Lets See those Danelectro Re-house glamour shots

lexluthier72 · Post by **lexluthier72** » 23 Jan 2010, 23:06

Hey Folks,
Just joined the forum, and I am interested in re-housing my Danelectro Rocky Road. I searched for topics on the rocky road in particular, and got very little. Id like to see some finished projects, so I can see some sort of layout, and also what parts were completely replaced. Does not have to be the Rocky Road...lets see em!
-Erin

lexluthier72 · Post by **lexluthier72** » 26 Jan 2010, 02:50

What....Nobody has ANY dano's they have re-housed? Cmon.... =(

guitarjoem · Post by **guitarjoem** » 27 Jan 2010, 05:16

Click the thumbnail for a slideshow...

lexluthier72 · Post by **lexluthier72** » 28 Jan 2010, 21:04

Nice! Is the case etched....?

Dan N · Post by **Dan N** » 28 Jan 2010, 22:10

Sorry, no guts. This is a rehoused French Toast.

Wonderdog · Post by **Wonderdog** » 29 Jan 2010, 00:08

Here is the Rocky Road re-housed.

I left the switching/buffered bypass in place, but put in metal momentary footswitches.
I did the unity gain mod and the 8mm led under the knobs is orange, and flashes in time with the speed.
However, hooking up the speed led affects the sound slightly, so the toggle switch in the upper right cuts out the flashing led and restores the full warble.
The 5mm led is on/off. The decal I created on PC paint and glows in the dark.

The red clipping led's on the board are socketed. I replaced them with jfet transistors shorted to form diodes, and now the thing is an awesome fuzz/overdrive box as well as a leslie simulator.

: Case shot

: Gut shot

Wonderdog · Post by **Wonderdog** » 29 Jan 2010, 00:53

Here is my Chicken Salad re-house. First pedal I ever made.

True bypass, speed led, trim pot external mount.
The speed led is the large 8mm purple led in the center. Always on.
The small red led is on/off.
The graphics are printed on glow in the dark sticky paper covered with a tough clear film.
Sounds awesome. Looks cool too.

lexluthier72 · Post by **lexluthier72** » 29 Jan 2010, 00:54

Wonderdog....SWEET! Thanks much. Everyone, Id love to see more....seems there is not alot of info out there on re-housing....But at least now, I have an idea of layout, and what new parts are involved. Thanks again
-Erin

guitarjoem · Post by **guitarjoem** » 29 Jan 2010, 07:03

lexluthier72 wrote:Nice! Is the case etched....?

Yes.

Wonderdog · Post by **Wonderdog** » 29 Jan 2010, 17:11

Here is my Chicken Salad re-house showing the glow-in-the-dark feature.

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Dr Tony Balls · Post by **Dr Tony Balls** » 29 Jan 2010, 17:52

Dan N is that a fuzzy box, like the Foxx Tone Machine??? If so where did you get it or how did you make it??

Dan N · Post by **Dan N** » 29 Jan 2010, 20:34

Dr Tony Balls wrote:Dan N is that a fuzzy box, like the Foxx Tone Machine??? If so where did you get it or how did you make it??

It's flocking powder I got off ebay. You're supposed to get your box wet with paint (the same color as the flock you want to use) then sprinkle the stuff on top. I had better luck spreading the stuff on a flat surface, painting the box, then shoving the wet box down into it. I usually have to do that twice to get a thick coat. It looks swell, but does not age well.

A well worn beebaa clone:
http://users.rio.com/senorris/junk/IMG_0002.jpg

lexluthier72 · Post by **lexluthier72** » 01 Feb 2010, 22:37

Hey Folks....Thanks for the ideas....It may be a while, but I will report back when I am closer!

guitarjoem · Post by **guitarjoem** » 20 Mar 2010, 21:27

And another Chicken Salad re-house...

Hides-His-Eyes · Post by **Hides-His-Eyes** » 21 Mar 2010, 11:50

I'd love to see what you did with the guts of those. Did you replace the trimmers they use for pots or just make some kind of weird knob arrangement?

archimedes · Post by **archimedes** » 01 Jun 2010, 22:31

Here's mine done recently and sounding very fine indeed, I have discovered that it is great for those Paul Barrere / Little Feat type rhythm parts amongst other things. Paint is that Hammerite hammered finish stuff which you can apply directly to bare metal, I didn't want to spend too much time on finishing and I had it lying around from painting the kid's climbing frame about 18 years ago, it works well I think. No labels as yet, not sure that they will take to the finish or that I really need them.

In answer to the previous post, the two Dano pots and the trim pot have been removed and the pots on top of mine are wired direct to the PCB. The input / output and switching board has been removed completely.

guitarjoem · Post by **guitarjoem** » 13 Jun 2010, 19:27

Hides-His-Eyes wrote:I'd love to see what you did with the guts of those. Did you replace the trimmers they use for pots or just make some kind of weird knob arrangement?

Like most everybody else, when I do a Danelectro rehouse I lose the board with the switching circuit and jacks and build a voltage divider, put in a 3PDT switch and new jacks. I also install new pots all the way around, and on the chicken salad I add reflective foil into the bulb's box. The stock board mount pots are super cheap and easy to break. The only original part is the circuit board that has the effect circuit. Some other Danelectro pedals use the switching board for more than switching, in and out jacks and power, so be careful before charging into a rehouse.

jgmcd · Post by **jgmcd** » 13 Jun 2010, 21:50

I am interested in finding that Hammerite finish in that same color for a pedal I am building right now.
What is the name of the color or color code for the color you used?
Did you use brush-on or aerosol?
Thanks

blooze_man · Post by **blooze_man** » 01 Aug 2010, 05:10

It would be really cool to see some gut shots of these.

Winther · Post by **Winther** » 10 Aug 2010, 22:04

Stuffed mine today...
No gut shots.....hehe it looks awful hehe