nut sounds quite intruiging to me ! Quote
dmz Posted April 13, 2008 Author Posted April 13, 2008 [url="http://www.danelectro.com/bass_ls_red.html"]http://www.danelectro.com/bass_ls_red.html[/url] click on "hear it" - even more tempting ! It's so ugly - it's beautiful......... Quote
Wil Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 Every Dano bass I've heard, both in person and on record, has sounded utterly brilliant. I don't know what it is, the body or the pickups, but such a great sound. Quote
budget bassist Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 It does sound nice and it sounds good VFM but it looks godawful Quote
Buzz Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 Cropped up here in Jan: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11922&hl=danelectro&st=0"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...lectro&st=0[/url] However, I'd forgotton about it, and seeing as I'll be going on a GAS based spree in 9 weeks (pecise you say? End of uni year I say), thanks for bringing them back to my mind. Quote
Jono Bolton Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 I agree with Wil's comment in the original topic, if they re-issued the DC bass I'd be in there like a shot. They do sound amazing though. I used to have a Dano U2 guitar (my first guitar actually, not bass), and it was lovely. I wish I still had it That was my 'one that got away'. Quote
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