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I had a swell idea. They have 90's Dano necks commonly on ebay for under a 100, i was thinking it would be sweet to make a jag/jazz type body but with dano construction style wiht th masonite and poplar/pine sandwich and binding tape. and put in like 2 lipsticks. man that would be uber jangle zone!

letsgocoyote wrote:I had a swell idea. They have 90's Dano necks commonly on ebay for under a 100, i was thinking it would be sweet to make a jag/jazz type body but with dano construction style wiht th masonite and poplar/pine sandwich and binding tape. and put in like 2 lipsticks. man that would be uber jangle zone!

neat!


if you made the pine frame strategcally thicker in places, you could even make contours.

ive thought of making dano type guitars for a while now, but lack the resources. good luck with yours!

william wrote:
neat!


if you made the pine frame strategcally thicker in places, you could even make contours.

I doubt you're going to be able to 'bend' the masonite.

Maybe some other material, but that would probably feel chintzy.

I was think about this sort of thing a couple of days ago in relation to my various tele projects. Look at formica.com for some really nice colours.

I heard masonite/formica is a fucker to cut neatly.

so here is what im picturing...


90's dano neck

jazzmaster shaped body. no contours, just slab style. poplar or pine core 1.25" thick with 1/8" masonite top and back (thats how thick it is on a real dano, right?)


debating on whether to have a pickgaurd or not. i oculd do a white masonite/formica jm shaped one, or maybe make up my own shape more like on a 59dc, or perhaps a little clear one like ona u1/u2

debating mayeb jsut one pickup like a u1. or two maybe,if i do two id maybe do a rotary switch on the lower horn with a bat toggle, do like neck, series, parralel, out of phase, bridge. or mayeb jsut a standard toggle cuz i can only find those bat toggles in brown.


paint it maybe ivory white/creme with brown tape, or sonic blue or pink with creme tape


maybe jazz bridge/tail, mayeb a dano bridge, maybe a strat type hardtail (cuz they are the cheapest and easiest)










it'd be kinda cool to buy up all the surplus dano necks out there and start making these and selling em for fun haha

I ordered all the Formica chips in colors I like for reference, you can order them right on the site, or call and have them mail you bigger samples of whatever they have.

I'd go with a clear PG and 2 PUPS. It's classiest that way.

wanderingjew wrote:

william wrote:
neat!


if you made the pine frame strategcally thicker in places, you could even make contours.

I doubt you're going to be able to 'bend' the masonite.

Maybe some other material, but that would probably feel chintzy.

im saying cut the masonite to the dimensions of the flat part of the top and back (they wont be the same)

basically "leave out" the contours from the formica.

then cut the pine where its wider to accomodate the contours, in the appropriate places. where there is no contour, it will be the normal width.

then sand the contours into the pine.

it is a pretty simple idea, im just having a hard time putting it into words.

this might make the "binding" impossible without custom cutting it, but that would look really neato!

EDIT- ok, he specified he wanted slab, so its all moot anyhow.

i will say that 2 pickup danos sound amazing and are far more versatile. with two pickups wired in series (which they all were) you can get pretty high volume with them both full on. so you have a more modern output option, which is nice. and, im not sure how id ever choose between just neck or bridge on mine, they both sound so good, and are so useable.

this project is going to be neat. im going to make a telelectro one day.

a white pickguard made of masonite and shaped like this



(courtesy of finboy)

but with some of the details of this



like the shape of the lower part, would look really nice, i think. plus, that little dip at the bottom by the jack is perfect for keeping a pick.

or, you could take some inspiration from something like this

photoshops coming soon....

heres my mockups




the creme one would have brown binding tape with dark brown knobs to match. does anyone know any good dark brown and/or creme knobs that are on the market besides chicken heads? theres the old fender cupcake amp knobs but those look odd on a guitar i think.


of course there is also the option of making a sitar version with the sitar gotoh bridge, also you can get baritone necks, and the longhorn bass necks too, although a 24 fret bass neck might look weird on a different body like this


ive figured out costs, should be about $200 in parts to build the 'junior' version

$100 for the neck, $30 for the bridge, $30 for the pickup (gfs or old stock dano 90s replacement) $20 for for electronics/hardware, and $20 for the wood.

have you seen this? dunno how up to date/ relevant it is.

http://www.fatdawg.com/danelectro.html

Years ago, we bought thousands of unfinished parts that were the remains of
Danelectro's Neptune (New Jersey) facility. This was the stuff from the 50s
and 60s with Brazilian rosewood, slab fretboards and dual trussrods. The necks
are a bigger profile. From these blanks we've constructed hundreds of custom
instruments and have shaped them to the customer's hand.

You'll see four pieces. One had the peghead grafted on at Danelectro, probably
in the 50s. Then you'll see one with no peghead (peghead stub), which is the
way some of them came. We can put any shape we want on them and have made
even Vox-style and other peghead profile necks out of them.

stewart wrote:have you seen this? dunno how up to date/ relevant it is.

http://www.fatdawg.com/danelectro.html

Years ago, we bought thousands of unfinished parts that were the remains of
Danelectro's Neptune (New Jersey) facility. This was the stuff from the 50s
and 60s with Brazilian rosewood, slab fretboards and dual trussrods. The necks
are a bigger profile. From these blanks we've constructed hundreds of custom
instruments and have shaped them to the customer's hand.

You'll see four pieces. One had the peghead grafted on at Danelectro, probably
in the 50s. Then you'll see one with no peghead (peghead stub), which is the
way some of them came. We can put any shape we want on them and have made
even Vox-style and other peghead profile necks out of them.

I don't know how often they update that site, but they have some good stuff listed on there. I wish I was in America, I would phone and ask them about stuff. Check these shortscales:

White 66 Mustang*. $550


78 Fender® Duo-sonic/MusicMaster mutant. Push-pull pot. Black. $375


1965 Mustang*. Refinished black, tortoise p-guard. $375

1961 DuoSonic. Custom-red crackle finish. Custom pickguard. Super-short 22" scale. $400

1978 MusicMaster neck with old Mustang* body. Custom turquoise pearl w/mother-of-toiletseat pickguard. $425

Fluorescent green '64 Mustang*. $375

probably not for years judging by the prices...

look at this too: http://www.fatdawg.com/elks/

some unbelievable stuff.

I don't dig the rotary switch for some reason, but to each their own.

www.danguitars.com is awesome for NOS parts.

yeah ive seen fatdawg stuff before, hes really just making new hornet bodies for the old necks, im going for true jazzmastery shape.

his prices look good, from what ive read online hes an old hippy with lots of stuff for pretty rad prices, but his customer service is ultra dodgy from what ive read. noho dodgy.

otherwise id try ordering one from him

yeah, maybe just good ole toggle switch would be better. actually if i build it i will prolly just build a single pickup version with no vibrato for economies sake

I've bought from FatDawg. It was 100% satisfactory.

jcyphe wrote:I've bought from FatDawg. It was 100% satisfactory.

That's interesting - I got in touch with them a few years ago about having something similar made, but backed off when I heard lots of horror stories on the forums. How much this bothered me would have been on a sliding scale based on distance: if I was in the same city I'd have gone ahead with it, but being on a different continent and all...

DanHeron wrote:

White 66 Mustang*. $550


78 Fender® Duo-sonic/MusicMaster mutant. Push-pull pot. Black. $375


1965 Mustang*. Refinished black, tortoise p-guard. $375

1961 DuoSonic. Custom-red crackle finish. Custom pickguard. Super-short 22" scale. $400

1978 MusicMaster neck with old Mustang* body. Custom turquoise pearl w/mother-of-toiletseat pickguard. $425

Fluorescent green '64 Mustang*. $375

Fluorescent green '64 Mustang*. $375
Yes, please!