I took some time off from luthering, but yesterday I got the urge again. I took down this body and gave it a polishing with my new buffing rig. On the back I was a little too aggressive sanding out the over-spray in some spots, but the front looks like this.
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Here are six variations of Danelectro's "Amp-in-Case" guitar - three vintage, two modern, and one hand-made.
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A conversion neck is one that can convert an instrument from one scale length to another with no other modification. A common conversion is 34" to 32". By overhanging the 20th fret, or leaving it off, you can use the stock bridge location on the body, just adjust for intonation. Such a neck will work on any standard bass body. A conversion from 34" to 30" requires overhanging two frets, or losing one or both.
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