I turned this GUITAR into a BASS! 

The Stranglers opening was nice

This is longer than a Short and my brain can’t cope.

Thanks for playing the bass for us.

Fellow bradfordian and bass enthusiast, I best get practicing. Well done for not selling out ! Up the bantams !!!!🐔❤️

I did a 4 string with an old guitar. Made it fretless and rounded the neck edges, It's my favorite instrument now.

you can tighten the spring claw in the cavity on the back or the guitar or even add more springs to it to get the bridge to settle down.

first time I've seen someone use a Bass-VI type instrument in a basslike and guitarlike manner AT THE SAME TIME. really cool!!

love the long form videos.. MORE PLEASE !!!!

You inspired me to play the bass; it has changed my life and I want to do it for a living now! I can't thank you enough for giving me the push.

Never noticed the Prince tattoo, nice :)

Thank you for fixing this guitar 🙏

Thanks!

I do respect the integrity of not endorsing the world of mega clan battles mobile game. Thing is...the less you promote, the more valuable it is when you DO promote something.

this guys humor is unmatched and i love it

Danny, the Charles impression! 🤣 Can't put a price on your humour or intergrity, but here's a small contribution from Scotland... I'm sure there's a stereotype joke in there, somewhere!

I love the longer videos Danny.

Pretty cool, man! Take the springs off of the trem and stuff a stack of quarters (or bits or whatever you guys use) between the trem block and the body. It will make the bridge lie flat. I did this on my strat to increase sustain.

Sounds good to me, Danny. Up the tension on the bridge springs and get a block of wood in from underneath to "block off" the tremolo bridge. Remember that the higher the action, the more upward stress is put on the neck. One good reason for not doing this to a Fender Strat is that a major instrument vendor whose name vaguely rhymes with "Hear Your Music" sells an excellent bass VI like this at a very affordable price under a brand name that rhymes with "PubHero".

I dunno about a battle or a fight, but would love to see a collab between you and Charles. Twin Behs!!

I converted a bronco bass to a bass vi. Filled the original tuner holes, and re drilled for some Squier VI tuners. Didn’t wanna deal with a trem, so I found a toronado bridge that fit exactly where the bronco bridge sat. I did have to widen the holes in the bridge and make it string through. Amazon sells a string through bar so you don’t have to worry as much about wonky ferrules. Pretty cool bass .

Either block the tremolo or add more/stronger springs and the bridge will sort itself out. that would also lower the action just a bit by lowering the bridge saddles.

the "whateva" at the end came from the hearth lmao

Nice on Danny 🤘

Take out the wammy bar, glue a block of wood in the brudge cavity's and get a fixed bridge. Or if you still want a wammy you could attempt putting a bigsby in

🤣How funny and nice you are Danny! Can't stop laughing!!!

Gonna be honest, I prefer the long form videos over the shorts. I get it however. New member here, hopin you keep the BEHS coming man.

That sounds awesome Danny. Perfect instrument for those who love the guitar and bass but can't decide what they wanna play. It would work great in a 3 piece

You have a great self-deprecating manner, Danny. You're a very funny comedian and a genuinely nice guy. You're quite a decent behs player too!

i love you danny sapko

Coverted daughter's 24" scale guitar into a 4 string bass when she decided to come to the right side... she loves it and it makes for a great starter bass...

JJ was my inspiration for picking up the bass. Saw The Stranglers a few times 83 - 85. Hammersmith Odeon was a riot (the seating got ripped out!). Happy times.

I was actually inspired by your short and did this with my first guitar, which i've barely touched since i was 15. Now i play it frequently. Little thing produces some nice tones! There were already many dysfunctional things about it, so i figured that it might as well be a disfunctional BASS. It's nice to play it again after it had been sitting around unused for so long :)

#Danny Sapko. Just a slightly strange northern guy making his way. You’re epic dude, respect from Portsmouth. 🤝

A Bass VI.

Do Danny sapko’s bass tone

Always nice to hear the Stranglers get some love. Mr Burnel has been my biggest bass hero ever since I saw them live back in my impressionable teenage years. Now just strap on your (horrifically mutilated) guitar and we'll play some rock and roll

I kinda did this with s banjo and fell in love with it

Thanks

there was this very very wise finnish musician who once said that "you buy instruments you don't sell them" in finnish "soittimia ostetaan eikä myydä" and i think that is a really good rule

lmfao…that Strat is about to blow!!! How the heck is the nut holding?? 🤘🏼🤘🏼🎸

Danny i challenge you to get a talkbox for your bass guitars try playing slap Bass with the talkbox in your mouth your vids are off the chain dude

Lol, the light constantly turning itself off was epic. It wanted it's own spot on your video.

Danny can play. He's honest and cool as an iceberg, and can wind up a Rickenbacker ♠️

If you decide to block the bridge, I found one really easy and quite reversible way to do it: dice! Find one that fits or make one fit by sanding it down. The density somehow seems really well-matched to the wood it's blocked against. I'd normally recommend getting a cheap sacrificial back cover plate you don't mind cutting a hole in, so you can insert or yank the block, but I don't think you'd be enabling the floating bridge any time soon. Set it and forget it is probably perfect for you.

danny sapko i just got to the part of the video where you talked about money, i love you man this is all i can afford atm, take care :)

i feel like the lights going out will be a reoccurring gag on this channel

Cheers! 🍻

Great channel old lad... Keep up the good work..

Effin funny mate, the way that the things that you covered I see in me. I have always worn a Greek fisherman's hat since being a kid, people always thought that I was bald. I always made an exaggerated show of taking it off briefly through a gig to complain of the bloody heat and ran my fingers through my hair dramatically. I have always been flamboyant in the clothes I wear (in the main). There has never been a venue that some two hat hasn't wanted to kick my arse for being a raving poof (I am not, not that it should matter), married for 35 years, two adult children. Finally, two years ago, I did exactly the same thing with a strat, 😊, great fun 😁, I too did not think that it would stand up to the tension, but so far it has, 🤞. Like deployed 🤞

When I was 13 I started learning to play bass but I didnt have one. My mom had an old Gibson acoustic guitar that I converted to a bass. Took the high E and B strings off and that was how I learned to play bass. Learned from Grand funk, James Gang, Sabath, anything that had a loud bass in the mix.

You're a legend Danny. Keep up the greatness!

Having Danny just stand around and talk for a bit is so fun to watch

CAN THIS GUITAR BE SAVED? Here's what I would do: 1) tighten the trem springs, then block off the trem with a piece of wood. 2) replace your tuners with Bass VI compatible tuners . No more vice grips! 3) replace wood screws holding on neck with machine screws and inserts installed in the neck. Not only is this stronger, you might get some added sustain. 4) if possible, install a metal plate on the upper wall of the neck pickup cavity to reinforce it.

That sounds incredible

They sell higher tension trem springs. Replace the strings on the back with 5 of them bad boys, and that will help bring the bridge closer to its natural level.

why did you sold that Bass VI , that's how I discovered you back in 2018 cool vid I been thinking about doing that to a guitar all week, glad I get to hear it from you lol !

Wow, it's Danny Knopfler, using those fingers & all that! Well done, sir.

Thanks for the Stranglers bit.

Ahhh Peaches on the Beaches maan ✌🏽

Although it was beyond amusing to see the lights constantly winking out, here's a few quid (you "blokes" still say that, right?) to keep them on. Keep up the great work!

Been waiting for a while to hear you play one of JJB's basslines, have a pint and a packet of crisps on me

Should have used a Telecaster. Although that would also be sacrilege.

the day the bridge gives up it is going to explode and destroy everything in a 2 meters radius

Get a a VI neck off Fender for it. Or go nuts and get an Aluminium one from Baguley or Tttides

Alright. Enough's enough. It's time for Dinosaur Jr. Bass tone.

Add an extra spring or two to the trem,

Dziękujemy.

Those boxing moves weren’t a one off. Multi talented

Sounds pretty good to me Danny.

Great for when you want your guitar to sound like a vaporwave remix of a guitar

Literally subbed for the Stranglers

can put some stacks of coins or a block of very hard wood behind the trem block to hold it in place.

Daniel when is the 5 string video coming? The people will not forget 😉

If Mike Myers was a bass player in 2024! Man I love your content. You are an awesome musician. Hope you get some musical sponsors!

+1 for blocking off trem. I might try this on one of mine too!

Just weld the bridge to the wooden body. It has worked every time I've tried it.

Step 1 . Slacken strings. Step.2. tighten the two screws in the string claw right up, according to how it goes. Step 3. Remove some a spring or more from the claw.. plus as everyone else said , put a stopper between the sting block and the wood in the term cavity. The thing has a unique behs tone, I sort of like it, possibly the scale length is too short to sound like a "proper" slap.fiddle. Cheers.

My thought is to replace the bridge with a hard tail. I know that some people have the tremolo "blocked" (I'm not sure if that term is correct) to act as a hard tail but, I don't know if it would make that any more stable. Also, I ordered a bass strap yesterday. So, I saw this with the link a tad too late.

nice stranglers cover there

RU-vid needs more honest people like you, I'll give you a tip whenever I can even if it's not much, I hope that it helps!

Sounds great. You're a fine player. Doug Pinnick Kings X bass tone please. Is it possible on a 4-string?

Love the videos Danny!

You and Charles should have an "accent-off"...

Sounds awesome! You could use a furring strip cut-off for behind the trem block underneath the bridge to hard-tail it. As for the neck maybe add a screw or two? Can't imagine your scarf joint will be too pleased with the extra tension though.

Would definitely love to see a behs battle with Charles.

In one of my old bands our bassits kept flaking out on us, so we just tuned our guitars down to BEADF#B and played as a three-piece for years using baritone gauge strings. During one disastrous show I somehow broke a string. And guess which one it was. My E (or in this case, B string). I ended up putting a spare bass A from another band on to finish the set, and it was absolutely ridiculous because that's what, a .88 or something? I actually never bothered to re setup that guitar for any other tuning so it just hangs on my wall for decoration, with its big stupid strings. 80s Kramer I got for $100. Took a lot of abuhs, she deserves the rest.

@ 4:50 FUCK YEAH! 👍😎👍

Open up the back of that Strat, loosen the strings and block off the space between the bridge and the back of the routed out area so the bridge can't lift up. Should do a lot to keep the tuning from going out too.

I've owned and sold on a few low end VI and baritone type guitars. I finally settled on a Squier Classic Vibe Tele Baritone. Looks and sounds mint for the money and importantly for me, it's not a "metal" looking baritone. Worth a go if you want to rescue your Strat 😊

Sick BEHS Brah!!!

NOW WE NEED A HAT OPDATE!!!

Change springs to high tension springs, so that they pull the bridge down to a level position. If you don't know how to adjust the truss rod to accommodate for the increase in string tension, then leave it to a professional. Once the string tension has adjusted for in the bridge and neck, the next step is to adjust the string height at the bridge, and finally any intonation issues with bridge saddle position. Easy huh? Hell no, I get mine done by a professional. (because I've tried it myself, and screwed it up)

Love the sound from it though .

Punks not dead!!! 🤘🤘🤘 keep it up!!!

Take the back plate off, put more springs between the block and the claw (you'll probably want to loosen the strings first) and if the bridge is still pulled up like that, there are two screws holding the claw into the body, screw them in to tighten its grip, it hopefully should pull that bridge back down into place. Source, I'm a guitarist first and bass player second I and own 3 Strats, so I kinda know them

I mean we all know that Danny is a living meme but this meme man sure is talented. Fantastic bassist great guitarist and just all around great musician.

UK based Newtone strings would be a better bet I reckon. They make custom sets to order. Just give them the length and gauges you want. Also for the tremolo you could just block it off maybe? Or increase the tension with the two screws in the back.

Hey man, that was a really fun video, much love!

I turned a Squier sonic strat into a bass with a neck from retrovibe, sounds wild.

Please put double or octa bass strings on your extra thick necked guitar like i did and use building supply to literally clamp down the strings with clampers then just use wide thick heavy washers and some sort of cut out bushing to damp it out then finally either use a huge wrench and three arms to crank all frustration out that nut and bolt without lockout nylon sealers and use the toughest glue ever to clamp that tense thing down for good and look away for good measure.