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MEC wrote:It's a 30" scale using a Tele body with a Dano Longhorn Bass neck.
Looks rad, sounds rad, easy to DIY!



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You know if those necks will fit on a strat body? And I assume the two extra holes were just drilled....etc?

foomanfat wrote:So, does a regular guitar nut fit on those Longhorn necks?

The Danelectro necks have screw on nuts the Longhorn neck comes with one preslotted for 4 string Bass.
You can flip that over and cut it for guitar or get a Danelectro Guitar Nut and it will screw right on to the Bass Neck.
You'll just need to widen the slots to fit the strings you are using.

gunslinger_burrito wrote:You know if those necks will fit on a strat body?

You need the guitar to be a 25.5 scale 21 fret.
Teles work best because Teles and Danos both have a square neck end where a Strat is rounded.
You "might" need to widen the neck pocket a bit or shave down the neck to fit in the Tele pocket.
I chose to shave down the neck so if I decided to convert it back to a regular Tele, I could easily swap necks.
Also, you won't have to do any modification to the bridge saddles if you use a Tele 3 saddle bridge.
The Strat bridge could be a pain.

Using the Tele is more about ease than heavy modding.

gunslinger_burrito wrote: And I assume the two extra holes were just drilled....etc?

Yup, the neck comes with 4 tuner holes but they are spaced perfect for you to just drill 2 more between them.

Here are the Neck, Nut and Strings you'll need.

You also need 2 more tuning knobs (PM me and I'll send you some matching ones) or you can just replace them all with a new set.

With a few basic tools you can have a Tele converted to a VI in a couple hours.

RAD! I'm working up some interesting ideas now! Thanks!

Aw man, I didn't know there were pre-slotted Dano guitar nuts, neato.
Are the default tuners actually any good? I didn't even use them.

dooo ittttttttt

MEC wrote:

foomanfat wrote:So, does a regular guitar nut fit on those Longhorn necks?

The Danelectro necks have screw on nuts the Longhorn neck comes with one preslotted for 4 string Bass.
You can flip that over and cut it for guitar or get a Danelectro Guitar Nut and it will screw right on to the Bass Neck.
You'll just need to widen the slots to fit the strings you are using.

gunslinger_burrito wrote:You know if those necks will fit on a strat body?

You need the guitar to be a 25.5 scale 21 fret.
Teles work best because Teles and Danos both have a square neck end where a Strat is rounded.
You "might" need to widen the neck pocket a bit or shave down the neck to fit in the Tele pocket.
I chose to shave down the neck so if I decided to convert it back to a regular Tele, I could easily swap necks.
Also, you won't have to do any modification to the bridge saddles if you use a Tele 3 saddle bridge.
The Strat bridge could be a pain.

Using the Tele is more about ease than heavy modding.

gunslinger_burrito wrote: And I assume the two extra holes were just drilled....etc?

Yup, the neck comes with 4 tuner holes but they are spaced perfect for you to just drill 2 more between them.

Here are the Neck, Nut and Strings you'll need.

You also need 2 more tuning knobs (PM me and I'll send you some matching ones) or you can just replace them all with a new set.

With a few basic tools you can have a Tele converted to a VI in a couple hours.

This is so
I am actually doing another with a Lucite Mockingbird body

Mudfuzz wrote:This is so

Of course it is, I got the majority of that info from you.

Mudfuzz wrote:I am actually doing another with a Lucite Mockingbird body

Mudfuzz, you rule.

Chankgeez wrote:

Mudfuzz wrote:I am actually doing another with a Lucite Mockingbird body

Mudfuzz, you rule.

Well... I'd rule if I wasn't letting the fact I keep forgetting to buy something to make a nut out of for it hold the whole thing up... can't get the dano nuts no more..

Mudfuzz wrote:This is so
I am actually doing another with a Lucite Mockingbird body

Ohhhhhhhhhh shit!!!!! Those necks will fit on BC Rich's?! My ONLY hangup with this idea is that I really wanted a more interesting body than a Tele.

Mudfuzz wrote:

Chankgeez wrote:

Mudfuzz wrote:I am actually doing another with a Lucite Mockingbird body

Mudfuzz, you rule.

Well... I'd rule if I wasn't letting the fact I keep forgetting to buy something to make a nut out of for it hold the whole thing up... can't get the dano nuts no more..

MEC wrote:Danelectro Guitar Nut

While it's a bit off topic, I'm actually considering tuning the SG that I've been playing to Nashville, which is actually an octave up on every string but the high E. I figure it'd be interesting to mess around with, because a set of 12 string electric strings are only $10, and I can just swap them for standards if I don't like it.

On topic, if that bass that I have sitting around doesn't get traded, I might bastardize a couple junky instruments to make a Bass VI after reading all this.

gunslinger_burrito wrote:

Mudfuzz wrote:This is so
I am actually doing another with a Lucite Mockingbird body

Ohhhhhhhhhh shit!!!!! Those necks will fit on BC Rich's?! My ONLY hangup with this idea is that I really wanted a more interesting body than a Tele.

The deal is with a dano 30" bass/baritone neck you can do this to any body made to work with a 25.5 scale 21 fret neck

Update: I did in fact start bastard building a bass VI because of this thread.

IEatCats wrote:Update: I did in fact start bastard building a bass VI because of this thread.

You WILL post picts!