1960s Silvertone (Danelectro) 1444 Semihollow Electric Bass Guitar

I love these basses! I played one for a couple years and really enjoyed it. They're lightweight, sound retro and distinct and interesting, and have comfy necks and handling. They also look ridiculously cool and a mid-body-mounted bridge location means you can sort-of play them with a little bit more of a guitar technique if desired. Folks who like playing bass with the right hand near the bridge (or palm-muted) will enjoy this configuration.

My guy Ancel did most of the work on this bass but I did show him how to mildly-recarve the saddle to get better intonation on the low E string. We restrung the bass from the bigger flatwounds it had on it to lightweight, 95w-35w roundwounds instead. These basses like to be strung light and if you're into flats instead, something like the LaBella Hofner Bass sets or the new D'Addario black tapewound sets might be good options.

Repairs included: a fret level/dress, restring, cleaning, and setup.

Weight: 6 lbs 8 oz

Scale length: 29 5/8"

Nut width: 1 3/4"

Neck shape: slim-medium C/D

Board radius: 16"

Body width: 13 1/4"

Body depth: 1 5/8"

Body wood: masonite top/back, poplar/pine sides/blocking

Bridge: original, compensated (modded) rosewood saddle

Fretboard: rosewood

Neck wood: poplar with reinforcement rods

Pickups: 1x original lipstick

Action height at 12th fret: 3/32" overall(fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 95w-35w

Truss rod: 2x non-adjustable steel

Neck relief: hair of upbow from 12th fret on

Fret style: medium-wider

Condition notes: it's completely original except for the line on the back of the pickguard -- that had to be repainted as the original line basically "fell off" when the pickguard was removed. There are nicks, dings, scratches, etc. throughout the body and neck but overall it's fairly clean for its age. The neck has a hair of upbow beginning at the 12th fret and running over the body. It's the typical "bolt-on mild ski-jump" problem. It's been leveled/dressed out of the frets to a large extent so it plays nice and easy, but it does mean that I've kept the action at 3/32" overall at the 12th fret rather than goosing the treble side lower to about 1/16" as I'd normally do. This avoids the G-string fretting out when played a little harder up past the 12th fret.

It comes with: its original hard case.