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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:53 pm
by NickS
Doog wrote:#steeltrussrodsdontjustmeltguys
:)

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:29 pm
by sunshiner
The position of the pickup is important, imo. If you put pickup closer to the 22nd fret (or to the nut in general) it gives 1) warmer sound for all of the open strings 2) if you take a note down the neck, you will shorten the scale for sure, but in this new scale the neck pickup will be again closer to the note that you are taking, and in comparison with the pickup that's placed at the 24th fret, you'll get warmer sound.

I think this is exactly why Les Paul sounds much warmer than SG.

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:48 pm
by Doog
Got a day off on Wednesday, gonna walk my happy ass into town to finally try one of these suckaz out.

Hope I don't hate 'em!

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:49 am
by cur
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:06 pm
by Mike
Doog wrote:Hope I don't hate 'em!
Like Mr Dan Electro hates THE FEELS of free thinking peeps amirite?

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:21 pm
by gusman2x
Got a few in Wunjo as well. £325 I think. Mrs gusman keeps trying to get me to buy one.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:33 pm
by Doog
Mike wrote:
Doog wrote:Hope I don't hate 'em!
Like Mr Dan Electro hates THE FEELS of free thinking peeps amirite?
Looking to buy used, and am still struggling with the whole thing. Harumphh.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:14 pm
by dezb1
Had a dream last night that I found my 63 lying behind my guitar rack and was very happy that I hadn't sold it after all, woke up and looked... It wasn't there... :cry:

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:26 pm
by timhulio
Doog wrote:
Mike wrote:
Doog wrote:Hope I don't hate 'em!
Like Mr Dan Electro hates THE FEELS of free thinking peeps amirite?
Looking to buy used, and am still struggling with the whole thing. Harumphh.
Oh you. Danelectro haven't made something cool for at least 10 years. This not-buying-dano was never difficult before.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:53 pm
by cur
I don't know. I really like the dead on 67 and it's neck is different than the other dano's.

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:41 pm
by sunshiner
63 and Dead on were dirt cheap 5 years ago, on Thomann.de they were like 180 - 200 euros while Epis (g400, wilshire) started at about 250. At the time I thought that Chinese Danelectro's were the super cheesy rivals of cheesy Epiphone. The truth is that those Danos sounded better than most of the guitars from the under $300 price range

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:03 pm
by Doog
As I wanted to get out of the house for a bit today on my day-off, I headed into town for a few things and tried out a DC59M NOS (well, two) in Wunjo and was extremely underwhelmed, not least of all by the crackly electrics on both examples.

I'm sure the light, old rusted strings and non-existent setup didn't help their cases, but I felt like I was fighting it rather than playing it. I know bellends like Jack White enjoy that, but they also are scared of things like electricity and barre chords.

The middle pickup selection being wired in series makes for a huge jump in volume, which is a big turn-off for me, and just had me constantly fiddling with the volume on a clean setting.

No idea if this is representative of them but they really just felt nasty, and has made a difficult decision very easy.

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On the plus side, I was playing it through this UK-made, 22-watt beauty, which was lovely: http://www.wunjoguitars.com/shop/amplif ... -22-amp-uk

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:18 pm
by Doog
They also had one of these guys, but at £799, I didn't wanna try it, in case I fell in love:

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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:55 pm
by jcyphe
Doog wrote:They also had one of these guys, but at £799, I didn't wanna try it, in case I fell in love:
£799 = $1219.81, for an Eastwood.

:shock:

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:56 pm
by benecol
A handy aide de memoir is: Eastwood - no good.

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:30 pm
by Doog
jcyphe wrote:
Doog wrote:They also had one of these guys, but at £799, I didn't wanna try it, in case I fell in love:
£799 = $1219.81, for an Eastwood.

:shock:
And wwwwwwelcome to the UK import market.
benecol wrote:A handy aide de memoir is: Eastwood - no good.
Isn't this another "main guy is a total ringpiece" issue, or are the guitars that bad?

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:32 pm
by Josh
Doog wrote:As I wanted to get out of the house for a bit today on my day-off, I headed into town for a few things and tried out a DC59M NOS (well, two) in Wunjo and was extremely underwhelmed, not least of all by the crackly electrics on both examples.

I'm sure the light, old rusted strings and non-existent setup didn't help their cases, but I felt like I was fighting it rather than playing it. I know bellends like Jack White enjoy that, but they also are scared of things like electricity and barre chords.

The middle pickup selection being wired in series makes for a huge jump in volume, which is a big turn-off for me, and just had me constantly fiddling with the volume on a clean setting.

No idea if this is representative of them but they really just felt nasty, and has made a difficult decision very easy.

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On the plus side, I was playing it through this UK-made, 22-watt beauty, which was lovely:
http://www.wunjoguitars.com/shop/amplif ... -22-amp-uk
Def must be a dano problem. My old silvetone plays like a dream, no fighting whatsoever. Some of them new Danos just don't play as good.

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:34 pm
by Nick
I adore Dano xii's, yet I optimistically tried out a $199 used grayburst U2 the other day and was totally let down. Felt and sounded cheap...maybe had light strings on it or something.

I also like the Convertible we have.

Maybe just a quality control or setup issue.

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:20 pm
by ekwatts
Doog wrote:
benecol wrote:A handy aide de memoir is: Eastwood - no good.
Isn't this another "main guy is a total ringpiece" issue, or are the guitars that bad?
Both. He's a bellend and his Chinese made guitars (some of which are just BLATANT re-badged Goulds, Aldens and Hutchins models) are worth around half, or even a third of what they tend to go for. They aren't shit by any means but imagine Squier charging £799 for their vintage modified series and you're in the Eastwood leagues.

I'd have one if I could bag it cheap but not at their fucking derp-a-derp-a-doo prices.

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:48 pm
by sholkham
I remember seeing that amp last time I was in London, one of the staff was playing some Zvex pedals through it and it sounded ace.