The Last Bass Outpost

Because I like bringing other peoples opinions to the table...

Saw this in my email from Bass Player Magazine:
http://www.bassplayer.com/article/overdrives/dec-06/24670

A whole article with a comparison of some Overdrives & Fuzzs.

Lol, somewhere a Rainforest breathes a sigh of relief. 

They did the big reissue in '99 of the DC, U1, U2, U3, Convertible, & Longhorns. Then they added the Hodad & Mod line in somewhere after that ('00-01). Then I think the company that had/has the right to produce Danos changed hands/bankrupted/something. The next time new reissues showed up was '06, with the Longhorn with the adjustable saddle bridge and then the Dano Pro, and Dano '59 guitars the next year. Now they're issuing the Dano '63.

My guess is they're doing limited runs to increase the popularity or demand. I dunno. =)
I'm not as big a fan of the newer ('06-) reissues, not because of the hardware changes, but the lack of matching neck and headstock paintjob. I think it made the newer reissues less reminiscent of their older brethren (Minus the Dano 63', since they were shooting for the Silvertone vibe).

Also, for anyone interested, http://www.danguitars.com is a good site that has a lot of history of the Danelectro/Silvertone company and has a lot of great pics. Plus they buy and resale the Reissues and parts to upgrade/repair them.

I owned three Jaguar basses up until a year ago (all at the sametime HHR, OW, SB). Fender did a poor job of grounding the electronics. All that's needed to eliminate the hum is to ground the 3 cavities where the electronics are located to one another. No shielding of the cavities is required. You can do it, but it's not necessary.

TD

Thanks! If I decide to get one (which I fear the temptation will get me one day when the cash is right) I'll make sure to do that. I always appreciate helpful advice. =)

I have one problem with the Jag. The J pick ups. They should have made a nice P90 like cover for the pick ups. Or even better: Chrome!

I agree with that completely. I've thought seriously about buying one, shielding the cavities (and whatever else it may take to eliminate the hum, if its present), and putting in a pair of Kent Armstrong Lipstick jazz Pickups (Like the Lakland Scheff). I just wish the pickups were a little farther apart like the Scheff.
Ohh my 'Prime Rib' dreams and ambitions. Too bad they're on a budget of 'PB&J's' 

You guys make excellent points. I may just end up doing that. Might have to wait till I've got a little 'off time' from using it non-stop; maybe this fall or winter. Any suggestions on going about that??

I looked over a few articles on the net (most were just general 'Painting a Guitar' guides) that had some pretty decent instructions.  To oversimplify what I read, they suggested taping off (with auto detail tape? I think) and covering the parts to not paint with thick plastic. I guess you'd have to sand/scuff the orig sealer to give the paint something to adhere to. Then Spraying on a few coats of some Quality Auto Spraypaint. Then sealing it with some nitrocellulose sealer? Would you have to sand/blend it in with the original?

I agree its a much sleeker site. I still wish they had some higher quality photos up of their basses. And something a little different for seeing the different color options (even if its similar to how Fender , G&L has colors on their site).
But other than that, I like it.
They also took down one of the Artists, Eric Halbourg of The Swaybacks, who has one of the sweetest looking Decades I've seen. You can kinda see it here: http://theswayback.com/images/Swayback_Eric_Monolith.jpg  I hope he's still playing it, and they put him back up on there.
He's back up on there now.

I've been wanting to put Competition Racing Stripes on my Gibson Thunderbird Studio since before I even won mine on Ebay. But I'm not a big fan of making permanent cosmetic changes to instruments (Cars, amps, or anything else for that matter; unless it makes them better somehow).
So... I've been looking to see if I could find some sort of removable "Static Cling" type decals that I could cut to size and put over the finish.

I know if I leave them on there too long they'll eventually fade/corrode the finish. But I figured the effect could be less permanent this way. And I could just get in a habit of removing and reapplying them I suppose.

I wondered if something like the 'Scratch Pad' might be modified for this use. If you haven't heard if it before, since they are relatively new, The Scratch Pad is a removable guard designed to protect the back finish of the guitar/bass that typically gets minor scratches and 'buckle rash'. Also they're marketing it to Stores as a way to protect the guitars they're selling. http://www.scratchpadusa.com/index.html
The only downside with the Scratch Pad is that they come in limited colors and seem to be velvet covered. Plus they have been known to have adverse effects on Nitrocellulose finished instruments.

So I thought I'd bring my question here, and see if you guys had any suggestion/ideas that I might be able to investigate and use to do this.