Danelectro 6-String Bass

Features as already pretty much stated, but what really is important
is the fact that it's really easy to play. Light, with a pretty easy
neck to navigate.

It sounds... unusual. I mainly use it for home recording, and for that
purpose it's perfect. If pressed into true bass service, I'm sure that
some type of bass pedal would extend its range a bit, but as it is it
fills a niche. If you don't mind carrying around 2 bass guitars it's
a cool addition to round out a sound.

It's not a high end guitar, so I don't expect much here, but it seems
pretty well made. We'll se if it stands up over years of use, check
EBAY in 10 years to see if they still exist :-)

As said above, it's really easy to play.

I doubt it matters, because if it has a problem, Danelectro doesn't want to know you. Consider it "disposable"

Danelectro has shut down their guitar website and has no info on where to get strings, or service. That sucks.

How can a guitar maker pull the plug on an entire line of products
and NOT have some information on their web page??? If they EVER
get their act together and try to sell guitars again, this will be a BIG blot to try to rub out.

I think it's a pretty nifty toy for guitar players who want to be productive on a bass fast. I wouldn't consider it a primary tool, but
hey how many people own one guitar? If you're one of them, don't bother with this one. But if you're like me and like guitars for individual purposes this one is a cool bass to have.

If it were stolen, I doubt I'd find another that wouldn't be stupidly
priced, but I would like one around (if I could find strings)
for a while.

This bass was made in Korea, 24 frets, 6 strings, semi-hollow, 2 lipsticks and so on, typical Danelectro style except the neck is 30' long (short scale for a bass guitar).

mine was originally a baritone I adapted to a standard 6 string bass, that is to say, it used to be tuned in A and now it's E.
The lipsticks are noisy but they are much powerful you could imagine when they are selected together, their powers are additionned not merged.
The sound is typical from the bass VI tones : The Cure, Placebo, and other indies bands. I play it instead of a bass + a guitar, it replaces them perfectly as a semi rythmic/solo instrument, particularly gifted for riffs and themes with delay and chorus.

The bass looks a bit cheap the first time you grab it, the tuners are not reliable as the bridge with its wood part, but eventually it is quite amazing and conformtable.

I was looking for a Fender bass VI which is definitly rare and I found the Dano instead with a very close tone.
I wish Fender had made a Squier Bass VI to beat my Dano's price but I am not sure the result would have been half as good !

It's a recent made in Korea reissue of the early '60's single cutaway six-string bass guitar. 24 fret maple neck with a rosewood board. It has a hollowbody, with masonite sides. Two lipstick-tube pickups, each with its own concentric tone/volume control and three-way pick-up selector. The top and back have a gloss black finish, and the neck has a satin finish. Tuners are decent Gotoh-style small tuners, and the bridge is adjustable (BIG improvement over the original Danos). It came with a cool tweed gigbag.

I really don't know what to make of this instrument. It's certainly NOT a six-string bass in the sense of an extended range, low-B to high-B fusion jazz Wank-Zeug; nor it is a baritone guitar. I play fingerstyle blues, rock and roll and some country, and I usually play Fender Jazz and P-basses and a Gibson Thunderbird. I play through a Nemesis NC-112P combo, a blackface Bassman and a silverface Princeton Reverb as a practice amp or very small gigs. I picked up the Dano on a whim, since I've never played one before. I can't see it as a main bass---the tone is good, but with more twang than bottom. I can see it working well in a studio to double bass parts as a tic-tac, or double guitar parts to add depth. A friend borrowed it for her Norteno band and played it through my Princeton Reverb (miked through the PA). It sounded GREAT for that setting---twangy with some depth, some breakup, and the reverb and tremelo were ridiculous. I've used it for rockabilly, surf and "Peter Gunn." This is very much a specialist instrument, but it does have some useful sounds in it.

The fit, finish and overall quality are astounding for a budget guitar. OK, the quality is pretty good, period. I played it right off the rack and it's never needed any adjustments in two years. The factory did a good set-up job, or the dealer played with it before putting it on the floor. Either way, it came off the floor ready to play and no worries since.

So far the bass is holding up well. It's not my main bass, so it doesn't get a lot of wear and tear, but it seems well made and durable. I wouldn't recommend it as a main bass because it just doesn't have a lot of tonal flexibiity. It's held up well playing live, and can probably withstand some chucking around, but a Precision it ain't.

No need to deal with the company since it hasn't broke yet.

I've been playing for over 25 years. The Dano is currently rubbing elbows with a Fender "62 Jass reissue, a '70s Fender P-bass (aka "the Mutt"--many mods), '90 Gibson T-bird, '60s Harmony h-22 hollowbody and '60s Hagstrom 8-string. this is the bass I pick up least often, since I really don't have much need for it---though it does have some cool, usable sounds. I wouldn't replace it simply because I just don't use it often.

Best feature---it has some really cool, retro sounds in it, especially through an older Fender amp with tremelo and reverb. I honestly can't think of a bad feature. I can't help but wonder what this thing would sound like with a Bigsby or Strat-style vibrato on it....