I keep thinking maybe I should inject super glue in there to prevent it getting worse, but it never has, so I keep thinking but not doing. I don’t remember anymore if it was like that when I bought it. The only thing that causes me any concern is the crack in the neck, which has been like that for years. One is bent a bit, but it holds tune as well as any guitar I’ve ever had without locking tuners. I have thinned the herd over the past few years, so it is likely another Danelectro is yet to come. I have to say that through all the different RI versions, Danelectro has done a bang-up job of keeping the spirit (and sound) of the guitars we love.

The I bought a MOD 7, which I loved, but eventually sold to a member here. When the first RIs came out, I bought a Copper Burst U2, but later gave that to my daughter. I have Vox Super Lynx knobs on it, but the originals live in the case (it didn’t come with one, but I found a really shabby old hard shell that fits is perfectly. The wood was cracking, so I had it glued with a new jumbo fret wire in it. It is all original, except for the fret wire in the wooden block that is the bridge. They had a ‘65 Convertible just hanging there, the first one I had ever seen in the flesh.

On the way home from picking it up at the Credit Union, I stopped at Crescendo Music in Littleton, CO to buy a new strap. What, no post in here from me? This must have gotten rolling during my years away from TDPRI! Someone somewhere must have been mad enough to do this already? Anyone? I believe it's possible, I just need to learn how! Then wire everything with vintage cloth wire and add a decent 'looking' cap for peace of mind, locking the whole caboodle into a copper box (faraday cage). I'm thinking of changing the concentric pots to a master tone and volume setup, using CTS pots instead of the concentric Alfa's, changing the jack for a Puretone and the selector switch to a Switchcraft the Switchcraft is an on/on/on configuration, so this would have to be altered 'somehow' to a on/off/on setup. The control knobs are awful, when I change the tone setting, that knob moves the volume control. I've bought some lovely open back Gotoh tuners and a set of Curtis Novac's lipstick pickups, but the electrical circuit is giving me headaches because of the concentric pots and series not parallel selector option, which I would like to keep. I love the guitar because it's a clever design and distinct sound however, I am constantly left wondering what it would be like if the electrics, pickups and tuners were upgraded. I have a DC 59 Modified, the one with the pickups that were apparently lost for fifteen years somewhere in the Korean factory. Hey Vintage Clubber, I don't think that there is a forum for Danelectro Guitars, while this is a thread, and a good one at that, couldn't we have a section on this site dedicated to Danelectro guitars, both original and reissues?

Danelectro hodad wiring