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Post by jono1uk on Oct 14, 2018 20:55:25 GMT
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Oct 14, 2018 21:11:41 GMT
Yes Jono, I have one strung up with MM Nickel electric 12s tuned to open D.
I stick it through a Vox AC4 and it's great.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2018 2:15:45 GMT
I had the real thing...the Jimmy Page model...same year as JPs. Was superb for slide with the nearly flat fingerboard and the semi hollow resonant body. Nicely balanced and light. Not sure if the reissues have the same neck.
There have been several owners of the brand with different factories so shop accordingly. Two friends own 12 string models which are excellent roadworthy players.
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Post by slide496 on Oct 15, 2018 2:51:54 GMT
I have a reissued Danelectro U2 model - they are not well made like an Epiphone or Gibson, mine came factory direct with the strings flat on the fret board, no action at all and had to be set up completely - I tried to adjust the relief and the truss rod was jammed, you have to remove the neck like a fender which was an issue for me but you may be ok with that. I didn't have any problems with adjusting the bridge and nut on the model and it calibrated well. It sounds good but was a passing flirtation - I went back to my Airline bobkats.
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 15, 2018 7:36:07 GMT
I bought a U2 in 1999 in Canada. I was recording there and needed an electric guitar. It was cheap, cool and a lot of fun. One day a few months later I was changing the strings and as I tuned the bottom E string with a plastic hand-winder I wondered why it was taking so many turns to reach its pitch and then I realised that I was pulling the whole bridge assembly out of the body!
I threw the guitar in the bin, but kept the pickup which ended up being fitted into my Dave King Ozark-Tele-Coodercaster in 2000.
They are not well built, but that is kind of what makes them cool and desirable.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by slide496 on Oct 15, 2018 12:46:31 GMT
I bought a U2 in 1999 in Canada. I was recording there and needed an electric guitar. It was cheap, cool and a lot of fun. One day a few months later I was changing the strings and as I tuned the bottom E string with a plastic hand-winder I wondered why it was taking so many turns to reach its pitch and then I realised that I was pulling the whole bridge assembly out of the body! I threw the guitar in the bin, but kept the pickup which ended up being fitted into my Dave King Ozark-Tele-Coodercaster in 2000. They are not well built, but that is kind of what makes them cool and desirable. Shine On Michael Yes mine has the kind of issues MM described, the wood is not very good on the U2 reissue and mine splintered when I unscrewed it. I don't know if they followed through on poor quality in the electrical components, but certainly cosmetically it looks great. There has been some discussion on examining resonators from China that look good and are not really up to par as instruments and from taking apart the U2 and the Airline, I would say those fall into the category. They usually do not carry the reissues in the US with a set up demo in store, I don't think the tech guys really want to handle them, they ship them direct with instructions, so its really the luck of the draw. I think if you are aware of the possible issues if you have to take them apart to adjust the neck relief, etc and are aware that they can't be handled like a gibson, you're better off. Another issue I had with my Airline, it's made in a similar factory, and I wish I had taken pix is that when I took the neck off around the trussrod area wasn't wood it was alot of finishing materials defectively applied, powder and black shiny top coat, I had to shim it when I put it back together. |
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Post by jono1uk on Oct 15, 2018 14:14:35 GMT
mmmmm the one i am looking at is owned by a friend and plays very nicely.. it is Korean made ...
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Post by pete1951 on Oct 15, 2018 14:15:04 GMT
The bridge is a weak point on resent Danelectros. I have had to repair several bridges. The centre of the bridge plate tends to bend under pressure . I have usually put a wooden shim under it after straightening. I bet MM put some BIG strings on his, and as the bridge is basically held on by just one screw I’m not surprised it failed .
But the hollow construction and the unusual wiring (both pickups are in series rather than parallel when combined) give it a sound of its own.
Pt
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Oct 15, 2018 14:42:46 GMT
The bridge is a weak point on resent Danelectros. I have had to repair several bridges. The centre of the bridge plate tends to bend under pressure . I have usually put a wooden shim under it after straightening. I bet MM put some BIG strings on his, and as the bridge is basically held on by just one screw I’m not surprised it failed . But the hollow construction and the unusual wiring (both pickups are in series rather than parallel when combined) give it a sound of its own. Pt I, too, have done the shim trick on mine as a previous one had the bridge plate bend under string pressure. I set the guitar up to how I wanted it and then made an aluminium shim for under the front end of the bridge. Mine is a Korean RI too, not Chinese - don't know if this is the reason that it is good'n. |
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Post by resotonic on Oct 15, 2018 14:58:06 GMT
There was a fellow on reverb.com who was making Dano replacement bridges out of hard steel, not cast, as Chinese-made.
They did not bend and were a good solution. Don't know if they are still available...
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Post by slide496 on Oct 15, 2018 15:22:47 GMT
mmmmm the one i am looking at is owned by a friend and plays very nicely.. it is Korean made ... Well then, its probably been set up and tested which is different than buyinhg from an outfit and having it shipped from factory. Actually the back of mine says Indonesia, I was referring to resophonics made in China. Sounds like the line has inconsistent quality - if there are some good ones as indicated by your friend and PD. Thanks for the tip on the bridge Pete1951, off to detune mine. |
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 15, 2018 15:42:45 GMT
It was a great guitar and it served me well through the recording sessions.
The bridge didn't bend, the screw pulled out of the body. I was fitting a 56, which I don't think is excessive. I think that a contributing factor was that I had been gigging with it and that sweat had eaten its way into the body. Anyway... I wasn't too worried, I just stripped the bits off it and slung it away. The pickup is in my main electric guitar which I have used since 2000, so as I said, I am not worried or do I feel negative about Korean Danelectros. I think they're lovely guitars; they look great, they sound fab and they play really well. But they are also highly likely to fall to pieces because they are built with the cheapest materials. The body was two sheets of hardboard held together with some bits of wood.
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by jono1uk on Oct 15, 2018 16:23:00 GMT
the one i am interested in is only one or 2 years old and is currently not set up for slide ..is there much hassle raising the action?
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Post by pascal on Oct 15, 2018 16:24:22 GMT
 Mine is 20 years old now, never had a problem with it, strung 12/54 for opens or standard... Nice sound through a tube amp. |
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Post by jono1uk on Oct 15, 2018 16:27:26 GMT
ok so "mine" is Korean ..is that good/ bad? i take it originals were USA?
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